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Prime Spot Mining Right & Waste License Application for a Proposed Mine

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Prime Spot Trading 11 (Pty) Ltd, (Prime Spot), has applied for a mining right & associated waste management licence over Portion 59 of the Farm Vischgat 467IR. The application is to mine aggregate and stone via opencast mining methods. Gauteng Province

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The intention is to continue and expand mining from an existing pit and reuse the existing disturbed area for future processing and stockpiling of the rock. At full production the mining rate anticipated would be 24 000 tons of product per month. Based on the anticipated production rate, the existing resource would allow for a life of mine of over 60 years. In summary mining activities would include; • Vegetation and topsoil removal • Overburden removal – to be sold if possible, as fill material • Drilling & blasting hard rock (approximately 1 to 2 blasts per month depending on size of blast) • Loading and hauling from the pit to a crushing plant • Processing blasted rock through a crushing plant and stockpiling • Selling aggregate product from site (possibility of 30 to 40 trucks per working day at full production) Supporting services will consist of the following: • Access roads • Water (borehole for potable purpose and using water collected within the pit for dust suppression) • Electricity (Eskom – connection already available) • Sanitation (French drain or mobile chemical toilets) • Administration (mobile container) • Workshop and oil trap • Fuel (contained within a bunded area) • Waste management

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Thursday, February 15, 2018 - 12:37

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12233

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CaseReferenceDepartmentApplicationTypeDeadlineDate
GP 10049 MR
Department of Mineral Resources
23/02/2018

Heritage Reports: 

Cultural Heritage Assessment of a Portion of Portion 1 of the Farm Vischgat 467IR

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