Appendix B Stakeholder Engagement Part 2

APPENDIX B: STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT DOCUMENTS

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From: D. Bursic NOVATEC To: Candice Sadan Cc: Kate Hamilton; Edwynn Louw Subject: RE: Proposed Gamsberg Smelter Project, near Aggeneys, Northern Cape Date: 12 November 2019 04:39:57 PM Attachments: image001.png image004.png image005.png image008.png image009.png image010.png 2019-10-16 Gamsberg smelter and pipeline_BID-V0.13.pdf Novatec_GAMSBERG.pdf Importance: High

Dear Mrs Sadan

Please find completed form as per your request.

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BLACK MOUNTAIN MINING (PTY) LIMITED BACKGROUND INFORMATION DOCUMENT FOR THE PROPOSED GAMSBERG SMELTER AND BULK WATER PIPELINE PROJECT. REGISTRATION AND RESPONSE FORM FOR INTERESTED AND AFFECTED PARTIES OCTOBER 2019

DATE 12.11.2019 TIME 15:15 PARTICULARS OF THE INTERESTED AND AFFECTED PARTY NAME N OVATEC d.o.o. N OVATEC SA Pty(Ltd) POSTAL ADDRESS Marcilnica 70 PO Box 413149 Labin Craighall CROATIA SOUTH AFRICA 52220 POSTAL CODE STREET ADDRESS Marcilnica 70 345 Rivonia Boulevard Labin Sandton CROATIA SOUTH AFRICA 52220 CODE

WORK/ DAY TELEPHONE +385 52 851 551 WORK/ DAY FAX NUMBER NUMBER +385 52 857 378 CELL PHONE NUMBER +385 99 249 5907E-MAIL ADDRESS [email protected] r

PLEASE IDENTIFY YOUR INTEREST IN THE PROPOSED PROJECT AS SUPPLIER OF CONTROL SYSTEM(SYSTEM INEGRATOR), LV EQUIPMENT (MCC, PLC, RIO, LCS and other similar types) ON GAMSBERG PROJECT PHASE I, WE ARE SHOWING INTEREST FOR FUTURE PROJECT PHASES (SMELTER, SECOND CONCENTRATOR PLANT) THAT WILL FOLLOW PLEASE WRITE YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS HERE

PLEASE NOTIFY SLR OF ANY OTHER INTERESTED AND AFFECTED PARTY THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS ESIA PROCESS.

Please return completed forms to: SLR Consulting, attention: Candice Sadan (Tel) (021) 461 1118 (011) 467 0978 (Fax) [email protected] PO Box 1596, Cramerview 2060 Please submit initial comments to SLR by 15 November 2019. You will also have an opportunity to comment on the S&EIA. All registered I&APs will be notified when public meetings are taking place.

About Novatec

NOVATEC was established in 1995. in Labin, Croatia. We conduct business worldwide managing our highly educated and skilled workers. NOVATEC as Electrical Engineering and Process Automation company can provide you with complete solutions in control and automation of industrial processes. We are fulfilling all customer requests starting with electrical design, manufacturing of low voltage cabinets, software development for SCADA ( PLC, HMI, PCS, DCS,... ), FAT testing, erection and supervision, commissioning, customer training and production support. We provide complete Turn-Key Solutions from small size automation units to sophisticated complete plant automation. On special client request we deliver existing plants upgrading. NOVATEC delivers and integrates different processes needed for effective control of production plant: Controller Level – implementation and exceution of industrial automation processes along with HMI visualization of process status. Machine/Operation Unit Level – control and processes optimization; technological data analysis; automated status reporting on quantity and quality of created products. Electrical design LV Electrical switchboards manufacturing PLC panels design and manufacturing Electrical switchboards testing Plant Control System DCS – PCS7 Plant Control System SCADA Commissioning, training and assistance to production From: Peter Mokomele To: Candice Sadan Subject: RE: Proposed Gamsberg Smelter Project, near Aggeneys, Northern Cape Date: 12 November 2019 04:12:50 PM Attachments: image002.png image003.png EIA for Smelter by SLR.pdf

Dear Ms Sadan

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From: Candice Sadan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, 16 October 2019 15:09 To: Candice Sadan Cc: Kate Hamilton ; Edwynn Louw Subject: Proposed Gamsberg Smelter Project, near Aggeneys, Northern Cape

Notice of an initial Public Participation Process

Dear sir / madam

Herewith please find a Background Information Document (BID) regarding the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the proposed Gamsberg Smelter Project, near Aggeneys, Northern Cape.

This Background Information Document (BID) provides initial information to stakeholders about the EIA process to be undertaken for the proposed project.

You have been sent this communication as you have been identified as a potential Interested and Affected Party (I&AP). Please let SLR know should you no longer wish to receive communications in this regard.

Should you wish to be registered as an I&AP for the Project and have the opportunity to comment on the Scoping and EIA process, please complete and return the attached form.

Kind regards

Candice Sadan Office Administrator

+27 21 461 1118 [email protected]

SLR Consulting SLR Consulting (Cape Town office) Unit 39, Roeland Square Cnr Roeland Street and Drury Lane, Cape Town, Western Cape, 8001

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From: Nicole Uys To: Candice Sadan Cc: Megan Becker; Kate Hamilton; Edwynn Louw; Jochen Petersen Subject: Registration of Minerals to Metals Initiative (UCT) as an I&AP for the Proposed Gamsberg Smelter Project Date: 13 November 2019 01:37:32 PM Attachments: image001.png image276b97.PNG image411dad.PNG imagec1dfbe.PNG image5a5dc3.PNG imagecef155.PNG imagea45e62.PNG pastedImagebase640.png Application for MtM to be a IAP - Proposed Gamsberg Smelter Project.pdf

Dear Candice,

Please see attached our application for the Minerals to Metals Initiative (UCT) to be registered as an Interested & Affected Party for the Proposed Gamsberg Smelter Project.

Kind regards,

Nicole Uys

Nicole Uys PhD Candidate Minerals to Metals Initiative Department of Chemical Engineering University of Cape Town 072 288 5702

From: Candice Sadan Sent: Tuesday, 12 November 2019 11:53 To: Nicole Uys Cc: Megan Becker ; Kate Hamilton ; Edwynn Louw Subject: RE: Registering as an I&AP for the Proposed Gamsberg Smelter Project

Good day Nicole Thank you for your email. You may send us a reproduced version if this suits you but we have no issues with a hand written copy so please feel free to submit a handwritten scanned version. Thanks and regards

Candice Sadan Office Administrator - +27 21 461 1118 [email protected]

- SLR Consulting SLR Consulting (Cape Town office) 5th Floor, Letterstedt House, Newlands on Main Cnr Main and Campground Roads Newlands, Cape Town, Western Cape, 7700 - Confidentiality Notice and Disclaimer This communication and any attachment(s) contain information which is confidential and may also be legally privileged. It is intended for the exclusive use of the recipient(s) to whom it is addressed. If you have received this communication in error, please email us by return mail and then delete the email from your system together with any copies of it. Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not represent those of SLR Management Ltd, or any of its subsidiaries, unless specifically stated. From: Nicole Uys [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 12 November 2019 10:46 AM To: Candice Sadan Cc: Megan Becker Subject: Registering as an I&AP for the Proposed Gamsberg Smelter Project Dear Candice, I have been asked to register the Minerals to Metals Research Initiative at the University of Cape Town as an Interested and Affected Party for the Proposed Gamsberg Smelter Project. Would it be possible to obtain an editable version of the PDF, or would you have any objection to me reproducing the table instead of returning a hand written copy of the form. Kind regards, Nicole Nicole Uys 3K'&DQGLGDWH 0LQHUDOVWR0HWDOV,QLWLDWLYH 'HSDUWPHQWRI&KHPLFDO(QJLQHHULQJ 8QLYHUVLW\RI&DSH7RZQ 'LVFODLPHU8QLYHUVLW\RI&DSH7RZQ7KLVHPDLOLVVXEMHFWWR8&7SROLFLHVDQGHPDLOGLVFODLPHU SXEOLVKHGRQRXUZHEVLWHDWKWWSZZZXFWDF]DPDLQHPDLOGLVFODLPHURUREWDLQDEOHIURP ,IWKLVHPDLOLVQRWUHODWHGWRWKHEXVLQHVVRI8&7LWLVVHQWE\WKHVHQGHULQDQLQGLYLGXDOFDSDFLW\ 3OHDVHUHSRUWVHFXULW\LQFLGHQWVRUDEXVHYLDKWWSVFVLUWXFWDF]DSDJHUHSRUWDQLQFLGHQWSKS =$(;&6 Disclaimer - University of Cape Town This email is subject to UCT policies and email disclaimer published on our website at http://www.uct.ac.za/main/email-disclaimer or obtainable from +27 21 650 9111. If this email is not related to the business of UCT, it is sent by the sender in an individual capacity. Please report security incidents or abuse via https://csirt.uct.ac.za/page/report-an-incident.php. BLACK MOUNTAIN MINING (PTY) LIMITED BACKGROUND INFORMATION DOCUMENT FOR THE PROPOSED GAMSBERG SMELTER AND BULK WATER PIPELINE PROJECT. REGISTRATION AND RESPONSE FORM FOR INTERESTED AND AFFECTED PARTIES OCTOBER 2019

