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Future Mining

Contract mining business founded by Patrice Motsepe in 1994 and identified by ARM as the operating start of his mining-company history.

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Future Mining was the contract mining business that Patrice Motsepe founded in 1994. ARM places it before ARMgold in its founder chronology. [1]

History

The company performed mining work for mine owners. ARM’s account describes it as a successful contractor that grew quickly. [1]

Motsepe formed ARMgold in 1997. The source establishes a sequence between the businesses, but does not make them the same legal entity. [1]

Frequently asked questions

Was Future Mining the same company as ARM?

No. Future Mining was the 1994 contract mining business in Motsepe’s chronology. The modern listed ARM form dates to 2004. [1][2]

Key milestones

  1. Patrice Motsepe founded Future Mining. [1]

  2. ARMgold followed as a separate gold business. [1]

Founded / co-founded by

  • Patrice Motsepe — Founder and executive chairman of African Rainbow Minerals and president of the Confederation of African Football.

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Related institutions

  • African Rainbow Minerals — South African diversified mining group formed in its current shape through the 2003–2004 ARMgold, Harmony and Avmin transactions.
  • ARMgold — Gold company formed by Patrice Motsepe in 1997, listed in 2002 and combined with Harmony Gold through a 2003 share transaction.

Sources

  1. African Rainbow Minerals, Integrated annual report 2010: Future Mining, ARMgold and the 2003 transaction, 2010-06-30. Original source. Accessed 2026-10-21. ↩
  2. African Rainbow Minerals, Annual report 2008: ARM in its current form, 2008-06-30. Original source. Accessed 2026-10-21. ↩