Diamond drilling rig on an EFT exploration site in the bushveld
Springs · Gauteng — Mineral Resource Consultants

Geoscience that turns ground into granted rights.

EFT Mining Services is a South African mineral resource and exploration consultancy. We map, drill, model and report — and we steer the mineral-rights process end‑to‑end, from first outcrop to a granted right.

25+
Years in the field
3
Provinces active
MPRDA
Compliant submissions
360°
Outcrop to approval
What we do

A one-stop mineral consultancy.

From the regulatory paperwork to the rig on site, EFT covers the full geological value chain — and partners with trusted specialists to deliver complete, end-to-end solutions for every project.

Topographic survey map of a mineral-rights area
01 / MRM

Mineral Rights Management

Prospecting rights, mining permits and mining-right applications, rights-database management and compliance audits — handled on a consultancy basis.

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EFT drilling operation in the field
02 / EXPLORATION

Mineral Exploration

Geological mapping, target generation, drilling design and supervision, core logging and sampling, plus database generation and exploration-results reporting.

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Open-pit mine face used in feasibility assessment
03 / FEASIBILITY

Feasibility Studies

Resource modelling and geological technical reporting, delivered with partner specialists to support the full feasibility study.

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Where the value sits

Working South Africa's great mineralised terranes.

EFT's projects sit within the country's principal metallogenic provinces — the platinum and chrome of the Bushveld, the gold of the Witwatersrand, and the coalfields of the eastern interior.

Geological map of the Bushveld Igneous Complex
Cr · PGM · V

The Bushveld Complex

The world's largest layered intrusion — host to chromitite seams and the platinum-group reefs central to much of our work.

Geological map of the Witwatersrand Basin
Au

The Witwatersrand Basin

The auriferous conglomerate goldfields that have defined South African mining for over a century.

Map of South African coalfields
Coal

The Coalfields

The Highveld, Witbank and surrounding fields supplying the country's energy and metallurgical sectors.

Who we are

Field-led geology, run by a geologist.

EFT Mining Services is led by Eric Fhatusani Thabo, a geologist with more than 25 years' experience across exploration, resource estimation and regulatory work.

We deliver geological reporting, mine design, resource modelling and full regulatory compliance — MPRDA, NEMA and MHSA — for clients including the Mwelase Group, and through partner companies such as Andani Mineral Resources. Every deliverable is built to stand up to DMPR scrutiny.

Geological reporting Resource modelling Mine design DMPR submissions

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Regional metallogenic map of South Africa showing EFT's areas of work
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Have ground worth understanding?

Send us the farm, the right number or the commodity in mind — we'll tell you what it would take to take it forward.

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