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Department of Mineral Resources

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Department of Mineral Resources

DMR

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R49.2 billion

Total financial exposure

Government department responsible for mining regulation and mineral resources policy. Under Zwane (2015-2018), the department was captured to serve Gupta interests — facilitating the Optimum Coal Mine acquisition and manipulating the Mining Charter. Merged with Energy in 2019 to form Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE).