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Media Statements

Mineral ResourcesRef: http://www.dmpr.gov.za/Media-Centre/News/PID/2215/evl/0/CategoryID/4/CategoryName/Media-statements

Official source

Source domain: dmpr.gov.za

Collected on 5 July 2026

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Our copy (archived 21 July 2026)Official source

What this means

This is a web page titled “Media Statements” for the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR). It provides contact details for media enquiries and lists multiple DMPR media statements with publication dates, including fuel price announcements and other ministerial updates. The page also includes a detailed media statement about opening the second application window for the Junior Mining Exploration Fund (JMEF), including funding amounts and application dates, and an invitation for media to attend the Minister’s visit to the Kinetiko Gas Project in Mpumalanga.

Facts

Places

Mpumalanga

Reference

http://www.dmpr.gov.za/Media-Centre/News/PID/2215/evl/0/CategoryID/4/CategoryName/Media-statements

Amounts

R 240 000 000, R 160 000 000, R 10 000 000

Key Takeaways

  • Website page: DMPR Media Centre > Media statements
  • Media enquiries contact: mediadesk@dmpr.gov.za; Tel: 012 444 3000
  • JMEF second window: R240 million allocated; opened 30 September 2025; closes 31 October 2025
  • JMEF first window: R160 million allocated (reference within the statement)
  • JMEF targeted minerals: Tin, Tungsten, Copper, Lithium, Titanium, Uranium, Gold, Antimony, Arsenic, Fluorspar
  • JMEF TOR: applicants must be junior miners with valid prospecting or mining right; funding requirement exceeds R10 million and maximum R50m
  • Kinetiko Gas Project media invitation: visit on 10 October 2025 at 09h00; venue Kinetiko Gas Project, Brakfontein farm - Amersfoort, Mpumalanga
  • RSVP deadline for Kinetiko visit: no later than 09 October 2025 by 16h00
  • Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR)
  • Council for Geoscience (CGS)
  • Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)
  • Minister Gwede Mantashe
  • Deputy Minister Phumzile Mgcina
  • Msizi Nyalungu
  • Kinetiko Energy
  • Thungela
  • Msunduzi Local Municipality
  • Johannes Mokobane
  • Lerato Ntsoko
  • Yolanda Mhlathi

Dates

Closing Date

9 October 2025