DATE 13/11/2019 TIME 13:30 PARTICULARS OF THE INTERESTED AND AFFECTED PARTY NAME Minerals to Metals Initiative, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town Contact Persons: Associate Professor Megan Becker, Prof Jochen Petersen & Ms Nicole Uys POSTAL Department of Chemical Engineering ADDRESS University of Cape Town Private Bag X1, Rondebosch South Africa POSTAL CODE 7700 STREET Department of Chemical Engineering ADDRESS South Lane, Upper Campus Rondebosch, University of Cape Town South Africa CODE 7700 WORK / DAY Admin: 021 650-4035 WORK / DAY TELEPHONE M. Becker: 021 650-3797 FAX NUMBER NUMBER CELL PHONE M. Becker: (+27) 082 752-2653 EMAIL [email protected] NUMBER ADDRESS [email protected] [email protected]

PLEASE IDENTIFY YOUR INTEREST IN THE PROPOSED PROJECT The Minerals to Metals Initiative at UCT has on-going PhD research by Nicole Uys (PhD Candidate) that is focused on demonstrating that process design for a heterogenous and complex ore body, which takes varying ore mineralogy and sustainability criteria into account, significantly influences the process flowsheet options available, relative to a conventional techno-economic design approach. This project uses a case study approach to the processing and refining of zinc sulphide ores to demonstrate the application of the methodology. PLEASE WRITE YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS HERE Comments: Is the use of the term smelter not misleading? Our understanding is that it is a Roast-Leach- Electrowinning (RLE) process as opposed to a smelter.

Roasting: A pyrometallurgical process where ore/concentrates is heated to below its melting point, in the presence of air, in order to oxidise impurities. In the case of zinc sulphide ores, sulphur is oxidised. Most common equipment for this process is a rotary kiln.

Smelting: A pyrometallurgical process where metals are extracted from ore/concentrate heating above the melting point of all constituents in a furnace and separating into metal rich (blister, matte) and oxide-rich (slag) phases that are tapped separately from the furnace.

Questions: Technology x What was the driving factor for the Roast-Leach-Electrowinning (RLE) technology choice? o What is the fuel source for the roasting step (coal, gas, diesel), where is it coming from and how is it stored? o What are the exhausts from the RLE process? o What is the expected CO2 footprint? o Are there any deleterious metals/dust in the exhaust gas? o Has gas dispersion been modelled? o Has any means of CO2 capture been considered? x What other technology options (as opposed to RLE) were considered (e.g. pressure leaching)?

Products x Apart from zinc and sulphuric acid, are there any other proposed or potential sellable products (e.g. metal impurities such as silver, indium, germanium which are removed during purification)? If there are potential other sellable products, what is hindering their inclusion in the process flowsheet? x Is there a reliable market for sulphuric acid? o If so where is the market? o How will it be stored and transported? x Is there potential for a close-by facility for fertiliser production? o Is there a market for fertiliser? x Will all the concentrate be processed by the proposed refining process, or will a portion of the concentrate be exported?

Waste x What are the proposed waste management strategies? o In terms of leach residues, impurity removal products, flue-gas precipitates, etc. o What is the current plan for iron precipitates (jarosite) and gypsum products? o Have any other options for minimisation/elimination of waste production been considered? x What is the expected deportment of deleterious elements into waste streams?

Utilities x Is the Eskom Aggeneys Substation the sole source of the plant’s electricity requirements? o What is the anticipated electrical power demand for the process, particularly the energy intensive electrowinning step? o Can Eskom Aggeneys Substation accommodate this additional electricity demand? o What are the impacts associated with this (locally and nationally)? o What additional environmental concerns need to be addressed in building the power line from the substation? o Given an already constrained national grid, what is the ‘backup’ plan if Eskom’s electricity provision is constrained (periods of less or no electricity)?

PLEASE NOTIFY SLR OF ANY OTHER INTERESTED AND AFFECTED PARTY THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS ESIA PROCESS.

From: Ronald Stuurman To: Candice Sadan Subject: Respond form Date: 18 November 2019 08:23:02 PM Attachments: 20191118185410329.pdf

Hi,Candice Sadan please found attached form.

Regards

Ronald Stuurman Cell 0847084955 Email [email protected]

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From: Rowen Nortje To: Candice Sadan Subject: Re: Gamsberg Smelter Project AND Pella Bulk Water Pipeline: Public Meeting Notification Date: 18 November 2019 05:16:21 PM

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To whom it may concern

As an entrepreneur, and as a interest party, i would like to congratulate you in development that is taking place in our Municipal Area.

Question will be who will benefit in this project and how?

With the first development of current Plant that is operational, outside company's benefited and left with the Capital. Will it be the repeat of future beneficiaries?

I am a black female business owner. My business do purified water wheryby the machine is an upmarket RO 4000 Reverse Osmosis Machine. My company did not benefited from the first project. Pofadder itself were not developed and business shift to Springbok and Kakamas. Are we going to see a repeat?

My Company's name is Rowenas Cottage, producing 'Pofadder Water'. Rowena's Cottage 192 Nuwe Street Pofadder 8890 Tel: 072 333 4758/063 180 7525

On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 11:26 AM Candice Sadan wrote:

EIA FOR THE PROPOSED GAMSBERG SMELTER PROJECT, NEAR AGGENEYS NORTHERN CAPE and basic assessment process for the PELLA BULK WATER pipeline

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ZAEXC1S From: Admin Springbok To: Candice Sadan Subject: GAMSBERG SMELTER PROJECT AND PELLA BULK WATER PIPELINE: COMPLETED FORMS Date: 19 November 2019 10:27:55 AM Attachments: image002.png image001.png Message from NASHUA-BLACK.msg Message from NASHUA-BLACK.msg

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From: Baltimo Engineering To: Candice Sadan Subject: Gamsberg Smelter Project Date: 19 November 2019 08:47:06 AM

Good Morning Candace,

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Thank you for the comprehensive report on the project and indeed the existing environment.

B&W were involved extensively on the concentrator project particularly when building the overhead line from Aggeneys to site regarding the line route and the process & procedures we had to adhere to.

Both B&W and the client team I believe achieved the goals set in maintaining and preserving the environment ensuring absolute minimum damage and relocation.

B&W will be attending the public meeting at Pofadder on the 4th of December 2019.

Trusting the above is in order.

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From: Candice Sadan Sent: Friday, 10 January 2020 16:41 To: Rafeeqah Kamish Cc: Kate Hamilton Subject: RE: EIA Proposed Gamsberg Smelter Project

Dear Rafeeqah

Thank you for your interest in the project. Your details have been added to the list of registered I&APs and you will be kept informed of the process as we progress.

Many thanks

Kind regards

From: Rafeeqah Kamish Sent: 10 January 2020 04:33 PM To: Candice Sadan Cc: Eugene Marais Subject: EIA Proposed Gamsberg Smelter Project

Dear Candice

I trust that you are well.

Candice, could you kindly register myself as an Interested and Affected Party?

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From: UPT Container Park Sent: 07 February 2020 02:03 PM To: Candice Sadan Subject: Registration as stakeholder: Container Park Upington _ Gamsberg Smelter Project NTS Attachments: Gamsberg Smelter Project NTS v1 4 - Container park.pdf

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Good day Candice, Please find attached for the registration as stakeholder in order to receive further information.

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From: [email protected] Sent: 05 February 2020 02:48 PM To: Candice Sadan Cc: 'Anthony Botha' Subject: RE: Gamsberg Draft Scoping Project - 720.22013.00002

Dear Candice and SLR consultant team,

Gamsberg Smelter

The Hot Dip Galvanizers Association of Southern Africa represents the interests of 20 Galvanizers situated in Southern Africa. These Galvanizing companies probable represent about 80% of the value of galvanizing in the region and possibly approximately 90% of the weight of steel that is galvanized.

Since galvanizing technologies represents over 60% of all zinc consumption there is therefore strong congruence between the mining and production of zinc and our industry. Vedanta Resources is an Associate member of our organization and has a vested interest in our efforts to stimulated market conditions for the galvanizing industry. The news of the zinc smelter/ processing plant is therefore excellent news.

It is we believe imperative that the technical specification related to the corrosion protection for the steelwork of the new smelter be that of hot dip galvanized to ISO 1461:2011 standards and that fabrication of this steelwork as well as the galvanizing thereof be performed locally in S.A.

