Heritage Cases

Proposed new developments associated with Project Infinity New developments (all within the existing mining area) associated with the project include the following: The following activities are related to Mining: • Exploration within existing pit boundaries, • Mining of Low Grade Material within the existing Kumba North and South Pits and re-entry to Vanderbijl pit); • New access and haul roads (Vanderbijl pit), • Stockpiling of low grade ore at various localities on the mining area (Buffelshoek west B1 & B2). Refer to figure 2. • Primary stockpile areas located Donkerpoort and Van der Bijl primary crushers. Refer to figure 3. The project consists of two main components namely the Retrofit Stand-alone Plant. The Retrofit Plant: 3) The following activities are associated with the Processing Plant: (a) Removing old and fitting new 3-way chute between 1° & 2° crushing and washing & screening, (b) Changing current 32mm top decks to 25mm top decks at 1°Screening, (c) Removing old and fitting new 1mm classification circuit to existing washing and screening building, (d) Changing current 8mm decks to 5mm decks at 3° screening, (e) Upgrading of existing DMS Plant equipment for same throughput & media recovery from 2.8 t/m³ to 4.1 t/m³ circuit medium density, (f) Installing new 1mm beneficiation circuit into existing refurbished structural steel above existing plant civils, (g) Increasing existing fines product stockpiling capacity for increased fines: lump ratio from low grade run of mine. The following infrastructure is associated with the Retrofit Plant: 4) (a) Upgrading existing plant discard system for increase Solid waste output from maximum future high & low grade beneficiation circuits, (b) Construction of a new slimes dam 5 before existing run out of capacity, (c) Upgraded slimes handling system. Stand-alone Plant: (2) The following activities are associated with the Stand-alone plant: (a) Stockpiling of 2014 unbeneficiated Low grade lump material, (b) Constructing new stand Alone liberation, classification & beneficiation circuit for future Low grade lump material, (c) Installing fines product blending ability to increased fines product stockpiling. The following infrastructure is associated with the Stand-alone plant; (a) Existing Thabazimbi rail yard to ensure a less than 12 hours turnaround time. Possible construction of new 2° crushing circuit for partial feed to low grade circuit. Most of the listed activities are associated with the slimes dam, pipeline and increase of the discard dump footprint. Retrofitting of the existing plant and construction of the stand alone plant are within a brown field area and no listed activities are triggered for those two activities. This final scoping report is in support of our environmental impact assessment for the slimes dam, pipeline and increase of the discard dump footprint. Retrofitting of the existing plant and construction of the stand alone plant.