ASML & Partners | Independent Mining Investment Advisory

Strategic mineral leadership across precious and critical metals.

South Africa holds one of the most strategically significant mineral endowments in the world. The country contains approximately 13% of global gold reserves and an extraordinary 88% of global platinum group metal (PGM) reserves, positioning it as the dominant force in critical industrial and precious metals. Beyond gold and PGMs, South Africa accounts for roughly 80% of global manganese reserves (around 70% of total global resources), 72% of global chromite reserves, and 32% of global vanadium reserves, ranking second worldwide. This scale of resource concentration offers investors rare exposure to globally essential commodities within a single, established mining jurisdiction combining geological depth with strategic relevance to energy, infrastructure, and industrial supply chains.