The following commercial benefits and positive social responsibility spin‐offs for both parties are listed:

 local Increase in Zinc sales for Vedanta Resources related to the project ‐ short term  Stimulation of the S.A. galvanizing industry, presently operating with at least 30% spare capacity – creates a platform for longer term market and stimulation for zinc sales  Positive social impact resultant from localizing of fabrication and galvanizing of steelworks through job creation at both fabricators and galvanizers  Accountability for project deliverables is localized and simplified

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From: Edwynn Louw Sent: Friday, 31 January 2020 16:47 Cc: Kate Hamilton ; Candice Sadan ; Edwynn Louw Subject: FW: Gamsberg Draft Scoping Report for Public Review ‐ Update

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File Reference number: NC‐00174‐MR/102

Dear Sir / Madam

Black Mountain Mining (Pty) Ltd, part of the Vedanta Zinc International, owns and operates the Gamsberg Zinc Mine. The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process was completed in 2013 and in 2014 the Gamsberg Zinc Mine received an Environmental Authorisation (Ref: NC/EIA/NAM/KHA/AGG/2012), a Waste Management Licence (Ref: 12/9/11/L955/8); and Water Use Licence (Ref:14/D82C/ABCGI/2654)) for their open pit mining activities and concentrator plant. The Gamsberg Zinc Mine commenced with mining activity in June 2016 and started production through its concentrator plant in October 2018. Gamsberg Zinc Mine is currently mining up to 4 million tonnes of ore per annum (mtpa) and producing up to 250 000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of zinc metal in concentrate for export.

Black Mountain Mining (Pty) Ltd is now proposing to construct a new zinc smelter and associated infrastructure to produce 300 000 tpa special high grade zinc metal by processing 680 000 tpa of zinc concentrate (Gamsberg Smelter Project). As a by‐product 450 000 tpa pure sulphuric acid will be produced for both export and consumption within South Africa.

The Draft Scoping Report (DSR) for the proposed project has been made available for a public review period of 30 days, from 29 January 2020 to 28 February 2020. The Non‐Technical Summary attached contains a brief synopsis of the DSR. The full DSR can be found in the following places for review:

• Pofadder Public Library; • Pofadder Local Municipal Offices; • Springbok Municipal Offices; • Springbok Library; • Aggeneys Public Library; • Gamsberg Mine Security Office; • Pella Public Library and Local Municipality; and • Project website (https://slrconsulting.com/za/slr‐documents).

Please send all comments to SLR (at the address below) using the SLR project reference: 720.22013.00002

SLR Consulting Candice Sadan (021) 461 1118 (Tel) (011) 467 0978 (Fax) [email protected] PO Box 1596, Cramerview 2060

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From: Low, Karen Sent: 20 February 2020 02:03 PM To: Candice Sadan Subject: Gamberg Smelter Project

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Dear Candice,

Please can you register me as an I&AP for the Gamsberg Smelter EIA (SLR project reference: 720.22013.00002).

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From: Edwynn Louw Sent: 03 February 2020 02:51 PM To: Candice Sadan Cc: Kate Hamilton Subject: FW: Gamsberg Draft Scoping Report for Public Review Attachments: Eskom requirements for work in or near Eskom servitudes.doc

Hi Candice,

Please include in your records.

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From: John Geeringh Sent: Monday, 03 February 2020 10:41 To: Edwynn Louw Cc: David Tunnicliff ; Mbulelo Kibido ; Jacob Machinjike ; Makoanyane Theku ; Dumi Nthongoa Subject: Gamsberg Draft Scoping Report for Public Review

Please find attached general requirements for any works to be done in close proximity to Eskom servitudes or infrastructure.

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John Geeringh (Pr Sci Nat) Senior Consultant Environmental Management Eskom Transmission Division: Land & Rights Megawatt Park, D1Y42, Maxwell Drive, Sunninghill, Sandton. P O Box 1091, Johannesburg, 2000. Tel: 011 516 7233 Cell: 083 632 7663 Fax: 086 661 4064 E-mail: [email protected]

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1 Eskom requirements for work in or near Eskom servitudes.

1. Eskom’s rights and services must be acknowledged and respected at all times.

2. Eskom shall at all times retain unobstructed access to and egress from its servitudes.

3. Any cost incurred by Eskom as a result of non-compliance to any relevant environmental legislation will be charged to the developer.

4. If Eskom has to incur any expenditure in order to comply with statutory clearances or other regulations as a result of the developer’s activities or because of the presence of his equipment or installation within the servitude restriction area, the developer shall pay such costs to Eskom on demand.

5. The use of explosives of any type within 500 metres of Eskom’s services shall only occur with Eskom’s previous written permission. If such permission is granted the developer must give at least fourteen working days prior notice of the commencement of blasting. This allows time for arrangements to be made for supervision and/or precautionary instructions to be issued in terms of the blasting process. It is advisable to make application separately in this regard.

6. Changes in ground level may not infringe statutory ground to conductor clearances or statutory visibility clearances. After any changes in ground level, the surface shall be rehabilitated and stabilised so as to prevent erosion. The measures taken shall be to Eskom’s satisfaction.

7. Eskom shall not be liable for the death of or injury to any person or for the loss of or damage to any property whether as a result of the encroachment or of the use of the servitude area by the developer, his/her agent, contractors, employees, successors in title, and assignees. The developer indemnifies Eskom against loss, claims or damages including claims pertaining to consequential damages by third parties and whether as a result of damage to or interruption of or interference with Eskom’s services or apparatus or otherwise. Eskom will not be held responsible for damage to the developer’s equipment.

8. No mechanical equipment, including mechanical excavators or high lifting machinery, shall be used in the vicinity of Eskom’s apparatus and/or services, without prior written permission having been granted by Eskom. If such permission is granted the developer must give at least seven working days’ notice prior to the commencement of work. This allows time for arrangements to be made for supervision and/or precautionary instructions to be issued by the relevant Eskom Manager

Note: Where an electrical outage is required, at least fourteen work days are required to arrange it.

9. Eskom’s rights and duties in the servitude shall be accepted as having prior right at all times and shall not be obstructed or interfered with.

10. Under no circumstances shall rubble, earth or other material be dumped within the servitude restriction area. The developer shall maintain the area concerned to Eskom’s satisfaction. The developer shall be liable to Eskom for the cost of any remedial action which has to be carried out by Eskom.

11. The clearances between Eskom’s live electrical equipment and the proposed construction work shall be observed as stipulated by Regulation 15 of the Electrical Machinery Regulations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act 85 of 1993).

12. Equipment shall be regarded electrically live and therefore dangerous at all times.

13. In spite of the restrictions stipulated by Regulation 15 of the Electrical Machinery Regulations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act 85 of 1993), as an additional safety precaution, Eskom will not approve the erection of houses, or structures occupied or frequented by human beings, under the power lines or within the servitude restriction area.

14. Eskom may stipulate any additional requirements to highlight any possible exposure to Customers or Public to coming into contact or be exposed to any dangers of Eskom plant.

15. It is required of the developer to familiarise himself with all safety hazards related to Electrical plant.

16. Any third party servitudes encroaching on Eskom servitudes shall be registered against Eskom’s title deed at the developer’s own cost. If such a servitude is brought into being, its existence should be endorsed on the Eskom servitude deed concerned, while the third party’s servitude deed must also include the rights of the affected Eskom servitude.

John Geeringh (Pr Sci Nat)

Senior Consultant Environmental Management Eskom Tx: Land & Rights Candice Sadan

From: Kristinoka Kristinushok Sent: 03 February 2020 04:10 PM To: Edwynn Louw Subject: Re: FW: Gamsberg Draft Scoping Report for Public Review - Update

Dear Sir/Madam

Thank you for the synopsis.

I humbly request a full copy of the Scoping Report. This will assist in affording us an opportunity to peruse the full impact and to exploit opportunities for the community and going forward how do we protect the environment as well.

I look forward to your response.

Leonardo Steenkamp

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On 2020-01-31 16:46, Edwynn Louw wrote:

Please note minor updates in the text as highlighted below.

File Reference number: NC-00174-MR/102

Dear Sir / Madam

Black Mountain Mining (Pty) Ltd is now proposing to construct a new zinc smelter and associated infrastructure to produce 300 000 tpa special high grade zinc metal by processing 680 000 tpa of zinc concentrate (Gamsberg Smelter Project). As a by-product 450 000 tpa pure sulphuric acid will be produced for both export and consumption within South Africa.

The Draft Scoping Report (DSR) for the proposed project has been made available for a public review period of 30 days, from 29 January 2020 to 28 February 2020. The Non-Technical Summary attached contains a brief synopsis of the DSR. The full DSR can be found in the following places for review:

• Pofadder Public Library;

• Pofadder Local Municipal Offices;

• Springbok Municipal Offices;

• Springbok Library;

• Aggeneys Public Library;

• Gamsberg Mine Security Office;

2 • Pella Public Library and Local Municipality; and

• Project website (https://slrconsulting.com/za/slr-documents).

Please send all comments to SLR (at the address below) using the SLR project reference: 720.22013.00002

SLR Consulting

Candice Sadan

(021) 461 1118 (Tel)

(011) 467 0978 (Fax) [email protected]

PO Box 1596, Cramerview 2060

Kind regards,

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From: Sasha McPherson Sent: 03 February 2020 09:44 AM To: Candice Sadan; Edwynn Louw Cc: Stuart Boyd; Sean Testa Subject: FW: Gamsberg Draft Scoping Report for Public Review - Update

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From: Edwynn Louw Sent: Friday, January 31, 2020 16:49 Cc: Kate Hamilton; Candice Sadan; Edwynn Louw Subject: FW: Gamsberg Draft Scoping Report for Public Review ‐ Update

Please note minor updates in the text as highlighted below.

File Reference number: NC‐00174‐MR/102

Dear Sir / Madam

1 Black Mountain Mining (Pty) Ltd is now proposing to construct a new zinc smelter and associated infrastructure to produce 300 000 tpa special high grade zinc metal by processing 680 000 tpa of zinc concentrate (Gamsberg Smelter Project). As a by‐product 450 000 tpa pure sulphuric acid will be produced for both export and consumption within South Africa.

Please send all comments to SLR (at the address below) using the SLR project reference: 720.22013.00002

SLR Consulting Candice Sadan (021) 461 1118 (Tel) (011) 467 0978 (Fax) [email protected] PO Box 1596, Cramerview 2060

Kind regards,

2 Kate Hamilton

From: Dr Philip Desmet Sent: Friday, 28 February 2020 14:23 To: Candice Sadan Cc: Kate Hamilton; Edwynn Louw Subject: Re: Gamsberg Draft Scoping Report for Public Review (SLR project reference: 720.22013.00002)

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Hello Candice,

Herewith are please find my comments on the Gamsberg smelter draft scoping report. Please will you confirm that you have received my comments.

Thank you for the draft scoping report. I am mostly happy with the content of the report in terms of project description and impact identification. I do feel however that the document does downplay somewhat the scale of the project particularly the scale of the air quality impacts. It should be recognised that this is a sulphuric acid mine that produces zinc as a by product. Even if the smelting process is 95% efficient at capturing emission that still leaves approximately 22 500 t.p.a. of SO2 that escapes into the local environment. I think the scoping report could have done a better job at discussing the quantum of emissions impacts given that there is detailed knowledge of the input chemistry and there is a detailed breakdown of the smelter outputs. I hope that greater detail on emissions will be provided in the final scoping report.

On page 148 the draft scoping report already attempts to down play the significance of the the smelter emissions. Given that nothing is presented in the draft document quantifying the chemistry, quantity or extent of emissions there is no factual basis for making these assumptions. We need to bare in mind that this smelter will be the largest zinc concentrate smelter in the world by volume of output and it is processing an ore with an exceptionally high sulphur content. A quick scan of the scientific literature on smelter emission impacts on biodiversity paint a very different picture to your comments in the draft scoping report:

1. http://repository.unam.edu.na/bitstream/handle/11070/361/Nunes2007.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y Here in a savanna system they are picking up significant plant community impacts 1km from the smelter.

2. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2000.tb00071.x A quote from the abstract:”...Species richness in high SO2 plots (up to 5 km from the source) was approximately half that of control plots…"

3. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320797000293

4. https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/e98-001#.Xj00xy17GAw A quote from the abstract on this one: “...The maximum radius of contamination varies among the major smelter metals, ranging from 70 km for Cd to 104 km for As…."

In terms of any air quality/emission studies that are conducted for the final scoping report I would like to request that raw model outputs are provided (i.e. continuous value surfaces with emissions extrapolated to limit of detection) and not summarised isobar maps indicating particular significant thresholds. Typically threshold maps use indicators set for human receptors which may be legislated or recommended in local or international air quality standards. A unique attribute of the local landscape is the incredible small size of many of the species of conservation concerns. Some

1 species are barely larger than a pinhead. In this context, thresholds acceptable for human health and safety are not necessarily acceptable for biodiversity health and safety. In the absence of any quantitative research to the contrary I would recommend using an emissions threshold 5% of background rate for defining the default threshold for impact significance.

Given what I read in the literature, it is highly likely that this threshold even with mitigation will extend far beyond the dust impact quantified for the mine EIA. How then will a biodiversity offset be calculated given (1) that existing offset and set aside sites will be impacted by emissions; (2) there will be a cumulative impact of new mining (Swartberg), prospecting and the smelter; and, (3) given points 1 and 2 that impacted biodiversity features will now become more un-offsettable meaning that the “no net loss” goal of Vedanta will be pushed even further from their grasp?

Thank you for granting me the opportunity to comment. I look forward to receiving the final scoping report.

Best regards, Philip ______Dr Philip Desmet 275 Weaver Lane, Lovemore Park, South Africa P.O. Box 15133, Emerald Hill, 6011 Lat Long: -34.013484, 25.500763 Google Plus: XGP2+J8 Port Elizabeth https://what3words.com/caramel.peachy.cold Mobile: +27 (0)82 850-8751 Email: [email protected] ______

On 31 Jan 2020, at 16:41, Edwynn Louw wrote:

Please note minor updates in the text as highlighted below.

File Reference number: NC-00174-MR/102

Dear Sir / Madam

Black Mountain Mining (Pty) Ltd is now proposing to construct a new zinc smelter and associated infrastructure to produce 300 000 tpa special high grade zinc metal by processing 680 000 tpa of zinc concentrate (Gamsberg Smelter Project). As a by-product 450 000 tpa pure sulphuric acid will be produced for both export and consumption within South Africa.

Please send all comments to SLR (at the address below) using the SLR project reference: 720.22013.00002

SLR Consulting Candice Sadan (021) 461 1118 (Tel) (011) 467 0978 (Fax) [email protected] PO Box 1596, Cramerview 2060

Kind regards,

3 Candice Sadan

From: Blaize Sent: 29 January 2020 02:52 PM To: Candice Sadan Subject: Gamsberg new smelter

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Good afternoon Ms Sadan, We provided the plant substation 11kV and 66kV protective relaying and SCADA integration for the Black Mountain project.

We would like to be of assistance on the new smelter. Would you let me know who we should talk to in this regard ?

Thanks

Blaize Magee

1 Candice Sadan

From: Henry Ruiters Sent: 15 January 2020 09:59 AM To: Candice Sadan Subject: Information and Registration form Attachments: Black Mountain - SLR Consulting.pdf

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Good day Miss Sadan

Hope you are doing well and blessings for the 2020. May God bless you and your colleagues abundantly.

Please find attached the registration form as received to get more information regarding the Gamsberg Smelter and it's process.

I wish to also know more about the following: Which vacancies will be available at the Gamsberg Smelter including job titles? What are the requirements and training needs for the construction phase?

Regards

Mr. A. H. Ruiters M: 067 951 0010 / 062 171 1266

"Each person must live their life as a model for others" ‐ Rosa Parks

Candice Sadan

From: Johan Sent: 29 January 2020 01:45 PM To: Candice Sadan Subject: SLR project reference: 720.22013.00002 Attachments: Gamsberg Smelter Project NTS v1.2.pdf

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My only concern is sustainability, hence my question:

1. History in the wider Namaqualand area shows that mining activities are continuing in the area, and once the resource has been depleted, little infrastructure is left behind to support, maintain and create sustainable work and long term investment opportunities for the community. There are various examples of historical mining activities in the area that left the area as “ghost towns” with little sustainable businesses established (which only benefits a few)…i.e. Koiingnaas, Kleinzee, Alexanderbay, Baken / Sanddrift, Nababeep, O’okiep, Carolusberg….. to name a few. Springbok is the only “big hub” in the area. 2. My question is, what legacy will the responsible company leave once the resource is completed for example in 20/30 years’ time? Another Ghost Town? Aggeneys is a mining town with majority mining activities. How will the company ensure long term sustainability and employment opportunities post life of mine? Could you present a long term Social Development Plan post life of mine?

Regards

From: Edwynn Louw Sent: 29 January 2020 12:01 PM Cc: Kate Hamilton ; Candice Sadan ; Edwynn Louw Subject: Gamsberg Draft Scoping Report for Public Review

File Reference number: NC‐00174‐MR/102

Dear Sir / Madam

Black Mountain Mining (Pty) Ltd, part of the Vedanta Zinc International, owns and operates the Gamsberg Zinc Mine. The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process was completed in 2013 and in 2014 the Gamsberg Zinc Mine received an Environmental Authorisation (Ref: NC/EIA/NAM/KHA/AGG/2012), a Waste Management Licence (Ref: 12/9/11/L955/8); and Water Use Licence (Ref:14/D82C/ABCGI/2654)) for their open pit mining activities and concentrator plant. The Gamsberg Zinc Mine has been in operation since June 2016 and is currently mining up to 4 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) and producing up to 110 000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of zinc metal. The Gamsberg Zinc Mine is located in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, approximately 14 km east of the town of Aggeneys and 120 km east of Springbok along the N14.

1 The Draft Scoping Report (DSR) for the proposed project has been made available for a public review period of 30 days, from 29 January 2020 to 28 February 2020. The Non‐Technical Summary attached contains a brief synopsis of the DSR. The full DSR can be found in the following places for review:

Please send all comments to SLR (at the address below) using the SLR project reference: 720.22013.00002

SLR Consulting Candice Sadan (021) 461 1118 (Tel) (011) 467 0978 (Fax) [email protected] PO Box 1596, Cramerview 2060

Kind regards,

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Appendix B.7 - Minutes of Public Meetings

BLACK MOUNTAIN MINING (PTY) LTD NOTES OF STAKEHOLDER INFORMATION MEETING

DATE: 2 December 2019 at 16:00 VENUE: Aggeneys North Recreation Club, Aggeneys PROJECT: Gamsberg Smelter and Bulk Water Pipeline Project SLR COMPANY: South Africa PROJECT NUMBER: 720.22013.00002 PURPOSE: Information sharing for Smelter: Scoping and Environmental Impact Assessment and Bulk Water Pipeline: Basic Assessment process ATTENDANCE: An attendance register is presented in Appendix 1.

1. OPENING AND INTRODUCTION Kate Hamilton (KH) of SLR Consulting (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd opened the meeting and welcomed attendees. The Black Mountain Mining (Pty) Ltd (BMM) team and the SLR team introduced themselves to the meeting attendees. An attendance register was signed by attendees and is included in Appendix 1.

2. APOLOGIES No apologies were made.

3. PRESENTATIONS Mr Pieter Venter (PV) Environmental Manager for BMM presented the background to BMM and the proposed Gamsberg Smelter Project. The presentation included an overview of the Gamsberg Zinc Mine; the project alternatives identified and related technical information for the proposed Gamsberg Smelter Project.

Mr Arno Engelbrecht (AE), Project Lead - Gamsberg Infrastructure, presented the proposed Bulk Water Pipeline Project. The presentation included an overview of the existing pipeline servitude and related technical information for the proposed Bulk Water Pipeline project.

KH gave a presentation on the Scoping and Environmental Impact Assessment (S&EIA) process and the Basic Assessment (BA) process for the proposed Gamsberg Smelter and the Bulk Water Pipeline Projects. The presentation included an overview of the legal framework regulating the Smelter S&EIA application and Water Use Licence Application (WULA) and an overview of the legal framework regulating the Bulk Water Pipeline BA and WULA process, including the specialist investigations and public participation process for each.

A copy of the presentation is attached in Appendix 2.

4. DISCUSSION Comments raised during the meeting have been recorded and are included in Table 1 below. Where a response was provided the response has been included. Where comments/ queries were not able to be responded to in the meeting, this has been indicated in Table 1 and responses will be provided in the Comments and Responses (CRR) section of the Draft Scoping Report that will be distributed for public comment.

5. THE WAY FORWARD KH highlighted the following: • Submit application form (January / February 2020) • Commenting authority and public review of Scoping Report (30 days, January/ February 2020) • Commenting authority and public review of BA (30 days, March/ April 2020) • Commenting authority and public review of S&EIA (30 days, June - July 2020)

6. CLOSE KH thanked everyone for their attendance and interest in the Gamsberg Smelter and the Bulk Water Pipeline Projects and the meeting was adjourned.

TABLE 1: RECORD OF ISSUES RAISED AND RESPONSES # Issue raised By whom Response Note: The minutes do not reflect questions asked which are directly answered in the presentations or which related to standard EIA procedure and had no bearing on the scoping of issues. 1 Why does the smelter not have a fixed location? C. Olivier KH: As part of the scoping process we are required to assess alternative sites, each having their own unique impacts. In this manner sites with higher potential impacts can be screened out. 2 The smelter placement is not relevant to the secured landfill site? C. Olivier KH: The closer the secured landfill facility is to the smelter. the better as this minimises the distance that the Jarosite/ Jarofix needs to be transported and the potential impacts associated with the transportation of the waste product. 3 In my experience the 107 days for DENC to respond is often Mr Myburg KH: Thanks for the comment, we will keep that in mind. exceeded. 4 How will you ship product? J. du Plessis PV: As part of the feasibility study both road and rail transport are being considered. Once the pre-feasibility phase has been completed the final method of transportation will be finalised.

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BLACK MOUNTAIN MINING (PTY) LTD

NOTES OF STAKEHOLDER INFORMATION MEETING

DATE: 3 December 2019 at 10:00 VENUE: Pella Community Hall, Pella PROJECT: Gamsberg Smelter and Bulk Water Pipeline Project SLR COMPANY: South Africa PROJECT NUMBER: 720.22013.00002 PURPOSE: Information sharing for Smelter: Scoping and Environmental Impact Assessment and Bulk Water Pipeline: Basic Assessment process ATTENDANCE: An attendance register is included in Appendix 1.

1. OPENING AND INTRODUCTION Marline Medallie (MM) of SLR Consulting (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd opened the meeting and welcomed attendees. The Black Mountain Mining (Pty) Ltd (BMM) team and the SLR team introduced themselves to the meeting attendees. An attendance register was signed by attendees and is included in Appendix 1.

2. APOLOGIES No apologies were made.

Mr Arno Engelbrecht (AE), Project Lead - Gamsberg Infrastructure, presented the proposed Bulk Water Pipeline project. The presentation included an overview of the existing pipeline servitude and related technical information for the proposed Bulk Water Pipeline project.

MM gave a presentation on the Scoping and Environmental Impact Assessment (S&EIA) process and the Basic Assessment (BA) process for the proposed Gamsberg Smelter and the Bulk Water Pipeline Projects. The presentation included an overview of the legal framework regulating the Smelter S&EIA application and Water Use Licence Application (WULA) and an overview of the legal framework regulating the Bulk Water Pipeline BA and WULA process, including the specialist investigations and public participation process for each.

A copy of the presentation is attached in Appendix 2. 1

5. THE WAY FORWARD MM highlighted the following: • Submit application form (January / February 2020) • Commenting authority and public review of Scoping Report (30 days, January/ February 2020) • Commenting authority and public review of BA (30 days, March/ April 2020) • Commenting authority and public review of S&EIA (30 days, June - July 2020)

6. CLOSE MM thanked everyone for their attendance and interest in the Gamsberg Smelter and the Bulk Water Pipeline Projects and the meeting was adjourned.

Satish Kumar (SK): The project has not been approved. Feasibility studies are currently being undertaken to assess the potential for the Gamsberg Smelter and Bulk Water Pipeline Projects as well as to obtain funding for the projects. 4 As BMM is funding the construction of the pipeline, the Khai-Ma P. van Heerden CW: BMM can commit to supporting the Khai-Ma Council in this regard Council is asking for BMM’s assistance getting old debt with provided this is in compliance with local legislation. Sedibeng Water written off as well as to ensure that the cost of water

# Issue raised By whom Response Note: The minutes do not reflect questions asked which are directly answered in the presentations or which related to standard EIA procedure and had no bearing on the scoping of issues. does not increase excessively as community members cannot keep up with the water increases. 5 What will the health impact be from the smelter on the communities Unidentified I&AP MM: The smelter design will ensure air emissions meet the required and the environment? standards. There will also be continuous monitoring undertaken to ensure the Gamsberg Smelter Project does not exceed the required standards. Air quality modelling is being undertaken as part of the EIA process to understand potential air quality impacts. The impacts identified will be assessed and commitments included in the Environmental Management Programme (EMPr), which will be available for review when the EIA gets distributed for public review. 6 What is the responsibility of the mine towards the provision of water James – Khai-Ma CW: A while ago we made provision for the next five years for projects to be for the Pella community? How much water will the smelter use? We Development & done by the mine within the community. Water provision is one of these are not in opposition to the development, but there must be a social Justice NPO. projects as BMM understands the situation with regards to the drought as responsibility for the mine. well as the concerns in Pella regarding constant water provision. In the following three months (January to March 2020) we will begin sitting with communities, specifically regarding water projects to clarify what communities want and how we can assist. Regarding Sedibeng debt, BMM is willing to help the Council with this and can join the Council when meeting with Sedibeng Water to provide support. Ralton Maree (RM): Please come to us after the meeting to ensure we have your correct contact details.

# Issue raised By whom Response Note: The minutes do not reflect questions asked which are directly answered in the presentations or which related to standard EIA procedure and had no bearing on the scoping of issues. 7 I represent Khai-Ma Council. I would like to see an agreement L. Hugo See response in point 4 above signed to ensure the debt does not get transferred to the Council or that the Council does not inherit the debt. What debt will we incur in terms of electricity and water? Regarding dust we must ensure that it does not affect people’s health. 8 The DHSWS must also be present when discussing the debt issue Unidentified I&AP Thanks for the comment, this has been noted. with Sedibeng Water. 9 Should the project be approved, Pella must benefit from jobs. We L. Hugo Anneline Botes (AB): During the construction phase there will be 6000 jobs have noticed loopholes when it comes to employment. We see created. During operations there will be 1200 jobs. We have identified issues many vehicles and busses bringing lots of people from outside from previous employment drives in the area and these will be addressed. areas. The majority of employment should be for our community and We also have a partnership with TVET college to ensure locals are the Namakwa District municipal areas. The community must be employable and to ensure the skills are available. provided with training to be able to do higher level jobs rather than only being general workers.

