Heritage Cases

The project is still in the Scoping Phase and a Heritage Impact Assessment and a Paleontological study are busy being conducted and will be submitted to SAHRA upon completion. Taung Gold Secunda (Pty) Limited (Taung Gold) intends to refurbish the disused Evander No. 6 Shaft (previously owned by Evander Gold Mines) and establish gold processing and related surface infrastructure. The proposed project is located near Secunda in the Govan Mbeki Local Municipality of the Gert Sibande District Municipality in the Mpumalanga Province. Taung Gold is a South African registered gold exploration company. The proposed Taung Gold Project will involve the refurbishing of the disused Evander No.6 shaft and ventilation shaft and additional facilities for waste rock storage, ore processing, tailings disposal, as well as associated support infrastructure and services for administration, maintenance, water, transport, sewage and power supply. The main components of the proposed infrastructure include:  Operating of two vertical shafts  Gold processing (metallurgical) plant;  A small water treatment plant;  Tailings storage facility;  Material storage and handling areas (ore, fuel, lubricants, process materials, gas, hazardous substances, explosives);  Water management (clean / dirty water dams, clean / dirty storm water controls);  A helipad;  An Eskom yard;  A mine substation and yard;  Communication and lighting facilities;  Offices, change houses, ablutions, security facilities;  Three 1.2 mw cooling fans;  Power lines, pipelines, roads;  Continuation of dewatering as part of underground mining;  Extension to existing accommodation and new accommodation for crew; and  Temporary housing of construction personnel.