Heritage Cases

Kleinkopje Colliery is an existing mine in Mpumalanga Province. The mine wishes to continue its Pit 2A into the area that is predominantly occupied by the 2A Dam. The Draft Scoping Report was made available for stakeholder and I&AP review for a period of 30 days. Subsequently SAHRA provided Interim Comment on this Case. The Scoping Report is herewith replaced with the Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) on SAHRIS. Please note that a Heritage Assessment and Palaeontological Assessment was conducted for the project, with the mentioned studies accompanying the EIAR. Furthermore, with reference to SAHRA's three points / requirements in the Case Letter 9753, please note the following: Point No 1: The applicant / EAP are not aware of any previous SAHRA comments and permits that were issued to the mine. Therefore, these cannot be uploaded to the case. Neither was any comments found on SAHRIS. Point No 2: Although SAHRA required a letter of recommendation from a specialist for exemption from conducting Heritage Studies, the EAP and applicant decided that it would be best to have a Phase 1 Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) undertaken, instead of the compilation of a letter of recommendation for exemption from conducting such a study for the project (especially due to the location off Graveyard 01 (GY01) being located within the project (application) area. The HIA report acommpanying the EIAR is therefore the Phase 1 HIA study which was done for the Kleinkopje Pit 2A Extension Project. The HIA report contains a map indicating the identified heritage resources still conserved in situ within the Project Area (as per SAHRA’s requirement No. 2 above). Point No 3: Palaeontological Impact Assessment (PIA) was conducted and accompanies the EIAR.