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Scoping Report for the Mining Right Application for Ikwezi Vanadium Pty Ltd on farms Morewag 921 JQ, Haakdoornfontein 12 JQ and Varkfontein 13 JQ within the Bojanala District of the Moses Kotane Local Municipality, North West Prov

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Ikwezi Vanadium (Pty) Ltd (Ikwezi) applied for a mining right in terms of Section 22(1) of the Mineral and Resources Petroleum Resources Development Act (Act No. 28 of 2002) as amended (MPRDA) (DMR reference number: NW 30/5/1/2/2/10178MR). Ikwezi proposes to mine iron ore, phosphate, aggregate, sand, titanium and vanadium ore on the Farms Morewage 921 JQ, Haakdoornfontin 12 JQ and Varkfontein 13 JQ within the Magisterial District of Rustenburg, North West Province. An environmental authorisation is required for listed activities triggered in terms of Chapter 6 of Government Notice (GN) No. R.326 as amended in Government Gazette No. 40772 (7 April 2017) of the National Environmental Management Act (Act No.107 of 1998) (NEMA). This scoping report is compiled in support of the above-mentioned environmental authorisation and will be submitted to the relevant competent authorities. Envirostep (Pty) Ltd (Envirostep) has been appointed by Ikwezi as the independent Environmental Assessment Practitioner (EAP) to conduct the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the proposed mining project, as well as the required Public Participation Process (PPP). This scoping report forms part of the EIA process and aims to identify environmental issues and concerns that require further investigation as well as to determine feasible alternatives. The identified environmental issues and project alternatives are then used to determine the terms of references for the specialist studies to be undertaken during the EIA Phase. During the Scoping Phase, all persons interested or affected by the Project are informed of the proposed activities and are provided with the opportunity to provide their input in terms of issues and concerns that they may have. Potential positive and negative impacts that the proposed Project may have on the environment have been identified and discussed in this report. This scoping report will address the requirements for NEMA and the MPRDA. The objectives of this scoping report are as follows:  Identify the policies and legislation that are relevant to the activity;  To consider alternatives to the Project in terms of infrastructure and activities;  Provide Interested & Affected Parties (IAPs) and stakeholders with the opportunity to contribute to the Project and ensuring that their issues that have been raised are recorded and considered in Project planning;  Provide a baseline description of the receiving environment;  Highlight potential impacts that should be investigated further during the EIA Phase;  Develop a study plan for the EIA phase; and  To allow the authorities to comment and raise issues of concern regarding the Project. Certain assumptions, limitations, and uncertainties are associated with the Scoping Phase. This report is based on information that is currently available and, as a result, the following limitations and assumptions are applicable:  The report is based on project information provided by the client.  No specialist studies have been completed for the scoping phase of this application. Descriptions of the natural and social environments are based on limited desktop assessments and available literature.  The levels of confidence for the impact assessment (Section 11.2) are considered low until detailed specialist studies are conducted in the EIA phase.  Information reported herein may be based on the interpretation of public domain data collected by EAP and/or information supplied by the applicant and/or its other advisors and associates. The data has been accepted in good faith as being accurate and valid.

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Ikwezi intends to mine for the following minerals:  Iron ore;  Vanadium;  Titanium;  Phosphate;  Titanomagnetite;  Sand and aggregate rock. The target minerals are found in the Upper Zone of the Bushveld Igneous Complex (refer Figure 3) and forms part of the Rustenburg Layered Suite. The minerals are located at various depths from the surface up to 100m below the surface. The mineral deposit identified indicates that there is sufficient mineralised material of sufficient grade to justify the declaration of a maiden resource in accordance with the JORC Code (2012). The preliminary exploration results identified the Main Magnetite Layer orientated, striking north-south, and dipping at ±19°E. The average fault block strike length is 510m. Exploration identified four magnetite layers from the Upper Zone, which lie within the property boundaries, the Main Magnetite Layer (MML) and Magnetite Layers 21, 22 and phosphate layer. The vanadium is in solid solution with titanium within the magnetite and thus the grades vary conversely from the bottom to the top of the Upper Zone. Vanadium grades are at the highest (up to 1.8%) at the base of the stratigraphy, in the MML and at their lowest (0.25%) at the top of the stratigraphy. Conversely, the titanium grades are at the lowest (11%) at the base and the highest (18%) at the top of the stratigraphy. Exploration results indicate significant faulting of the ore body which causes displacement of the target material. North-south trending faults produce a duplication of lithology and a gain of ground. From the exploration data collected it is evident that prospects of similar structure are represented on the Haakdoornfontein, Varkfontein and Morewag farms. According to Charlier, et.al, (2015), the Upper Zone is around 700m thick in the western bushveld with two prominent vanadium layers at the bottom and top of the Upper Zone and these observations correspond with what has been identified in the field. 4.3.2. Mining Operations Mining will occur simultaneously Varkfontein, Morewag and Haakdoornfontein farms starting in year one of mining. 4.3.2.1. Mining Method The resource will be mined by conventional truck-and-shovel open pit mining and standard bench mining will be used to a depth of 100m. The box cut topsoil will be removed and the waste rock will be dumped onto the relevant waste dump sites. Once the box cut is complete simultaneous rehabilitation will be done and a steady-state (i.e. rehabilitation and mining occur at an equal rate) will be reached within one year. This mining strategy is employed to assist in limiting the size of the final waste dump and to ensure continuous rehabilitation of the mining void. The final waste dumps footprints are designed considering all environmental and safety concerns. On the Haakdoornfontein farm, the southern pit will be mined in a westerly direction over 15 years while the central pit will be mined in a northerly direction for 15 years. After 15 years the central pit will be mined in a northerly and southerly direction simultaneously for a further 15 years. From year 31 onwards, a new pit will be developed in the northern portion of the farm, where it will be mined in a southerly direction until year 43. Mining on the Varkfontein and Morewag farms will simultaneously commence in year one of mining. The pit will be mined from the centre outwards, in a northerly and southerly direction (refer Figure 5). This is done to achieve the required production rates

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Saturday, June 5, 2021 - 23:21

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16572

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NW 30/5/1/2/2/10178 MR
15/06/2021

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