Gemfields Group
Kwape Mmela has more than 22 years’ of experience in both the public and private sectors. This includes working for the Constitutional Assembly during the drafting of the South Africa’s constitution post-Apartheid, and serving as a director of JSE-listed Platmin Limited (now Sedibelo Platinum Mines Limited) for almost ten years. He is a founder and chairman of his family investment entities- ShepherdTree Holdings Limited and Hlamogolo Capital Proprietary Limited.
Mr Mmela is a trained lawyer (LLB) at The University of the North in South Africa where he also completed a BProc. He also holds a MPhil in Business Research from Monarch Business School. Mr Mmela is a South African citizen.
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Gemfields Group
Gemfields Group Limited, formerly Pallinghurst Resources Limited, is a Guernsey-based mining company that produces and supplies of sourced colored gemstones. The company operates Kagem emerald mine in Zambia and Montepuez ruby mine in Mozambique. Kagem emerald mine covers an area of 41 square kilometer (sq) in the Ndola Rural Emerald Restricted Area and lies south of Kitwe and west of Ndola, in Zambia's Copperbelt Province. Montepuez ruby mine is located in the northeast of Mozambique within the Cabo Delgado Province, which covers an area of 34, 966 hectares. It also owns Web Gemstone Mining plc, which holds 200 sq emerald exploration license in southern Ethiopia. It also holds interest in various other gemstone mining. It provides auction and trading platform to provide a supply of colored gemstones to markets. Its subsidiaries include Kagem Mining Limited, Montepuez Ruby Mining Limitada, Faberge Limited, Sedibelo Platinum Mines Limited and Jupiter Mines Limited.