Assore
Mining Companies in Johannesburg

Assore Limited is a mining holding company principally engaged in ventures involving base minerals and metals.
Assore Limited is a mining holding company principally engaged in ventures involving base materials and metals.

Des qualified as a geologist and joined the Assore group in He was appointed to the Assore board in 1974 and, on the retirement of his father, Guido, in 1992, was appointed Chairman and Managing Director. In that year he was also appointed Deputy Chairman of Assmang Limited and in 1999 he became Chairman of Assmang. He obtained a B.Com in 1992 from the University of South Africa and completed the Programme for Management Development at Harvard Business School in Charles began his career with Anglo American in 1991 as a Graduate Engineer and following engineering and management training at Anglo American, he joined Mondi as Marketing Manager for Exports in In 2002, he was appointed as Managing Director of Mondi Sales International, based in Dublin, Ireland. Upon returning to South Africa in 2006, he was appointed as the Managing Director of Bearing Man, a division of the Invicta Group. He was appointed deputy CEO of Invicta Holdings in 2013 and as its CEO in Pat joined the Assore group in 2003 after completing a master’s degree at the University of Colorado (USA). He was appointed a director of Ore & Metal, the selling and marketing agent for all the group’s products, in 2007, and as from 1 March 2016, has been appointed as its Managing Director. Pat was appointed as a director of Assmang in 2008, and is on the board of Oresteel Investments Proprietary Limited, the ultimate holding company of Assore. He joined Assore in 2003 as Consulting Metallurgist and is a member of the Assmang Operations Committee. Edward M Southey Deputy Chairman and lead independent non-executive director BA, LLB Ed was admitted as an attorney, notary and conveyancer in 1967 and practiced as a partner of Webber Wentzel until his retirement as senior partner of that firm in He is a former president of the Law Society of the Northern province and of the Law Society of South Africa. He is the chairman of the group’s Audit and Risk, and Remuneration committees. He co-founded Tamela Holdings Proprietary Limited (Tamela) in 2008, which holds investments in various industries. Sydney has held various senior positions in the investment banking sector, including those of divisional director at Standard Bank and Chief Investment Officer of Makalani Holdings Limited, a mezzanine financier which listed on the JSE in Thandeka N Mgoduso Independent non-executive director BA, MA(Clinical Psychology) Thandeka is a clinical psychologist and obtained her qualifications at the universities of Fort Hare and the Witwatersrand. While in commerce, she held various leadership positions in operations as well as in human resources and currently consults in strategy and human resources. She chairs her company, Jojose Investments and holds non-executive directorships on the boards of the South African Reserve Bank, Tongaat Hulett and Air Traffic Navigation. He also serves on the group’s Audit and Risk and Remuneration committees. He is a former Deputy Chairman of Ernst & Young and has served the accounting profession as Chairman of the Accounting Practices and Ethics committees of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.