Pre-Feasibility Report

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

This project is for mining of Black Trap (mineral) mine, at Survey No- 106/2, 106/3, 107/1, 110/2 (New Sr. No. 242, 246, 247, 194), Village: , Taluka: Bayad, District: Arvalli () over an area of 2.99.47 Hect. in favour of M/s. Shivam Stone Industries.

The Environment Clearance is required for grant of mining lease with the targeted production 1,80,000 MTPA.

2. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

Black Trap mine having an area of 2.99.47 Hectares. This is a new project. The Quarry Lease applied for 20 years.

(i) Identification of project and project proponent. In case of mining project, a copy of mining lease/letter of intent should be given.

This project is for Mining of Black Trap mineral in Survey No- 106/2, 106/3, 107/1, 110/2 (New Sr. No. 242, 246, 247, 194), Village: Sathamba, Taluka: Bayad; District: Arvalli, Area-2.99.47 Hectares. This area is prominent for Black Trap mining and number of mining area leases in an around, are existing in the region. Shri M/s. Shivam Stone Industries is taking all safe guard to protect environment in the mines and whole of the area.

(ii) Brief description of nature of the project: This Black Trap mine having an area of 2.99.47 Hectares, at Survey No.: 106/2, 106/3, 107/1, 110/2 (New Sr. No. 242, 246, 247, 194), Village: Sathamba; Taluka: Bayad; District: Arvalli falls in G.T. Sheet No. (Restricted). Total lease area is 2.99.47 Hectares. The whole lease area is a Private Land.

(iii)Need for the project and its importance to the country and or region. Black Trap is used in Building Construction & infrastructure industries and also it is used in making of roads.

(iv)Demand-Supply Gap: NA

(v)Import vs. Indigenous production: NA

(vi)Export Possibility: NA

(vii)Domestic / export markets: NA

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(viii)Employment Generation (Direct and Indirect) due to the project: The managerial supervisory staff is employed on merit basis and workers are employed from the local Village. Therefore, the new employments are 10 to 12 persons in this is Black Trap Mining Project.

3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

(i) Type of project including interlinked and interdependent projects, if any.

This is a new Black Trap mining lease, located at Survey No- 106/2, 106/3, 107/1, 110/2 (New Sr. No. 242, 246, 247, 194), Village: Sathamba, Taluka: Bayad, District: Arvalli. As per notification of state government this project is new mining lease falls in 'B2' category.

After the excavation of Black Trap from the mine the mineral is crushed in the crushing plant near the mine area.

(ii) Location (map showing general location, specific location, and project boundary & project site layout) with coordinates.

Area is located at Survey No.- 106/2, 106/3, 107/1, 110/2 (New Sr. No. 242, 246, 247, 194), Village: Sathamba, Taluka: Bayad, District: Arvalli. And it is well connected with nearest pucca road is Sathamba Road within 500 m. The approachable way from Gandhinagar is Gandhinagar – – Arvalli - Sathamba. Lease area is Private Land and no forest land involves in the mining area. The Total lease area is 2.99.47 Hectares. Co-ordinate of the Lease:

Sr. No. Latitude Longitude 1 23°10'25.57"N 73°20'25.21"E 2 23°10'25.61"N 73°20'29.48"E 3 23°10'20.99"N 73°20'29.73"E 4 23°10'20.87"N 73°20'27.27"E 5 23°10'18.37"N 73°20'28.19"E 6 23°10'17.94"N 73°20'25.55"E 7 23°10'20.22"N 73°20'25.43"E 8 23°10'20.28"N 73°20'23.65"E 9 23°10'21.50"N 73°20'23.64"E 10 23°10'21.55"N 73°20'24.61"E

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(iii) Details of alternate sites considered and the basis of selecting the proposed site, particularly the environmental considerations gone into should be highlighted.

This is a mining project, which is site specific due to availability of mineral hence the site cannot be shifted.

(iv) Size or magnitude of operation.

The targeted production of Black Trap is 1,80,000 MTPA.

(v) Project description with process details (a schematic diagram/flow chart showing the project layout, components of the project etc. should be given).

Thorny bushes will be removed. Top soil should be removed and stored at boundary of the Mines. Remaining soil will be dig out and stored at the Mines site for refilling at the closer time.

Weathered rock will be removed. Weathered rock shall be sell-out which is used for soling of road preparation otherwise stored at Mines site for refilling at the time of Mines closer.

Fresh rock will be excavated by using controlled blast. Drill the holes and fill the blast material. Blast material will be used in small quantity depends on tensile strength of the rock, it will be utilized in small quantity in more numbers with delay time in series than one big size blast to reduce effect of Noise and Vibration.

Separated boulder/stones will be collected with help of forklift and transported by truck/ tractors to crusher plant, where boulder/ stones will be crushed in required size and sell to market. Fine sand type particles will be sold to road surfacing vendors.

All around the excavated quarry pit the Proper wire fencing is required to avoid falling of kids, cattle etc. The excavation slope/berm will be maintained properly to avoid landslide or rock slope failure.

