MEDIA ADVISORY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TO         : ALL MEDIA/NEWS EDITORS
DATE    : FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025

MEDIA BRIEFING ON THE CRITICAL MINERALS STRATEGY AND THE MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT BILL of 2025.

The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) invite members of the media to the South Africa’s Critical Minerals Strategy and the Mineral Resources Development Bill of 2025 media briefing. The objective of the media briefing is to apprise the members of the press and the public on the details of the recently approved South Africa’s Critical Mineral Strategy and the Mineral Resources Development Bill of 2005 that will be issued for public comments.

DETAILS OF THE BRIEFING:

DATE: Tuesday, 20 May 2025
TIME: 14h00 (seated fifteen (15) minutes prior to the commencement of the briefing) 
VENUE: GCIS Imbizo Centre, 120 Plein Street, Parliament, Cape Town

Members of the media are requested to RSVP by sending their details to:

Solomon Phetla – Solomon.phetla@dmre.gov.za / mediadesk@dmre.gov.za; 083 650 4395

For media enquiries: Ms Lerato Ntsoko – Lerato.ntsoko@dmre.gov.za / mediadesk@dmre.gov.za/  082 549 2788 and/or Ms Yolanda Mhlathi - Yolanda.Mhlathi@dmre.gov.za / 067 258 1122

ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES