aqp asx aqp jse aqp industry mining founded 1920 headquarters bermuda key people nicholas sibley chairman jean nel ceo revenue 682.9 million 2011 1 operating income 203.2 million 2011 1 net income 10.4 million 2011 1 website www.aquariusplatinum.com aquarius platinum plc is a bermuda registered and headquartered mining business . aquarius was quoted on the london stock exchange the australian stock exchange and the johannesburg stock exchange and also had a sponsored level 1 adr program in the united states until it was acquired by sibanye gold in april 2016 . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was established in 1920 as the mount monger gold mining company to exploit the kalgoorlie goldfield . 2 in 1984 it was listed on the australian stock exchange . 2 in 1995 it acquired gemex exploration & mining company and randex platinum holdings and in 1996 it acquired pacific platinum so giving it control of the kroondal mine . 2 in 1998 the company entered into a strategic alliance with impala platinum holdings . 2 the company was first listed on the london stock exchange in that year . 2 in 2003 the company entered into an agreement with anglo platinum to pool and share certain mining interests . 3 in 2012 large scale mining protests across south africa caused violent labour unrest and prompted the firm s ceo stuart murray to resign . 4 in february 2013 aquarius appointed former anglo american director sonja de bruyn sebotsa to its board of directors . de bruyn sebotsa would also assume the role of chairperson of aquarius local subsidiary aquarius platinum south africa . 5 in april 2016 the company was acquired by sibanye gold . 6 operations edit the company s activities are concentrated in the bushveld complex in south africa and zimbabwe . it operates the following mines kroondal mine south africa marikana mine south africa everest mine south africa mimosa mine zimbabwe 50 % interest references edit a b c preliminary results 2011 a b c d e international directory of company histories m cohen 1992 anglo platinum and aquarius platinum to jointly mine adjacent rustenburg and kroondal properties anglo platinum 9 june 2003 another platinum ceo quits aquarius shares fall south america mining weekly 2012 retrieved 18 october 2012 aquarius appoints new board member south africa mining weekly 2013 sibanye gold agrees to buy aquarius platinum for 294 million . kitco . 6 october 2015 . retrieved 13 may 2016 . external links edit official site v t e mining companies of australia adelaide brighton cement allegiance mining alumina aquarius platinum atlas iron bhp billiton bougainville copper compass resources copper mines of tasmania energy resources of australia fortescue metals group grd hancock prospecting iluka resources international ferro metals laguna resources macarthur coal macmahon holdings magellan metals marathon resources marston minara resources mineralogy minerals and metals group mount lyell mining and railway company new hope coal newcrest mining orocobre oz minerals paladin energy pilbara iron qcoal rio tinto aluminium rio tinto group south32 tiwest joint venture retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title aquarius platinum & oldid 742145824 categories mining companies of australiaplatinum mining companiescompanies based in perth western australianon renewable resource companies established in 19201920 establishments in australiacompanies listed on the johannesburg stock exchange navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 23 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view