Prior to start of work every day spray/sprinkle of water on transportation route as well as at crusher plant will be carried out to avoid air/dust emission.

Regular servicing of equipments/machineries will be carried-out to reduce Noise level.

(vi) Raw material required along with estimated quantity, likely source, marketing area of final product/s, Mode of transport of raw Material and Finished Products.

The area under reference has been used for extraction of Black Trap by opencast semi-mechanized mining method. Mechanical loader is proposed for fast removal of overburden, loading the mineral and waste and for construction of haul roads. The blasting is needed to excavate the mineral and waste.

The stone is exploited from the quarries and many a times crushed at the site for getting necessary size. The stone is treated as minor minerals. The operations of the quarries include blasting.

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(vii) Resource optimization/recycling and reuse envisaged in the project, if any, should be briefly outlined.

Minerals are depleting asset once mined; they cannot be replenished like agriculture, vegetation thus a scientific approach will be taken up in exploitation of mineral with systematic method.

(viii) Availability of water its source, Energy/power requirement and source should be given.

The water required at the mine for drinking and domestic purpose is being obtained from a tube well located outside the lease area. The water for other purpose will be obtained from sump developed in mine.

Water balance Chart:

Water balance chart on per day basis as under:-

Water (9.0 KLD)

2.0 KLD 7.0 KLD (Tube well) (From Mine Sump)

1. Drinking purpose 1. Green belt development

2. Dust suppression

(ix) Quantity of wastes to be generated (liquid and solid) and scheme for their Management/disposal.

In this area 2-3 m OB is available and after that up to 15 m proved Black Trap is available. And its recovery factor is 70%. So the waste generates and excavated OB is dumped in the area as per proposed mining plan.

(x) Schematic representations of the feasibility drawing which give information of EIA purpose. As per the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) notification dated 14th December 2013 the minor mineral mining projects will be appraised as category ‘B2’ projects. And as per the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) notification dated 14th September 2006. The EIA report is required to get environmental clearance for the project from the state level expert appraisal committee.

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4. SITE ANALYSIS:

(i) Connectivity: Area is located at Survey No- 106/2, 106/3, 107/1, 110/2 (New Sr. No. 242, 246, 247, 194), Village: Sathamba, Taluka: Bayad, District: Arvalli is well connected with nearest pucca road is Sathamba Road within 500 m. The approachable way from Gandhinagar is Gandhinagar – Ahmedabad – Arvalli - Sathamba. Limited private Bus Services are available up to Sathamba. The area can be approached by own vehicles from Sathamba.

(ii) Land Form, Land use and Land ownership.

Lease area is Private Land and no forest land involves in the mining area.

The land covers under the mining lease area as under.

District Taluka Village Area in Hect

Arvalli Bayad Sathamba 2.99.47

(iii) Topography (along with map): Black Trap mining area having an area of 2.99.47 Hect. near Village: Sathamba, Taluka: Bayad, District: Arvalli, falls in G.T. Sheet No. (Restricted). The area is devoid of major river sections.No habitation is located in the lease area. Habitation is located towards West Side (Sathamba Village) from lease area about 3 km. The lease area is Private Land and no forest land involves in the mining area. (iv) Existing land use pattern (agriculture, non-agriculture, forest, water bodies (including area under CRZ)), shortest distances from the periphery of the project to periphery of the forests, national park, wild life sanctuary, eco sensitive areas, water bodies (distance from the HFL of the river), CRZ. In case of notified industrial area, a copy of the Gazette notification should be given. Water reservoir, National Park, CRZ zone is not available within 10 km radius area. (v) Existing Infrastructure: Presently, infrastructure is not available in the mining area. (vi) Soil classification: No significant top soil is located on proposed mining site. The soil may come across during mining will be very thin layered and in small patches. It is proposed to scrape the soil and stack the same separately to be used for plantation during each monsoon. i.e., Efforts will be made to recover thin layer of top soil. It will be stacked separately for future use for spreading over waste dump, terraces and plantation, as the most of mineralized area is rocky. (vii) Climatic data from secondary sources: The area has semi arid zone type climate. Average annual rainfall of last decade is about 582mm. o o o The maximum, minimum and mean temperatures of the area are 45 C, 3 C, 24 C respectively. The dry season is extreme hot during day hours and cold season is extreme cold during night hours. The sandy winds are common during the day hours in hot season.

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The winds are mild with marked increase in speed in late summer and early monsoon season. The annual average wind speed is 10.5 km/hr. The predominant wind direction is from northeast during October-February, from southwest during March-April and from south during May-September. Cyclones occasionally strike region. Under their influence the region experiences squally weather with strong winds accompanied with heavy rainfall. (viii) Social Infrastructure available: In the mining area social infrastructure is not available. Sathamba Village is located towards West Side from lease area about 2 km. There are no human settlement in the mining lease area i.e. there are no in habitants within the lease area. People or inhabitants do not require any rehabilitation. On the contrary nearby Villagers earn livelihood by working in mine. The nearest habitation area is Sathamba Village.

