Management and Office
Chief Executive Officer
Willard M Mbalaka
- Co-founder and CEO of Kweneng Group and its subsidiaries
- 21 years’ industry experience across Africa (East, West, Central and Southern Africa), Asia and Australia.
- Previously Senior Exploration Geoscientist/Project Leader at BHP Billiton, Senior Exploration Geologist at Anglo American and Exploration Manager at Sephaku Group and Asian Precious Minerals.
- Expertise in exploration strategy formulation, programme design and planning, technical assessments, mineral resource technical audits and reviews, validation and due diligence; conceptual (scoping), pre- and definitive feasibility studies,, and mineral projects valuation
- Part of technical team that evaluated Sephaku Cement (now Dangote Cement) and Sephaku Fluoride (Sepfluor’s Nokeng Project) from early stages through to feasibility studies
Technical Director
Ephraim Masibhera
- Co-founder and Technical Director of Kweneng Group and its subsidiaries
- 17 years experience in exploration and mining across Africa (DRC, Ghana, Zambia, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Mozambique, Zimbabwe)
- Previously Senior Geologist at Monterro Mining, Rio Tinto, Bastillion Resources, ZISCO and Adamus Resources
- Notable world-class projects include Newmont Project in Ghana, BHP Billiton Mumbwa Project in Zambia, Anglo Gold Ashanti Mongbwalu in DRC
- Expertise in exploration project management, including geological mapping and drilling supervision and sampling
Office Technical Assistant
Ndivhuwo Mufamadi
- Technical Assistant at Kweneng Group since mid 2018
- Graduated in 2014 with BEs. Honours in Mining & Environmental Geology from University of Venda
- Mining career started Anglo American Platinum as Geologist Assistant at Mogalakwena Mine where she worked for 2 years
- Worked for the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) as Mining Equipment Assistant to the Deputy Director for 1 year
- Developed and reviewed policies to improve the competitiveness, capacity and capability of South African mining and mineral processing equipment manufacturers in South Africa, Africa, South America and other key markets