Heritage Cases

The area has been prospected with bulk sampling in the past. The Kimcrush Dolerite quarry is located approximately 5 kilometres (Km) west of Kimberley in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. The study area is situated next to the Kimberley Municipal Dumping site and is not currently utilised for any specific purpose as it does not lend itself to be used for grazing by livestock due to the waste carried in and around the dump. Access to the farm is gained from an existing gravel road. Currently the process route comprises stripping of overburden of red soil and weathered dolerite to access the competent dolerite. The weathered dolerite is hauled to a screen to screen the gravel to size Oversize weathered dolerite is crushed and screened. Screened gravel is stockpiled and sold to customers who either collect from site or it is delivered to the customer worksite. After stripping the competent dolerite is drilled and blasted by blasting contractors. After blasting the dolerite is loaded and hauled to the processing plant where the dolerite is crushed to various sizes of aggregate. The area applied for represents 176.3574 ha of the farm Vooruitzight and the main mining focus area will be on the area next to the municipal dumps on the farm. Mining activities will primarily make use of existing roads created by previous activities, but additional roads will most likely be created. Mining operations that will take place will be rehabilitated as far as practically possible in order for the land to revert back to grazing potential. The open mining pit will never be backfilled to its original state as most of the material will be crushed and sold as aggregate. The open pits will be benched and made safe as per prescribed regulations and all risk for pollution will be mitigated.