10 We also have underground water and many fountains in the area. L. Hugo Noted and could be assisted with through SLP programme. How can Sedibeng and DHSWS help us to access and utilise the water? 11 If it was not for the smelter, you would not have come here to talk A. Engelman Statement noted. about SLP commitments. You last came here in 2015 to have meetings and we have not seen you since then. If it was not for the smelter, you would never have come back. You were here for

# Issue raised By whom Response Note: The minutes do not reflect questions asked which are directly answered in the presentations or which related to standard EIA procedure and had no bearing on the scoping of issues. Gamsberg and we all said no to development. For you this is a project that must succeed. What will happen to us on the ground? We asked you to put the last pipeline underground, but you did not listen and put it above ground. You also use explosives at the mines and our houses are made of clay which are cracking. I say no to the new smelter and pipeline. I don’t have questions; I just wanted to make a statement. 12 I just want to say that from previous experience you do not listen to Mr Jacobson Statement noted. us. 13 What skills will the people require? Tell us so we can get the L. Hugo AB: We have a similar smelter to this one called Scorpion Zinc. We are required training before jobs become available. already aware of the types of skills required to operate and our SLP looks at that specifically. CW: We currently have 770 Khai-Ma learners in TVET college taking part in programmes to prepare for employment. 14 How many people working at the Gamsberg Zinc Mine actually Unidentified I&AP CW: We can look at where the students come from and provide the numbers come from each town? Show us these people. They use our to you to look at. addresses and we do not recognise them. 15 You are Vedanta and BMM. You employ contractors like Moolman’s Unidentified I&AP CW: We have a process where we work with members of the municipality to and Minopex. The owners of the mines promise us employment. verify names and where they are from. This process must be run in Now we know our people. How many Witbank and Pella people do collaboration with the municipality. We will get in contact with you regarding you have working there? Take us to the mine so we can point out the process. our people. You will see we do not recognise those people.

# Issue raised By whom Response Note: The minutes do not reflect questions asked which are directly answered in the presentations or which related to standard EIA procedure and had no bearing on the scoping of issues. 16 This is now the third pipeline you want to build. The first two J. Trichard CW: There are discussions regarding the servitude, and we are looking into pipelines were not built on BMM land. They were built on our land. it. BMM does understand the sensitivity surrounding the servitude. The For the first two pipelines we got nothing. No money. For the third pipeline will not proceed without the required approvals. The whole approval pipeline, what will we get? process is based on the servitude. I am not sure how to answer you regarding who it belongs to. The pipelines were constructed on behalf of Sedibeng.

AE: in 1978 the government registered the servitude over the farms Aroams, Springput, Klein Pella, Aggeneys and a portion of Blomhoek. When building a powerline or pipeline, the activity must be registered within the servitude. That servitude has certain rights, for example, this servitude belongs to Sedibeng. Sedibeng is thus allowed to do certain things within that servitude. The owner of the ground can also do things on the servitude. There are rules in place for this. If you are looking for the servitude proclamation, it is available at the surveyor general offices and includes all the rules of what people may do in that servitude. In the case of Sedibeng, they may build pipelines and dams within the servitude, as well as have unrestricted access to the servitude. 17 So, the mine and the government work together. You must be aware Unidentified I&AP Reno van Wyk (RW): We have seen in the past that when we have a that the elderly must drive or walk to Pofadder to get grant money. celebration in Aggeneys, often Standard Bank will bring a mobile ATM. I The government must come here so we can also get grant money would suggest we get a count of the pensioners and see whether the banks easily. You are the money speakers. You can make this happen. would be able to assist with mobile ATMs. We have sent a letter to SASSA

# Issue raised By whom Response Note: The minutes do not reflect questions asked which are directly answered in the presentations or which related to standard EIA procedure and had no bearing on the scoping of issues. Pella is a disadvantaged community, especially for retirees. There to get data on pensioners in each town. We will provide feedback once we is lots of money for these projects, but Pella does not benefit. get the information. 18 We have load shedding, soon water shedding. Unidentified I&AP MM: In terms of climate change a specialist study is being done to assess How will the rainfall and climate change be affected by the smelter? the impact on the climate as well as the impact of climate change on the smelter operations. Power supply options will also be assessed which will include both Eskom and renewables. 19 I feel this community is saying no to the pipeline. Us as the S. Witbooi RM: We acknowledge your sentiment and have recorded it. I do not believe inhabitants of Pella feel we are not acknowledged. The municipality the answers we can provide today will change your opinion on the matter. make decisions without us. We as a community have decided We will take note of the comment and will make a record of it. enough is enough. We must be acknowledged and recognised. What happens now is you or the municipality comes here, we say no, then in two to three months the infrastructure we said no to is built. This ground is Pella ground. Not mine ground or municipal ground. When we say no, we mean no. You will acknowledge us. 20 Here in this hall we said no to the second pipeline. Yet money talks M. Paulus MM: If the form is signed with your details, it does not imply you agree to or and the pipeline was built. We said no to the construction in 2017, approve the project. We ask that you provide your details so that we may yet here it is now. Today we say no again. This is our ground. The include you in the public participation process and you can submit your servitude belongs to Pella. The people who signed today must take comments. The process is very specific regarding the submission of their signature back. We do not want the pipeline. comments and queries which gets included in the EIA report and gets submitted to the authorities. 21 Regarding the recruitment process, Vedanta has minimum J. Stakham RW: There have been many sentiments shared regarding the information requirements for posts, so outsiders get appointed. Also, people shared and the criteria for requests. There is one important criterion that

# Issue raised By whom Response Note: The minutes do not reflect questions asked which are directly answered in the presentations or which related to standard EIA procedure and had no bearing on the scoping of issues. without the requirements get put into positions unfairly. I think the people consider, like organisations and universities etc. One of the criteria requirement is not necessary and needs to be lowered. You is the recognition of prime land. What does recognition of prime land mean? advertise the jobs online which we do not have access to. You must Recognition of prime land means experience that you must do the job or work through the municipality. operate machinery. That gets taken into consideration. If there are positions available, that is part of the criteria. The other important point is the flow of information. The information flows from the mines side to the local municipality, churches and NGO’s. What we do is we send all the information to these institutions. These people are expected to share this information with the community. That is how the process works. What we also do, is we send the information to all state departments which we have email addresses for. We also send the information to all the contacts we have with email addresses. 22 How were the public meetings advertised? G. Galan The meetings were advertised by sending out SMS’s to all those on the stakeholder database as well as by email. In addition, posters were displayed in each of the towns with the dates and times of the meetings.

23 I live next to the road. There is lots of dust from upgrading the road. G. Galan Dust suppression during construction activities will be in place. They also require water. 24 Pella is not prioritised for development. You must listen to the people Unidentified I&AP Statement noted. or there will be civil disobedience. Our people need to be heard. The municipality does not listen to us and makes decisions on our behalf. To them Pella is not part of Khai-Ma. Pofadder and Aggeneys get

# Issue raised By whom Response Note: The minutes do not reflect questions asked which are directly answered in the presentations or which related to standard EIA procedure and had no bearing on the scoping of issues. water first, electricity first, services first, new expansions and roads. When us as Pella ask why, we get told to wait. Surely development should also take place here? 25 Currently there is a lack of information from the municipality and Mr James Statement noted. mayor’s office. The information does not get to the people. The jobs must be advertised properly to the community so that the people of Pella can know. 26 I cannot get work as an operator, yet you bring in older people from Mr Ryno Statement noted. far away as operators. Give me the chance to work and I will show BMM that I can be reliable and that there are good operators in Pella community. We need a petrol station here, then we will not have so many expenses for petrol. We sit here without petrol, yet we have a mine here making millions of Rand. Give us people of Pella opportunities. It hurts me to see other people working at the mine, but not the people of Pella. 27 This database that you set up is not providing us with work Miss Paulita Statement noted. opportunities. When the database started, we stopped getting work. BMM is being mined out by people without an education. They cannot even read or write, yet I can. Those young people can’t even switch on a computer. Give the young training so they can do the job properly and employ us older people who have experience.

# Issue raised By whom Response Note: The minutes do not reflect questions asked which are directly answered in the presentations or which related to standard EIA procedure and had no bearing on the scoping of issues. 28 Around 3-4 months ago we received letters stating that our erven at A. Basson RW: BMM does not know about the Minopex Issue, but we will investigate the back are to be used by Minopex’s people. They are building it. That is a local government issue. houses for the Minopex people. What about the people of Pella? What about development for us? 29 I did a computer course and was required to do a follow up course. Unidentified I&AP RW: We take note and will correspond as soon as possible. I also followed up with the college and I followed up with BMM, but BMM never got back to me. 30 Where do you look for work at Gamsberg? V. Visagie Recruitment facilities are at the Municipality in Pofadder and the BMM office in Pofadder. 31 If the project is local, can’t you also train us locally? Mrs Marta CW: What we currently do is we run programmes for Pofadder. We transfer Pella people to Pofadder as the programme is offered there. We take note of your comment.

APPENDIX 1: ATTENDANCE REGISTER

BLACK MOUNTAIN MINING (PTY) LTD NOTES OF STAKEHOLDER INFORMATION MEETING

DATE: 4 December 2019 at 08:30 VENUE: DENC Offices, Springbok PROJECT: Gamsberg Smelter and Bulk Water Pipeline Project SLR COMPANY: South Africa PROJECT NUMBER: 720.22013.00002 PURPOSE: Information sharing for Smelter: Scoping and Environmental Impact Assessment and Bulk Water Pipeline: Basic Assessment process ATTENDANCE: An attendance register is presented in Appendix 1.