5. PLANNING BRIEF: (i) Planning Concept (type of industries, facilities, transportation etc) Town and Country Planning/Development authority Classification. It is opencast mining project. Reserves are available for targeted production of Black Trap to 1,80,000 MTPA. The reserve will further increase as the UN-explore part of the lease is also explored and anticipated life of the mine or reserve may increase. The proposed method of working is semi mechanized open cast method by forming suitable benches along the strike direction on both hanging & footwall sides with the help of JCB for removing the overburden and making haul road.

(ii) Population Projection. Population of Sathamba Village is approximate 500 people.

(iii) Land use planning (break up along with green belt etc.).

Particulars Present land use in Hect. Pits & Quarries 00.00.00 Waste Dump ------Roads ------Sorting & Mineral Dressing Yard ------Infrastructure ------Plantation 0.00.00 Total 0.00.00 Remaining unused area 02.99.47 Total area 02.99.47

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After obtaining environmental clearance certificate, Lessee will be submitting a mining plan in commissioner of geology and mining department within a 12 month. The present and proposed Land use planning is as per mining plan.

(iv) Assessment of Infrastructure Demand (Physical & Social).

1. Demand of safety equipment, shelter and first aid room etc though may of facilities already exist.

2. Demand for help in region function education.

(v) Amenities/Facilities.

Drinking water, first aid kit and rest house facilities will be available for the workers near the mine area. As the workers are from nearby Villages, hence no housing facilities exist.

6. PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE:

(i) Industrial Area (Processing area):

Processing crusher plant is near the mine area. The crushing process is required for the raw material after the excavated Black Trap. After the crushing process 10mm, 20mm, and 40mm size Black Trap will be dispatch in the local market. After the process Black Trap is also called grit or kapachi in local language.

(ii) Residential Area (Non Processing Area): Not applicable, local personnel will be deployed i.e. from the nearby area. Only one office cum rest house is exist outside of the lease area.

(iii) Green Belt: green belt will be developing near the office area. The protection from grazing, watering, maturing etc. i.e. will be done and post plantation care will be taken. (iv) Social Infrastructure: Socio-economic conditions of area generally improve as mining activities create additional employment opportunity for local habitants. Socio-economic status of local populace also improves as a result of social welfare activities undertaken by mine owners.

Significant contributions will be made towards education, medical facilities and cultural aspects. Drinking water facilities has been provided to Villagers. Plantation done will improve environmental conditions in the area.

(v) Connectivity (Traffic and Transportation Road/Rail/Metro/Water ways etc).

The approachable way from Gandhinagar is Gandhinagar – Ahmedabad – Arvalli - Sathamba. Limited private Bus Services are available up to Sathamba. The area can be approached by own vehicles from Sathamba.

(vi) Drinking Water management (Source & Supply of water):

Drinking water is obtained from the tube well situated outside of the Q.L. area and rain water collected in the pit/sump will be utilized for dust suppression and afforestation work.

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(vii) Sewerage System.- Not applicable.

(viii) Industrial Waste Management: crushing plant will be proposed near the mine area for process of the Black Trap. Waste of crushing plant like powder type Black Trap is reclaimed in the void pit after complete exploitation.

(ix) Solid Waste Management: Waste will be dumped on non-mineralized area by making terracing of 10 mts. height and retaining wall / rubble wall will be made at the bottom side.

(x) Power Requirement & Supply / Source. Diesel will be used in the mining machinery like jcb, dumpers and tippers. So, no power requirement in the mining activities. Power Requirement is at the office and labour rest house. The Mine office will be proposed at outside of mine boundary near the mine area.

7. REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R & R PLAN):

(i) Policy to be adopted (Central/State) in respect of the project affected persons including home oustees, land oustees and landless laborers (a brief outline to be given).

There is no hutment in the lease area. No human being displaced from the area so no person will be affected. Contrary local people will get job opportunity.

8. PROJECT SCHEDULE & COST ESTIMATES:

(i) Likely date of start of construction and likely date of completion (Time schedule for the project to be given).

This is a new project.

(ii) Estimated project cost along with analysis in terms of economic viability of the project.

Estimated Cost

No. Particulars Amounts (Rs.)

1 Mining equipments 40,00,000/-

2 Trolley based water tanker 5,00,000/-

Total Estimated Cost 45,00,000/-

The Proposed cost of the project is Rs. 45,00,000/- and it is economically viable for extraction of mineral for this project.

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9. ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS):

(i) Financial and social benefits with special emphasis on the benefit to the local people including tribal population, if any, in the area.

There is no industry in the area. The mining in this area will provide employment to nearby villagers. This employment opportunity will help in raising the standard of living of the people in the area.

Socio-economic condition of area generally improve as mining activities create additional employment opportunity for local habitant, social – economic status of local populace also improves as a result of social welfare activities under taken by mine owners. Significant contribution will be made towards education medical facilities and cultural aspects. Drinking water facilities will be provided to Villagers, plantation will improve environmental condition of the area.

Signature of the applicant M/s. Shivam Stone Industries

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