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SALENE EMPR AMENDMENT AND S 102 APPLICATION

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Draft Scoping Report for the proposed amendment of the Environmental Management Programme and Section 102 application. The proposed additional infrastructure: 3 opencast pits (1 iron ore and 2 manganese ore); DMS crushing and screening plant; waste rock dump; access road; water storage reservoir; manganese static plant; new workshop area; topsoil dump; sub-station; container office; container onboarding facility; and stormwater infrastructure Portions 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Farm Macarthy 559, situated between Postmasburg and Sishen in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa

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Thari Resources (Pty) Ltd (Thari Resources) applied for a mining right to the DMR in 2012. The mining right was approved in June 2018 on Portions 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Farm Macarthy 559, situated between Postmasburg and Sishen in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. The Mining Right has been transferred to Salene Manganese (Pty) Ltd (Salene). Due to the time that has lapsed between applying for the mining right and the mining right finally being granted, the approved mine layout has undergone numerous updates and subsequent revisions. Salene has proposed an amendment to its mine plan and therefore its mine layout. Some of the proposed changes include the addition of waste rock dumps and the construction of clean and dirty water storage facilities within its mining right area. The addition of these facilities triggers the requirements for an application for an Environmental Impact Assessment, a Waste Management Licence (WML) and a Water Use Licence (WUL). Proposed new infrastructure New opencast pits Three different opencast pits will be developed. Two of these will be manganese pits and one will be an iron ore pit. New Topsoil dump Topsoil will be removed and dumped on the topsoil dump. The position is in such an area that it would not impact on any future mining activity. Waste Rock dump (WRD) A new waste rock dump will be used for waste generated from the two manganese pits and the iron ore pit, the new WRD will extend for about 18.2 ha. In addition, the existing WRD will be expanded and will extend for about 10.5 ha. New DMS plant (Crushing and Screening plant forms part of the new DMS plant) A 100 kt Dense Medium Separation (DMS) plant will be erected to beneficiate iron ore. The DMS plant will produce a lumpy product (-30 mm +6 mm) and a fines product (-6 mm +1 mm). Approximately 15% of the feed will report as ultra-fines which will be discarded as waste. New Manganese static plant A 100 kt static plant will be put in place to crush and screen manganese ore. The static plant will consist of a jaw crusher, screen, and a cone crusher. Attached to the static plant will be two Magnetic Separation (MagSep) units. Permanent magnets of approximately 18-gauss will be used to separate ore and waste. Three different products will be produced: • -75 mm + 10 mm; • -30 mm + 6 mm; and • -10 mm + 6 mm. New access road A new access road was established between the Salene offices and the contractor offices. This was done to avoid driving through the red permit area Increased groundwater abstraction – will be based on available yield Groundwater abstraction will be based on the quantity that can be abstracted under a general authorisation in terms of the National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998). New water storage reservoir Salene has applied for a 150 NB connection to the Sedibeng pipeline which will connect to the existing Gamagara line that goes through Salene Manganese mine entrance.. . Two 533 m3 dams will be erected to supply water to the DMS and manganese static plant. The new water storage reservoir will cater for 2 weeks storage based on 300 kl/day requirement. New workshop area A workshop area will be put in place next to the contractor’s offices. Mining and plant equipment will be maintained in this area. Area will be dressed with fines. Activities in this area: General equipment maintenance Tyre inflation Tyre repair Diesel refuelling Boilermaker activities Equipment to be maintained in this area: Articulated dump trucks Excavators Light delivery vehicles Grader Mobile crusher Mobile screens New sub-station for DMS plant Various options are considered to supply power to the new DMS plant and a final decision is still pending. An area of 300 m x 300 m is set out as a possible location. New container onboarding facility A three-classroom prefabricated building will be used as a training and onboarding facility. This facility will be placed next to the current Almar offices Storm water infrastructure Storm water infrastructure will consist mainly of berms constructed with competent waste material. Specialist Studies The following specialist studies were conducted for the EMPr amendment based on the findings of the Screening tool report: • Air Quality Impact Assessment • Visual Impact Assessment • Fauna and Flora • Aquatic Assessment • Blasting and Vibration Impact Assessment • Noise Impact Assessment • Geohydrological Assessment • Waste management classification • Soil and Land Capability Assessment • Heritage Impact Assessment (Archaeological) • Socio-Economic • Palaeontological assessment Each specialist was given a Scope of Work to carry out their study including the Impact Assessment Criteria used to rank and rate the impacts and risks. Information and data of the current existing environmental monitoring programs will also be assessed to detect trends and changes in conjunction with environmental attributes triggered by the project activities. Information from historical specialist studies (if available) will also be taken into considerations versus the project specialist studies to inform the impact identification, assessment, and remediation process. This will allow for all impacts from all specialists to be incorporated into the EIA and EMPr and thus ensuring consistency, accuracy and reliability of the report and content thereof.

ApplicationDate: 

Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - 14:12

CaseID: 

16159

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ApplicationTypeDeadlineDate
09/04/2021

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