Anglo American Platinum chief exec Chris Griffith injured after encounter with buffalo
Anglo American Platinum’s (Amplats) chief executive has been injured by a buffalo while on holiday, the company said yesterday.
Chris Griffith, who was appointed chief executive of the 94bn rand (£5.6bn) company in September 2012, had appeared at Mining Indaba, an industry conference in Cape Town this week in a wheelchair.
Amplats said in a statement, he “had an encounter with a buffalo and sustained injuries”, back when he was on holiday in December.
No further details were provided on the incident or where it took place.
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The world’s biggest producer of platinum has though, said that Griffith is back in the office now and everyone at the company is “wishing him a speedy recovery”.
Cape buffalo are some of Africa’s most dangerous animals and are known for their distinctive horns, with fused bases. They feature in the so-called big game five, as a sought-after trophy in hunting, along with elephants, leopards, rhinos and lions.