2. APOLOGIES No apologies were made.

3. PRESENTATIONS Mr Pieter Venter (PV) of BMM gave an informal presentation on BMM and their proposed Gamsberg Smelter Project and proposed bulk water project. The presentation included an overview of the site; the alternatives identified and related technical information for the proposed project.

KH gave an informal presentation on the Scoping and Environmental Impact Assessment (S&EIA) process and the Basic Assessment (BA) process for the proposed smelter and bulk water pipeline projects.

A copy of the presentation is attached in Appendix 2.

5. THE WAY FORWARD 1

KH highlighted the following: • Submit application form (January / February 2020) • Commenting authority and public review of Scoping Report (30 days, January/ February 2020) • Commenting authority and public review of BA (30 days, March/ April 2020) • Commenting authority and public review of S&EIA (30 days, June - July 2020)

6. CLOSE KH thanked everyone for their attendance and interest in the Gamsberg Smelter and the Bulk Water Pipeline Projects and the meeting was adjourned.

# Issue raised By whom Response Note: The minutes do not reflect questions asked which are directly answered in the presentations or which related to standard EIA procedure and had no bearing on the scoping of issues. Koos Smit (KS): The proposed footprint area is located within an area that has already been offset as part of the Gamsberg Zinc Mine Offset agreement. So, all the regions on the map you see for Gamsberg Zinc Mine has already been offset. If you look at the layout you will see the Gamsberg Smelter Project attempts to avoid identified sensitive areas such as the calcretes as well as the watercourses. 5 Isn’t the mine overburden in the watercourse? C. Geldenhuys PV: No, it is on the southern side of the watercourse. There is a berm to protect the watercourse. 6 So, your most sensitive areas are your watercourses? P. Cloete KS: Yes, and of course the calcretes. 7 Will there be a biodiversity assessment? Who is the consultant? P. Cloete KH: Yes, there will be. The biodiversity consultant is Simon Todd. We are also doing an air quality study to understand the dust impacts. We have updated the dust fallout in terms of more current information as

well as done modelling of the SO2, NOx and other emissions that may come out of the smelter so we can understand the extent of the impacts and the impact it may have on biodiversity. EL: There is a full list of specialist studies in the presentation document we have provided you. 8 I presume the majority of the water requirements of the smelter will be C. Geldenhuys PV: That is correct. We are also focusing very heavily on treating and from the Orange River? It will not be groundwater? designing for zero discharge. If we do not design to conserve water as far as possible, we cannot build the smelter here.

# Issue raised By whom Response Note: The minutes do not reflect questions asked which are directly answered in the presentations or which related to standard EIA procedure and had no bearing on the scoping of issues. 9 Is it possible to estimate how much additional water will be required C. Geldenhuys PV: Currently we are using 28ML/day. With the smelter we will go up based on the existing water requirements at Gamsberg? For example, to the full allocation for Sedibeng which is 44ML. would the smelter require 50% extra water resources? KH: That water also supplies the towns in the area: Aggeneys, Pofadder, and Pella. PV: There is a large buffer built in. We cannot exceed 44 ML/day as that is the absolute limit allocated to Sedibeng. Anything more than that, there is a whole process that needs to be followed by Sedibeng to obtain additional allocation from the Orange River. There is no guarantee they can get the water and 50% is Namibia’s water. 10 Will there be any licence requirement for national (Environmental C. Geldenhuys KH: The air emission licence will be done but it won’t be national. It Affairs)? will be through DENC, David Khakane. 11 For the Smelter DMR is the competent authority? C. Geldenhuys KH: Correct. 12 I presume there will be site visits arranged in the future for the proposed C. Geldenhuys KH: We have already arranged and conducted a site visit with sites for authorities to inspect by you? authorities. We met with DMR, DENC and DWS in September 2019 and gave them the opportunity to view the site, but they all know the site already. Deirdre Karsten from DMR will be handling this project application. 13 What is the prevailing wind direction around Gamsberg? C. Geldenhuys PV: It is east to west. You will find the dust follows the Inselberg, predominantly east to west.

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BLACK MOUNTAIN MINING (PTY) LTD NOTES OF STAKEHOLDER INFORMATION MEETING

DATE: 4 December 2019 at 14:00 VENUE: Pofadder Community Hall, Pofadder PROJECT: Gamsberg Smelter and Bulk Water Pipeline Project SLR COMPANY: South Africa PROJECT NUMBER: 720.22013.00002 PURPOSE: Information sharing for Smelter: Scoping and Environmental Impact Assessment and Bulk Water Pipeline: Basic Assessment process ATTENDANCE: An attendance register is presented in Appendix 1.

2. APOLOGIES No apologies were made.

A copy of the presentation is attached in Appendix 2.

6. CLOSE MM thanked everyone for their attendance and interest in the Gamsberg Smelter and the Bulk Water Pipeline Projects and the meeting was adjourned.

TABLE 1: RECORD OF ISSUES RAISED AND RESPONSES GIVEN # Issue raised By whom Response Note: The minutes do not reflect questions asked which are directly answered in the presentations or which related to standard EIA procedure and had no bearing on the scoping of issues. 1 When Gamsberg Zinc Mine was initially developed we noticed a lot Mr G.J Silver Christo Witbooi (CW) – A while back we started a collaboration with the TVET of workers coming from outside the Khai-Ma area. When there are college. At this stage we have 177 local community members enrolled at TVET new job opportunities available at the mine, the people of Khai-Ma for various courses as part of our long-term planning to ensure locals have the must be given job preference, not people from outside Khai-Ma. required skills to not only be general workers, but to get better work Please also look after the people of Khai-Ma and train/upskill the opportunities at the mine. It is a process we are busy with. In January this year people of Khai-Ma to be able to be considered for jobs at the mine. (2019) we had our first enrolments at TVET to ensure we can train as many Work opportunities due to the smelter and associated infrastructure people as possible. The courses offered were discussed with community must be prioritised for the people of Khai-Ma. members of Pofadder and the youth to determine what courses people are interested in and where the work opportunities are. We will have to work together with the community to ensure we improve the process and train as many people as possible in the area. In the presentation you state that the Eskom infrastructure will need Mr Breyton AE - There are two parts to the upgrade. The one is for the smelter upgrade to be upgraded. Will the benefits of the infrastructure upgrade only within the Aggeneys substation. In that section we will take from the high benefit the Gamsberg Smelter Project or will the surrounding towns voltage line coming from Arries, which runs at 400 kV and step it down to of Pofadder and Pella benefit from the upgrade of infrastructure and 132 kV. Pofadder will not be directly affected by those upgrades. Where have more reliable electricity supply? Pofadder would benefit is from the upgrade to the Pella Midway substation for power supply to the proposed new booster pump station. The substation takes power from the 66 kV powerline and steps it down to 22 Kv. The substation then feeds electricity to Pofadder. The substation also supplies power to Pella, small Pella and Witbank. The current substation transformer is too small to

# Issue raised By whom Response Note: The minutes do not reflect questions asked which are directly answered in the presentations or which related to standard EIA procedure and had no bearing on the scoping of issues. provide the required power and would need to be upgraded should the Gamsberg Smelter Project go ahead. The upgrading of the substation transformers would be to the advantage of Pofadder in terms of increased power supply. When you talk about benefits from the project to the community and Miss Maitolien CW – A while back we stated a collaboration with the TVET college. At this jobs, we do not want to only be general workers with short term stage we have 177 local community members enrolled at TVET for various work opportunities. We want to learn and upskill ourselves to be courses as part of our long-term planning to ensure locals have the required more than just general workers. Our children have ambitions and skills to not only be general workers, but to get better work opportunities at the want to make more of their lives than just being general workers mine. It is a process we are busy with. In January this year (2019) we had our and unskilled labour. first enrolments at TVET to ensure we can train as many people as possible. The courses offered were discussed with community members of Pofadder and the youth to determine what courses people are interested in and where the work opportunities are. We will have to work together with the community to ensure we improve the process and train as many people as possible in the area. Transparency is very important. We are sitting with trained people Mr G.J Silver CW – BMM has worked with the local municipality and community leaders to in Khai-Ma who do not have work. I was trained to be a safety try and address these issues. This is an ongoing process to identify all skills in officer at Black Mountain Mine, yet here I sit without work. Many of the communities and use these skilled/ trained people. BMM has generated a us sit without work and it breaks my heart. Please can this be database in collaboration with the municipality which lists the people and what addressed. skills they have, however, there are still people who need to register on this database. Everyone needs to ensure they register and provide their CV’s. BMM has learnt from the past and wish to do things properly going forward.

