The Mototolo Platinum Mine is a 50/50 joint venture between Xstrata and Anglo Platinum, and lays adjacent to Xstrata’s Thorncliffe Chrome Mine on the Eastern Limb of the Bushveld Complex. Mototolo lies south of the Steelpoort fault and east of the St George's fault.

Mining the UG2 ore body, the mine comprises of two decline shaft systems sunk on reef. Each system l produces 100 000 tons per month using a mechanised bord-and-pillar mining method. Ore is transported to the 200 000 tons per month concentrator by means of overland conveyors. All concentrate produced by the joint venture is processed through Anglo Platinum’s smelters and refineries. The mine is designed to produce 132 000 ounces of platinum and 82 000 ounces of palladium per annum over the 20-year life of the mine.

The initial development of the Mototolo shaft portals commenced in November 2005. Sinking of the four barrels at each of the Lebowa and Borwa shafts continued at pace, which allowed for the first stoping tons from Lebowa and Borwa Shafts in April 2006 and August 2006 respectively. The mine reached steady state production of 200 000 tons per month in 2009.