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Ntsiki Adonisi-Kgame is Head of ENSafrica's Natural Resources and Environment department.  She specialises in all aspects of mining law and has a holistic perspective on mining matters due to her former position as general counsel for a leading mining group, where she was responsible for the group’s entire legal function and related corporate affairs functions. Ntsiki acts for a wide range of mining companies in all mineral commodity sectors, including the base and precious metals, coal, rare earths, sand and diamonds sectors.

Ntsiki’s experience covers a broad range of areas, including mergers and acquisitions; conducting mining and oil and gas due diligences; advising on broad-based black economic empowerment transactions; execution and registration of mining and petroleum titles; advising on the integrity, security of tenure and variation of mining titles; and structuring, drafting, negotiating and reviewing various types of agreements, from project inception to execution. She has experience in disputes in the mining and petroleum sectors, including judicial review of administrative decisions. She also advises in regard to aspects of mineral royalties, environmental aspects of mining law, and stakeholder aspects in the mining sector.

Ntsiki is recognised as a leading/recommended lawyer by:

• Chambers Global Guide 2021 – “Up and Coming” Energy & Natural Resources: Mining (South Africa)
• The Legal 500 EMEA 2021 – Mining (South Africa)
• African Legal Awards  2021 - Energy & Natural Resources Team of the Year