# Issue raised By whom Response Note: The minutes do not reflect questions asked which are directly answered in the presentations or which related to standard EIA procedure and had no bearing on the scoping of issues. Regarding the EIA for the smelter, what are the occupational health Mr T Rosino Pieter Venter (PV)- Part of the applications we are applying for is to obtain an impacts of the smelter and will the report results be shared with us atmospheric emissions licence (AEL). The requirements for this include on a regular basis so that the local community can keep track of continuous monitoring and the generation of monthly reports, point source how their health may be impacted? emissions and the requirement for ambient air quality monitoring to assess the impact of the smelter on the surrounding environment. These reports will be generated on a monthly basis and submitted to the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory System (NAEIS). This requirement is compulsory. That report can also be made available to the council.

MM - In addition the smelter must include various technology to minimise emissions and remain within the atmospheric emissions standards. The existing emissions levels are included in the report and in the air quality modelling. Those results will be made available as part of the EIA report when it is distributed for public comment, around June 2020. The mitigation requirements usually require continuous monitoring which would be reported on a monthly basis. Vedanta will have business partners/contractors. As a CW – We do acknowledge previous mistakes made during the Phase 1 representative of organised labour, we find that there are regular construction. It is an issue that we know about and plan to not repeat these protests by community members. We complied and assisted you mistakes. However, we will need to come together with the community to plan with obtaining permits previously, but then we do not benefit. The and have those discussions to be able to put something on the table with a current model for the mine has benefits for people from outside clear way forward. There are numerous meetings planned with the more than from Khai-Ma. We understand that sometimes you need communities between now and March 2020 where we can discuss and ensure

# Issue raised By whom Response Note: The minutes do not reflect questions asked which are directly answered in the presentations or which related to standard EIA procedure and had no bearing on the scoping of issues. to bring in very skilled labour that must be imported, but don’t import the right people get the correct training. We are also planning for an additional people who put up fencing as Pofadder is full of people who can put intake at the TVET College between now and June 2020 to see what they can up fencing. We see there is also a construction camp. This tells us do to prepare for the planned smelter. you want to import labour from outside. If you use local people you do not need a construction camp. As organised labour we will not support you if we are not the main beneficiaries of this project. Small businesses must be given the opportunity to compete. There is a misalignment of the training process and construction process. You started the process for the plant, so let’s start training people with the correct skills for the job. You mention you have an agreement with TVET college. I would like to see the TVET schedule agree with the construction schedule. We should use these meetings and future meetings to ensure we correct the misalignment so that locals can obtain the required skills before the plant commences operations. I own a local small business called Silo and Sons. I speak on behalf Mr E. Silo CW – As part of our planning for the next five years we have decided that we of SME’s in the local area. It is very good news that there is new need a different approach when dealing with small businesses compared to investment in the region with this new smelter. I would like to point the normal commercial setup. Within our commercial department we have out though that for a lot of the developments that were done during commenced with plans to develop a local supplier database to ensure we do Phase 1, not all the commitments made were realised. I would like not leave local small businesses behind. There is a process that we have put Vedanta/Black Mountain Mining to acknowledge the mistakes they in place. made during Phase 1 and learn from those mistakes to better utilise

# Issue raised By whom Response Note: The minutes do not reflect questions asked which are directly answered in the presentations or which related to standard EIA procedure and had no bearing on the scoping of issues. the opportunities to employ SME’s locally, e.g. putting up fences, building roads and other supporting services. How will Vedanta/ Black Mountain Mining influence the EPC contractors that will construct the smelter to utilise local businesses and SME’s rather than bringing people from outside. They must understand that we can also provide services rather than contacting someone from outside Khai-Ma and then bringing people in. I have listened to everything you have said; however, I have not Mr P. Jason CW – Regarding the question pertaining to grade 10, we have discussed this heard approximately how many jobs we can expect from the project with our TVET partners to be able to take those persons on bridging courses to for Khai-Ma? How will you accommodate people who do not have go in the N1 direction, and then N2 so that we can end up with skilled people grade 10/11/12 who are not skilled but are looking for work? How we can put in more skilled posts. However, what I have also seen is that many can we assist them and train them if they do not meet the minimum of our community members who have made use of the opportunity have TVET acceptance requirements to get enrolled at TVET? Regarding dropped out of the course. If you get an opportunity, take that opportunity the construction camp, it is a big issue for Khai-Ma. It takes away seriously as there are many people who sit and wait for that opportunity, so the our work and brings social ills into the area like alcohol abuse and chances that the opportunity will come around again is very small. If you drop HIV/AIDS, out the first time, it is very difficult to get in a second time. We also discussed with TVET the recognition of prior learning, acknowledging certain experience you may have developed. Then there is also the possibility that you can get the required approval to do the work required. It is difficult to submit a CV for which there are certain requirements, however, with a college certificate you have supporting documentation that you can do the work, then the opportunity for work does exist. Again, it is a process that must be followed. We must assess

# Issue raised By whom Response Note: The minutes do not reflect questions asked which are directly answered in the presentations or which related to standard EIA procedure and had no bearing on the scoping of issues. the gaps, determine why people drop out of the training programmes and understand what must be done to ensure local people can obtain jobs.

Satish Kumar (SK) – People ask why the construction camp. They think it means we will bring people from outside. If no people need to be brought from outside, then there is no need for a construction camp. As per Phase 1 of the project we employed between 2500 to 3000 people. We will only put the construction camp for people with skills which are not available in Khai-Ma. We do not have all the required skills available in the local municipal areas. Having said that, if the skills are here, we would rather use local labour. The construction camp for Phase 1 was for approximately 1000 people, whereas we employed 3000 people. That means almost 2000 people came from nearby areas. Similarly, for the smelter, at the peak we are expecting 6000 jobs. Now that does not mean we will put up a construction camp for 6000 people. Whatever skills are here we will use, likely 3000 to 4000 people, so we would only put up a construction camp for 2000 people, not 6000 people.

CW – When BMM commenced with the original construction camp, it was a dry camp. Everything possible was done to ensure no alcohol was allowed in the camp. However, what then happens is that people leave the camp to drink alcohol elsewhere. This is something that needs to assessed. BMM would thus like to sit with the community and municipal leaders to assess what could be

# Issue raised By whom Response Note: The minutes do not reflect questions asked which are directly answered in the presentations or which related to standard EIA procedure and had no bearing on the scoping of issues. done better going forward. The construction camp is the exception, not the rule. You made Unidentified I&AP RM – Your comment has been noted for inclusion in the EIA. provision for the construction camp in your EIA. We understand that. That camp even housed our own local people there. Firstly, that means there was no need for such a large camp. Secondly, we could rather have had township guesthouses so other people can come and board by us and the mine pays. Moving forward don’t force us to do things. Let’s rather engage. I am concerned about the employment. Everyone in Pofadder and Mr E. Richters BMM would like to sit with the community and municipal leaders to assess Khai-Ma must register on the employment database. I feel the what could be done better going forward, system does not work. You must forget about the database and just employ local people. What are companies doing at the construction camp to ensure the people there are contributing towards corporate and social investment. What are they doing to ensure the people of Khai-Ma benefit? The SLP implies that BMM is responsible for Khai-Ma. I plead with Mr G.J Silver Sean Jenniker (SJ) – From the mines side we talk about a business with BMM to please take responsibility for the people of Khai-Ma by purpose. We talk about being here for the community. Now if you look back the prioritising the people for skills development and making sure that last couple years regarding the SLP and CSR, you will see there was a change the skills and benefits stays within Khai-Ma. Give the people in this in our approach. Our team has become bigger and we are more engaged in area the right skills and opportunities to build infrastructure in Khai- the community. These are the types of behaviours that we want to grow in the Ma. future. Perhaps in 40 years you can ask us what you have accomplished in 40 years. What we would ask is that you judge us on the last couple of years. The

# Issue raised By whom Response Note: The minutes do not reflect questions asked which are directly answered in the presentations or which related to standard EIA procedure and had no bearing on the scoping of issues. TVET college partnership is an initiative we started last year. So how did we get there? As CW explained, that was something the community identified that they wanted. We are now here to tell you that we are starting with the smelter process. The same intent is there to say, these are the skills that we have in Khai-Ma that we will need for the smelter and Phase 2 of the plant. I want to give the commitment from Vedanta side, and please can I ask that you go on the internet and go look at what we stand for, and that is to give back to the community. So that is our actual goal. Regarding skills development, I think the work we are doing with TVET College moving forward will help achieve this goal. We are struggling a lot with water. The dams are not full. With this Mrs A. Kriel. AE – There are currently two water pipelines. There is a connection point that upgrade will there be an impact on water quality or supply? Will runs from the pipeline to the Pofadder dam and town. These pipelines are the water supply be interrupted? responsibility of Sedibeng Water. Upgrades will take place; however, the dams will be made full before any upgrades take place. With good management and planning we anticipate that water will be available for domestic use. We need a strategy to get people engaged in the process. We as Mr T Rosino CW – We will be having a conversation on the radio tomorrow morning. Earlier organised labour will make the effort with your help to include these we were at Radio NFM to discuss with them how we can reach more people. people. I would also like to hear you use radio as a means of So tomorrow between 7 and 8 am we will have the on-air discussion. They are communication. We would also like to have a timeline and approach already notifying people now during the day of the on-air discussion to take as to how this will be addressed. place tomorrow morning. We will all talk about the project, what is planned etc. so that is something we have planned.