Mookamedi wa lephata la tsa Engineering kwa North West University, Proffessor Liezl van Dyk a re palo e ntsi ya baagi mo North West ga ba dire le gore ba humanegile le mororo go nale dikuno di le dintsi tsa moepo mo NorthWest. Proffessor van Dyk a re go nale meepo ya platinum, chrome, vanadium le gauta mo province ya NorthWest, fela seno ga se tswele baagi mosola. Prof van Dyk a re ba simolotse go aga School of Mines and Mining Engineering kwa Rustenburg, go katisa baagi gore ba nne le bokgoni ba go nna le seabe mo go tsa meepo. Go ya ka pegelo ya ba Statistics South Africa ya paka ya bobedi ya ngwaga ono, baagi ba feta 1 point 5 million mo North West ga ba dire.