The 2011 acquisition of Simmer & Jack for R1.3 billion with its key asset in the form of Tau Lekoa put Village back on the mining map. In June 2012 Village assumed operational control of Blyvooruitzicht but a year later the falling gold price weighed heavily on expansion plans and the company suspended all financial assistance to the mine. Buffelsfontein, part of the 2011 takeover which limped along even after restructuring, was eventually closed in May 2013. The more lucrative assets such as First Uranium investment was eventually sold to AngloGold Ashanti. More recently the sale of Consolidated Murchison, announced in May last year to Stibium Mining, an Australian company fell through when it fail to provide funds resulting in the subsidiary applying for business rescue. The antimony and gold mine at Gravelotte in Limpopo does not form part of the Chinese acquisition.