Mponeng Mine Previously known as Western Deep Levels South or No. 1 Shaft, Mponeng means “look at me”.
The mine is situated on the West Wits line of the Witwatersrand basin and lies on the Gauteng/North West province boundary, some 70km south west of Johannesburg, midway between the towns of Carletonville and Fochville. Mponeng produces gold exclusively from the Ventersdorp Contact Reef (VCR), a quartz pebble conglomerate.