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MIDDELWATER EXPLORATION CO (PTY) LTD PROSPECTING RIGHT PROPOSED PROSPECTING OF BERYLLIUM, COBALT, COPPER, FELDSPAR, GOLD, IRON ORE, LEAD, LITHIUM, MANGANESE, MICA, NICKEL, SILVER, TANTALUM, TIN, TUNGSTEN, URANIUM AND ZINC ON THE FARM MIDDELWATER 18, PORTION 0 (ALSO KNOWN AS REMAINING EXTENT) SIYATHEMBA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY, PIXLEY KA SEME DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY, PRIESKA ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT, NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE. FINAL BASIC ASSESSMENT REPORT DECEMBER 2018 REFERENCE NUMBER: NC 30/5/1/1/2/ 12268 PR PREPARED FOR: PREPARED BY: Middelwater Exploration Co (Pty) Ltd Greenmined Environmental (Pty) Ltd Phillip Le Roux Yolandie Coetzee 165 Main Road, Postnet Suite 62, Private Bag X15 Paarl, 7646 Somerset West,7129 Tel: 011 966 4390 Fax: 086 546 0579 Cell: 083 701 3887 Cell: 082 734 5113 [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Middelwater Exploration Co (Pty) Ltd Prospecting Right Final BAR & EMPr ABBREVIATIONS BID Background Information Document DBAR Draft Basic Assessment Report DEAT Department of Environment, Agriculture and Tourism DMR Department of Mineral and Resources DWS Department of Water and Sanitation EA Environmental Authorisation EAP Environmental Assessment Practitioner ECO Environmental Control Officer EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan EMPR Environmental Management Programme FBAR Final Basic Assessment Report GN Government Notice GNR Government Notice Regulation HIA Heritage Impact Assessment I&AP’s Interested and Affected Parties LED Local Economic Development NEMA National Environmental Management Act, 1998 NC Northern Cape Province MHSA Mine Health and Safety Act MPRDA Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 PPP Public Participation Process PPE Personal Protective Equipment Ptn. Portion SAHRA South African Heritage Resources Agency SAHRIS South African Heritage Resources Information System SHE Safety, Health and Environmental WMA Water Management Area ii Middelwater Exploration Co (Pty) Ltd Prospecting Right Final BAR & EMPr TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Important Notice ....................................................................................................................................... ii 2. Objective of The Basic Assessment Process .......................................................................................... iii PART A: SCOPE OF ASSESSMENT AND BASIC ASSESSMENT REPORT ................................................... 4 3. Contact Person and correspondence address ........................................................................................ 4 a) Details of .............................................................................................................................................. 4 b) Location of the overall Activity. ............................................................................................................ 5 c) Locality map ......................................................................................................................................... 5 d) Description of the scope of the proposed overall activity. ................................................................... 5 e) Policy and Legislative Context ........................................................................................................... 19 f) Need and desirability of the proposed activities. ............................................................................... 22 g) Motivation for the overall preferred site, activities and technology alternative. ................................. 23 h) Full description of the process followed to reach the proposed preferred alternatives within the site. NB!! – This section is about the determination of the specific site layout and the location of infrastructure and activities on site, having taken into consideration the issues raised by interested and affected parties, and the consideration of alternatives to the initially proposed site layout. ................................................ 23 i) Full description of the process undertaken to identify, assess and rank the impacts and risks the activity will impose on the preferred site (In respect of the final site layout plan) through the life of the activity. ..................................................................................................................................................... 127 j) Assessment of each identified potentially significant impact and risk ............................................. 161 k) Summary of specialist reports. ........................................................................................................ 169 l) Environmental impact statement ..................................................................................................... 170 m) Proposed impact management objectives and the impact management outcomes for inclusion in the EMPR; ............................................................................................................................................... 173 n) Aspects for inclusion as conditions of Authorisation. ...................................................................... 177 o) Description of any assumptions, uncertainties and gaps in knowledge. ......................................... 177 p) Reasoned opinion as to whether the proposed activity should or should not be authorised .......... 177 q) Period for which the Environmental Authorisation is required. ........................................................ 177 r) Undertaking ..................................................................................................................................... 177 s) Financial Provision ........................................................................................................................... 178 t) Specific Information required by the competent Authority ............................................................... 178 u) Other matters required in terms of section 24(4)(a) and (b) of the Act. .......................................... 182 iii Middelwater Exploration Co (Pty) Ltd Prospecting Right Final BAR & EMPr PART B: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME REPORT ...................................................... 184 1) Final Environmental Management Programme. .................................................................................. 184 a) Details of the EAP, (Confirm that the requirements for the provision of the details and expertise of the EAP are already included in Part A, section 1(a) herein as required). .................................................... 184 b) Description of the Aspects of the Activity ........................................................................................ 184 c) Composite Map ................................................................................................................................ 184 d) Description of impact management objectives including management statements ........................ 184 e) Impact Management Outcomes ...................................................................................................... 199 f) Impact Management Actions ........................................................................................................... 207 g) Specific information required by the Competent Authority .............................................................. 252 2) Undertaking ......................................................................................................................................... 254 List of Figures Figure 1: Google Earth Image of the proposed prospecting right area. ............................................................ 13 Figure 2: Proposed Exploration Boreholes ........................................................................................................ 14 Figure 3: Proposed Exploration Boreholes – Google Image ............................................................................. 15 Figure 4: Average rainfall and Temperature for Prieska ................................................................................... 38 Figure 5: Cloudy, sunny and precipitation days of Prieska. .............................................................................. 39 Figure 6: Maximum temperatures of Prieska. ................................................................................................... 40 Figure 7: Precipitation amounts for Prieska. .................................................................................................... 40 Figure 8: Average wind speeds in Prieska. ....................................................................................................... 41 Figure 9: Wind rose for Prieska. ........................................................................................................................ 42 Figure 10: Geology map of the proposed prospecting right area ...................................................................... 44 Figure 11: Simplified Geology of the WMA ....................................................................................................... 45 Figure 12: Land Cover of the Proposed Prospecting Right Area ...................................................................... 47 Figure 13: Soil Patterns of the Proposed Prospecting Right Area .................................................................... 48 Figure 14: CBA map of Middelwater Exploration .............................................................................................