Heritage Cases

Nozala Coal (Pty) Limited (Nozala Coal) holds a coal prospecting right (PR) over the farm Gruisfontein 230 LQ in the Waterberg Coalfield. The PR was granted for the exploration of bituminous coal and was renewed in January 2017 for a further three years. The project is referred to as the Gruisfontein Project, located on the farm Gruisfontein 230 LQ, approximately 45 km west of Lephalale and 15 km north of Steenbokpan in the Lephalale Local Municipality, Waterberg District of the Limpopo Province. The Gruisfontein Project will be an opencast coal mine with processing plant, ancillary infrastructure and temporary and permanent dumps and stockpiles. The project has a life-of-mine (LOM) of approximately 16 years and will be mined via open pit truck and shovel operations. Gruisfontein Project is designed to accommodate a run-of-mine (RoM) production of 6 Mtpa, and at a practical product yield of approximately 50%, resulting in a 3 Mtpa Eskom product. The footprint of the infrastructure and mining areas (disturbed areas) is in the order of 830 ha (70% of the farm extent). The infrastructure will be placed to the south of the open pit and include a processing plant, temporary discard dump (3 years), long-term discard dump, overburden and topsoil stockpiles and water management and other infrastructure. Product will be transported via road to either Medupi or Matimba Power stations or both, with an option of an export product to be transported via rail to the market. The proposed infrastructure to be developed includes: • Process plant and associated stockpile and load-out facilities; • Buildings and structures (viz. offices, workshops, changes houses, stores, etc.); • Roads (haul and access); • Bulk services such as fuel, water, sewage and power; • Water and power distribution facilities; • Water management infrastructure, including clean and dirty water drains, pollution control dams, etc.; and • Discard and carbonaceous material facilities.