Kobus has over 35 years of experience in the Southern African steel and mining industries, is a Metallurgist by profession. He started his metallurgical/mining career with IMCOR Zinc, Namibia, and later moved to JCI in the mid-eighties working his way through the managerial levels to Metallurgical Manager of Anglo Platinum’s Rustenburg Section.

In 2004 Kobus left AngloPlatinum to join a new platinum venture called Independence Platinum Resources (IPR)where he developed and commercialised the ‘ConRoast’ technology together with Mintek.

IPR was majority held by Atomaer who sold control to Braemore Resources which was subsequently acquired by Jubilee Platinum. Kobus left Jubilee to join Tharisa Platinum as it moved from a trial mining venture to a major PGM and Chrome production entity.

As General Manager, Kobus  was instrumental in developing the Tharisa operation to its full capacity. In 2012 the IPR team reassembled as IPtR as a company to develop  innovative sustainable solutions in the resource, processing and beneficiation fields that add value to Africa’s mineral assets for the benefit of its people.