https://www.drdgold.com/our-business/far-west-gold-recoveries
The Far West Gold Recoveries (FWGR) surface retreatment operation of DRDGOLD Limited, near Carletonville in South Africa’s Gauteng Province, is nearing completion.
https://www.sibanyestillwater.com/business/southern-africa/gold-operations/drdgold/
Dec 31, 2025 · DRDGOLD (50.10% owned by Sibanye-Stillwater) is a JSE and NYSE-listed company that operates the ERGO and Far West Gold Recoveries (FWGR) operations, and is the world leader in recovering gold from the retreatment of historic TSFs.
https://www.drdgold.com/?view=category&id=15
Jun 30, 2025 · Ergo and the Knights plant in Germiston comprise arguably the world’s largest gold surface tailings retreatment facility. Together with the milling and pump station at Crown Mines and City Deep (both former plants), these operations treat approximately 1.7Mt per month.
https://www.miningweekly.com/article/far-west-gold-recoveries-operation-south-africa-update-2026-07-24
Jul 24, 2026 · DRDGOLD’s acquisition of Sibanye-Stillwater’s West Rand Tailings Retreatment Project assets was finalised on July 31, 2018. Following the successful implementation of the transaction between ...
https://www.miningweekly.com/article/far-west-gold-recoveries-operation-south-africa-update-2025-08-29
Aug 29, 2025 · In January 2020, Sibanye exercised this option, obtaining a 50.1% controlling interest in DRDGOLD. FWGR is a surface gold retreatment operation, which treats old slime dams in the West Rand...
https://www.sibanyestillwater.com/business/southern-africa/gold-operations/
We also have a 50.10% stake in DRDGOLD Limited which operates surface tailings retreatment facilities on the West Rand, through the Far West Gold Recoveries operation, and on the East Rand, through its wholly-owned Ergo Mining subsidiary.
https://www.financialmail.businessday.co.za/investing/2026-07-23-red-tape-blurs-drdgolds-vision-2028/
3 days ago · Once completed, RTSF will accommodate a doubling of DP2, a nearby processing plant which, with the tailings facilities, a newly laid pipeline, and a new reclamation station for the unmined dumps at Libanon (a closed mine), will make up an expanded Far West Gold Recoveries (FWGR), one of DRDGold’s two operations.
