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Top 25 Exploration and mining companies based in South Africa

Name: Exploration and mining companies based in South Africa
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026 250 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 250 exploration and mining companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 19,148 professional contacts across them, including 5,714 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers exploration and mining companies headquartered in South Africa, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 16, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 16, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest exploration and mining companies based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 250 exploration and mining companies based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to exploration and mining companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Exxaro Resources	Indirect evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	5,001-10,000	4,272 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Exxaro Resources Limited is among the top five coal producers in South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2	Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited	Strong evidence	Randfontein, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	4,045 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony), a world-class gold mining and exploration company, has operations and assets in South Africa and Papua New Guinea (PNG).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3	DRA Global	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,180 contacts →
	Partial evidence “DRA Global Limited (DRA or the Group) is an international multi-disciplinary engineering, project delivery and operations management group, predominantly focused on the mining…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4	Afrimat	Partial evidence	Tyger Valley, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,060 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Afrimat Limited is a leading mining and materials company listed in the 'Construction & Building Materials' sector of the Main Board JSE Limited.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5	Thungela	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	5,001-10,000	933 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Thungela, we believe in taking ownership of our actions and decisions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6	ERG Africa	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	489 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) is a leading diversified natural resources group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7	African Rainbow Minerals Limited	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	356 contacts →
	Partial evidence “African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) is a leading South African diversified mining and minerals company with operations in South Africa and Malaysia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8	Bokoni Platinum Mines	Partial evidence	Atok, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	347 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Bokoni Platinum Mines Pty Ltd is a mining and metals company based in Atok, Limpop, South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9	Ingwenya Mineral Processing PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Emalahleni (witbank), South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	226 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ingwenya Mineral Processing (Pty) Ltd (IMP) is a South African owned mineral processing company with 52% black shareholding based in Emalahleni, Mpumalanga Province.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10	Rosond	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	200 contacts →
	Strong evidence “ROSOND provides fast, efficient, safe and cost-effective drilling and grouting services to mining and exploration industries throughout Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11	Canyon Coal	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	178 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Canyon Coal is a coal exploration and mining company with operations and projects in Mpumalanga and Gauteng provinces of South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12	DE Beers Marine PTY LTD	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	168 contacts →
	Partial evidence “DE BEERS MARINE (Pty) Ltd is a mining & metals company based in Cape Town, South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13	Assore Group	Strong evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	5,001-10,000	148 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Assore is a private mining holding company, driving forward in the exploration, processing, and distribution of diverse ores, minerals and metals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14	The MSA Group	Strong evidence	Victory Park, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	110 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The MSA Group is a leading provider of exploration, geology, mineral resource and reserve estimation, mining and environmental consulting services to the mining industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15	Remote Exploration Services RES	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	91 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Remote Exploration Services (RES) manages and operates mineral exploration projects in sub-Saharan Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16	Provest Group	Partial evidence	Rustenburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	72 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Provest is a leading provider of quality services to the mining, industrial and construction sectors, specialising primarily in Platinum, Chrome, and Manganese.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17	Marula Mining PLC	Strong evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	n/a	70 contacts →
	Strong evidence “An African focused company investing in high value and advanced mining and exploration projects across Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18	Plantcor Mining And Plant Hire PTY LTD	Partial evidence	Kempton Park, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	60 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Plantcor is a diversified and forward-looking enterprise with a strong presence across the mining, engineering, and commodities sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19	Masemanzi Mining Holdings	Partial evidence	Witbank, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	59 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Masemanzi Mining Holdings, a company registered in the year 2009 is versatile and dynamic in its specialized fields of activity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20	Modi Mining	Partial evidence	Rustenburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	56 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Modi Mining is an award winning mining company that provides underground mining, opencast mining and civil services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21	Digital Surveying	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	54 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Digital Surveying is a specialist Directional, Geophysical, Geotechnical & Hydrogeological logging company servicing the mining, exploration, and civil engineering industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22	Wireline Africa	Partial evidence	Mooi Nooi, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	52 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Wireline Africa is an engineering company that focuses on supplying the local and international mining industry with products and services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23	A & B Global Mining	Partial evidence	Centurion, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	42 contacts →
	Partial evidence “ABGM is a leading niche mining consultancy and provides a world-class service to our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24	ALS Group South Africa	Partial evidence	Potchefstroom, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	40 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The ALS Group is all about plant hire; project management in the civil & open pit mining industries; and the related manufacturing and technical services industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25	Mammoth	Indirect evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	39 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Mammoth Group is a diversified engineering and manufacturing enterprise headquartered in South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: exploration and mining companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names exploration and mining companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of exploration and mining companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name exploration and mining companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Exploration and mining companies based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026

29.8%Verified-email coverage

76.6Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

28.0%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg

Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for South Africa, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for South Africa, over 250 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among exploration and mining companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “exploration and mining companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names exploration and mining companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among exploration and mining companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside South Africa are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 5,714 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Exploration and mining companies by metro

Exploration and mining companies in Johannesburg70

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names exploration and mining companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many exploration and mining companies are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 250 exploration and mining companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Exxaro Resources, headquartered in Pretoria, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most exploration and mining companies?

Johannesburg leads with 70 headquartered companies, followed by Pretoria (14) and Cape Town (10).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 5,714 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 250 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.