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Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Programme for Tharisa Minerals (Pty) Ltd

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Changes to the pit, tailings dam and waste rock facilities, a chrome sand drying plant and other operational and surface infrastructure changes at Tharisa Mine that is located near the town of Marikana in the Rustenburg Local and Bojanala Platinum District Municipalities of the North West Province.

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The motivation for the project is outlined below. • Deepening of the pits will provide Tharisa with access to additional ore reserves thereby increasing the viability of the mine. • The purpose of the chrome sand drying plant is to produce higher-value chrome sand suitable for use as foundry sand. • The changes in the tailings character and design will optimise tailings disposal via the installation of toe drains on the “inside toe of the TSF containment walls”. These drains will draw down the phreatic surface of the tailings dam thus making it more stable, helping the tailings consolidate, improve the placed density and reducing the hydrostatic pressures acting on the containment walls. • Changes to the waste rock dumps allows for additional storage of waste rock generated by the open pit operations as well as optimising the available space at the mine • The other changes to the general surface infrastructure will optimise the available space at the mine, optimise operations at the mine, and/or improve noise and visual mitigation measures. • The purpose of the truck parking area is to provide sufficient parking and/or waiting area for the trucks en route to Marikana Railway Siding (MRS).

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 11:04

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5442

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HIA Tharisa Mine

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Acusolv (Ben van Zyl), 2009: Noise Monitoring Survey 2009 Acusolv (van Zyl, B), 2010: Noise Monitoring Survey 2010 Acusolv (van Zyl, B), 2012: Noise Monitoring Survey July 2012 Acusolv (van Zyl, B), 2012: Noise Monitoring Survey September 2012 Bojanala Platinum District Municipality; Integrated Development Plan 2012-2017, www.bojanala.gov.za, 10 September 2012 Madibeng Local Municipality; Integrated Development Plan 2011-2016, www.madibengweb.co.za/localidpbudget.htm, 03 February 2014 Metago Environmental Engineers (Pty) Ltd (MEE), 2008: Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Programme for the proposed Platinum Group Mine (Tharisa Minerals (Pty) Ltd). Pistorius, J, 2007: A Phase 1 Heritage impact assessment study for the proposed new Tharisa mine on the farms Kafferskraal 342 and Elandsdrift 467 near Marikana in the North-West Province of South Africa Rustenburg Local Municipality; July 2012; Integrated Development Plan 2012-2017, www.rustenburg.gov.za, 07 September 2012 SANS 241:2005: South African National Standards (SANS) standard for domestic use Scientific Aquatic Services (SAS), 2013: Faunal, Floral, Wetland and Aquatic Assessment as part of the Environmental Assessment and Authorisation for the Tharisa mine expansion project, North West Province. Report Reference No. SAS213199 Schulze, B.R., 1965: Climate of South Africa, Part 8, General Survey, Weather Bureau, Department of Environment Affairs, Pretoria, WB28 SGS, 2012: Test Report: Monthly Dust Deposition Monitoring Progress Report February 2012. SLR Consulting (Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 2012: Water Quality Monitoring Report for January 2012 Quarterly Monitoring Exercise. Statistics South Africa, 2007: Community Survey. Statistics South Africa; May 2013, Mid-year population estimates, www.statssa.gov.za, 31 January 2014
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