Implats identified 19 positive cases of covid-19 during the week, all of them asymptomatic.

Company said that deliveries to clients had not been affected despite the disruptions to passenger flights.

The Canadian miner reported precious metal values up to 1.16 g/t Pt, 0.46 g/t Pd, and 0.47 g/t Au in soil.

Underground development is also over 4 kilometres ahead of schedule.

Mines need to be at a minimum of 75% to 80% capacity to be viable, says Sibanye CEO Neal Froneman.

Adjusted EBITDA rose to 11.13 billion rand ($601.10 million) for the quarter.

Drilling at property in Ontario has returned high-grade intercepts of up to 4.28 g/t total platinum group metals (PGM) over 9.2 metres.