Simon Anthony Hewetson

NuCoal Mining (Pty) Ltd. was established in 2006 between an offshore investment company and a local BEE consortium in order to purchase Woestalleen Colliery, outside Middleburg, South Africa. The Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) approved the transaction in November 2006 and since then NuCoal, as the new owner of Woestalleen, has been operating the mine and coal wash plant. NuCoal then embarked on a process to increase Woestalleen's life of mine through various coal exploration projects, applications for prospecting and mining rights with the DME, acquisitions and joint ventures.

Ikwezi Mining Ltd. engages in the development of coal mining. It focuses on Newcastle project. The company was founded in May, 2011 and is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.