Eskom staff were given one hour and 22 minutes to pay R659-million to the Gupta-owned Tegeta Exploration to help them raise the exact short-fall on the purchase price for Optimum Coal Mine. The contract was produced so last-minute that the Eskom finance team were unable to get it all done by a 2pm deadline so they simply amended a purchase order for coal from Brakfontein, a different Gupta mine.