Reflection seismology has been widely used to explore for gold, platinum, and base-metal deposits in southern Africa, and for mine planning purposes. The geological structure of the Witwatersrand basin has been mapped, enabling areas where gold-bearing reefs occur at mineable depths to be identified. Within the Bushveld Complex, seismic stratigraphic techniques have been used to distinguish areas of "pothole" reef, that may present mining difficulties, from areas of "normal" platinum-bearing Merensky Reef. The mine-seismicprofiling (MSP) method, which makes use of sensors deployed in boreholes drilled from mine workings, has been developed to delineate structures that are too small to be detected from the surface but may present mining problems. Reflection seismology has also been used to explore for base metal deposits associated with buried paleokarst features in northern Namibia. Lastly, reflection seismology has been used to map the downdip extension of massive sulfide "shoots" at Otjihase Mine in the Matchless Amphibolite Belt of Namibia.

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