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ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OPEN CAST MINE AT ASSMANG BLACK ROCK MINE OPERATIONS, HOTAZEL, NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE

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Assmang (Pty) Ltd mines manganese ore in the Black Rock area of the Kalahari, in the Northern Cape Province. The ore is mined from the Kalahari Manganese field. The Black Rock Mine Operations (BRMO) are approximately 60 km north-west of the town of Kuruman, in close proximity to the town of Hotazel.

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Assmang (Pty) Ltd mines manganese ore in the Black Rock area of the Kalahari, in the Northern Cape Province. The ore is mined from the Kalahari Manganese field. The Black Rock Mine Operations (BRMO) are approximately 60 km north-west of the town of Kuruman, in close proximity to the town of Hotazel. In 1940, Assmang acquired a manganese ore outcrop on a small hillock known as Black Rock. Several large properties underlain by ore were subsequently found and acquired. Manganese ore mining operations were extended and currently include 3 underground mining complexes: • Gloria (commissioned in 1975) and producing medium grade carbonated ore • Nchwaning II and Nchwaning III (commissioned in 1981 and 2004 respectively) and producing high grade ore. BRMO proposes to establish an open cast mine for manganese bearing minerals and related minerals to the north of the existing Gloria mine. This mine will be referred to at the proposed Gloria opencast mine. The proposed development includes activities listed in terms of the National Environmental Management Act (Act 107 of 1998), as well as the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act 59 of 2008), and thus BRMO has applied for an Integrated Environmental Authorisation in terms of the National Environmental Management Act. A scoping and environmental impact assessment (EIA) process must be undertaken, in accordance with the environmental impact assessment regulations GN. R 982 of 2014 as amended, to authorise the proposed activities. The proposed development also requires other environmental management permits which include a water use licence, heritage resources management permits or exemptions, protected tree removal permits, and protected plant removal and transport permits. SCOPE OF THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES BRMO proposes to expand its mining activities through the establishment of a new Open Cast Mine north of the existing Gloria mine underground complex. The project will include the excavation and establishment of the mining area and required supplementary infrastructure which includes: • Site establishment and contractor laydowns area for the construction phase; • Clearing of land; • Excavation of topsoil, subsoil, overburden, and waste rock, as well as the stockpiling thereof: • Blasting, Excavation and extraction of the desired minerals; • Primary crushing and screening (mobile and/or stationery) and transported of crushed ore by conveyor to join the Gloria ore stream to the Gloria ore silo and processing plant; • Overburden, and product stockpiles within the mining right area; • Mechanical conveyance infrastructure (conveyors, loading stations, pipelines, et cetera) and their related civil, and electrical works; • Potable water and process water reticulation and storage management facilities; • A river diversion (Gamagara River); • Stormwater management systems; • Process water management systems; Haul, access, and maintenance roads; • Fencing and access control, • Waste storage and separation facilities; • Salvage Yards; • Sub-stations and electrical works; • Bulk fuel storage and refuelling station; • Explosives magazines;

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Thursday, May 18, 2023 - 15:17

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21371

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