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Proposed Tharisa TSF 3 WRD 1 Extension Project, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province

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Proposed Tharisa TSF 3 WRD 1 Extension Project on Various Portions of the Farm K/Kraal 342 QS, near Marikana, North West Province

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Tharisa has an opencast Chrome and Platinum Group Metals (PGM) mining operation located on Farm K/Kraal 342 JQ and Elandsdrift 467 JQ, South of Marikana in the North West Province. Tharisa has been in operation since November 2009 having an initial Mining Right 49/2009 (MR) effective 19 September 2008, issued on 13 August 2009 by the then Department of Mineral and Energy (DME). Tharisa subsequently applied for an amendment of the MR with the Reference Number: NW/30/5/1/2/2/358 MR, stamped 28 July 2011, however registered in 2016. Current approvals allow for a Life of Mine (LoM) for the open pit mining of 17 years. This excludes the planned future underground mining which may increase the LoM to approximately 40 years. As part of its ongoing mine planning, Tharisa has identified the need for an additional mine residue stockpile for waste rock, which will be consist of a WRD extension to TSF 3 (the project is thus named the TSF 3 WRD Extension 1 Project). The additional WRD was designed by Epoch Resources (Pty) Ltd. The WRD will be able to store 4.78 Mm3 of waste from the West open pit area. The final height of the WRD will be 68 m and a total footprint of 23 ha is currently designed. The WRD will have associated toe drainage, access roads and stormwater diversions.

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Thursday, August 10, 2023 - 13:28

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22118

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CaseReferenceDepartmentApplicationTypeDeadlineDateContactPerson
Proposed Tharisa TSF 3 WRD 1 Extension Project, Platinum District Municipality, North West Province
08/12/2023

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