Deputy Chairperson, following the dip in gold mining, the industry contribution to GDP declined averaging 7% over the last two years. Mining contributes about 40% in foreign exchange earnings thereby sustaining our country's current account. Other minerals are growing their contribution, with coal as the biggest generator of the revenue for the country ahead of gold and the platinum group metals, PGMs. The past 12 months indicate a recovery in commodity prices. Of course, the biggest threat to this recovery is the regular load shedding, which limits production capacity and poses a threat to deep mines and to the lives of the people in those mines.