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Natha Logistics (Pty) Ltd

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To mine for: Sand (General), Diamonds Alluvial (DA), Stone Aggregate (gravel)

Expanded_Motivation: 

Alternative is not applicable. The current land is withdrawn from agricultural use and earmarked for mining. The option to explore the possibility for mining is already in itself an alternative land use. The applicant, Natha Logistics (Pty) Ltd, is not interested in any other alternative land use over this land aside for the mining of Sand (General), Diamonds Alluvial (DA), Stone Aggregate (gravel) or any other activity, or method use other than mining in the conventional way, which is the most cost effective. (a) the property on which or location where it is proposed to undertake the activity There are no alternative for the property as the application is for this 5 hectare area only. The Mining Permit application is for this specific area as indicated on the sketch plan (Appendix 1(b 1 & b2) – Infrastructure Plan) with no alternatives. And the whole of the application area will systematically be mined eventually. There are no alternative sites as the whole of the application area was identified as being favourable to bear Sand (General), Diamonds Alluvial (DA), Stone Aggregate (gravel) . (b) the type of activity to be undertaken The type of activity is for mining and processing of sand and alluvial diamond bearing gravel in line with the submitted Mining Plan. The type of activity does not have an alternative. Sand (General), Diamonds Alluvial (DA), Stone Aggregate (gravel) will be mined normally through the uses of opencast mining method in order to access the mineral. The application area will be mined through opencast excavations where the topsoil (where available) will be stripped separately and stockpiled. The sand will be removed with a excavator onto a stockpile and fed by an front-end loader into the screening/washing plant. A stockpile will be created at the screening plant and loaded onto the trucks for transporting to the clients. It is envisaged that some of the sand will be loaded directly onto trucks without any processing. The sand from the stockpile is transported at an average rate of 200 tons a day to clients or as needed. The total estimated reserve of sand is 135’000 tons taken at a production rate of 4’000 tons a month. It will take 24 months to work this reserve. The diamond containing gravel, on averages between 150-200 mm deep below the sand of 3 m. The gravel is then removed with a 30 ton excavator and placed next to the excavation. A Front-end Loader takes the gravel to the 14 feet washing pan which is fed at a rate of 6m³ an hour, 240m³ a day and 4800m³ a month. As the reserve is small, the gravel will be washed when enough is generated and thus will not be a constant monthly production. The total estimated reserve of gravel is 10’000m³ (11’330 tons). The sand which is 3 meter thick and the relatively low production rate of this operation and additional mineral that might be sold make this 5 hectare to be worked sustainable over a period of two years. There are no alternatives to the processing of the mineral as this is the conventional manner in which it is done. No other technology exists for this sand/gravel/diamond mining operation. As this is only mining trenching operation it will be the basic opencast method with associated machinery. (c) the design or layout of the activity The layout of the activity will and can only be on the application area as per sketch plan (Appendix 1(b 1 & b2) – Infrastructure Plan) as submitted with the application. And the whole of the application area (5 ha) will systematically be mined eventually. There are no preferred sites as the whole of the application area was identified as being favourable to be mined. This mining operation will also not be a static operation as the whole of the application area will be mined in order to determine where the possible Sand (General), Diamonds Alluvial (DA), Stone Aggregate (gravel) runs. They will perhaps have a temporary office building and the gravel to be processed next to the open excavations. There will also be temporary chemical toilets on the site for ablution facilities. There will not be services to machinery done on site and in case of emergency it will be done over a PVC lining. This operation will be a basic small scale mining layout, with minimal temporary infrastructure and just the necessary equipment. (d) the technology to be used in the activity The technology used in the activity will be as described in the Mining Plan and the best options will be determined by the applicant, which will be trenching. The technology used with regards to the processing of the Sand (General), Diamonds Alluvial (DA), Stone Aggregate (gravel) is putting it through a screening/crusher plant and Diamonds Alluvial (DA) through the washing plant. The washing plant will be set up next to the open excavation and will only be moved once the excavation is closed up. The technology used in the activity will be as described in the Mining Plan and the best options will be determined by the applicant. They will basically be using excavators to open the trenches (0.2 ha at any given time) and a front-end loader to move the material to be processed through the screening/crusher and washing pan plants. Small stones and oversized stones will be screened off and used as backfilling of excavations. (e) the operational aspects of the activity, and The operational aspect is only the mining for Sand (General), Diamonds Alluvial (DA), Stone Aggregate (gravel) on this specific area, making use of trenching (40m length x 10 m wide x 3m depth). Operations will be done through systematically trenches that will be made with a back-actor of the whole application area. Where trenches were completed the excavation will be backfilling (rough material, puddle and overburden material) before the next excavation will be opened and the topsoil will be removed and spread over the closed up excavation, thus creating a rollover effect. The importance will be to mine the whole of the area not leaving any patches, but rather mine the reserve systematically so that proper concurrent rehabilitation can take place. Sloping of sides of the excavation will be applicable, where sand and gravel is removed. After sloping replacement of topsoil is done and re-vegetation started. (f) the option of not implementing the activity This option might only be possible if the applicant decide to abandon the project. If this application is not implemented the current landowners will just continue with existing agricultural activities which is grazing. Thus not exploiting the mineral reserve and somebody else can apply

ApplicationDate: 

Tuesday, January 24, 2023 - 12:09

CaseID: 

20549

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CaseReference
NW30/5/1/3/2/11128MP

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