Xolani Qamata
General Manager – Black Mountain Mining
NHD Mining
Mine Managers Certificate of Competency
MBA
Global Executive Development Programme
Board Leadership Training
Xolani Qamata was appointed at VZI in January 2022 to lead the Black Mountain Mining Operations. His 26 years of mining experience includes shaft sinking, mine development, expansion projects, and different underground mining methods such as narrow tabular orebody and massive orebody mining methodologies. He spent the last 16 years in senior leadership positions within the mining sector.
Before joining VZI, he was General Manager at South32 Manganese Mines, a position he held for five years.
Throughout his career, Xolani has had exposure to Gold, Platinum, Chrome, Manganese and Base Metals.