PLATREEF RESOURCES TSAMAHANSI PUBLIC MEETING - MEETING MINUTES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATIONS FOR THE PROPOSED PLATREEF UNDERGROUND MINE PROJECT, NEAR IN THE PROVINCE

Project No: PLA1677

Date: 7 July 2013

1 PRESENT:

Community members from Tshamahansi were represented at the meeting. The general public were also free to attend this meeting. Attendance registers are attached to these minutes (Appendix A) Table 1: Project Team

Platreef Government and Community Liaison Officer John Dombo Steve Horak Digby Wells Public Participation Evidence Simango Digby Wells Minute Taker Freddy Mkhari Barnstone Translator

2 MEETING PROCEDURE

2.1 Welcome and Introductions 10:10 – 10:18 John Dombo Everyone was welcomed and thanked for the opportunity provided. The project team was introduced and it was highlighted that Digby Wells will be presenting the ESIA process as the appointed independent Environmental Assessment Practitioner (EAP).

2.2 Meeting Presentation 10:19 – 11:20 Steve Horak, – Digby Wells (Presenter) 11:20 – 12:30 KJ Baloyi, District Municipality Councillor (facilitator) Freddy Mkhari, Barnstone (Translator) See attached for the presentation that was used during the meeting (Appendix B).

______Digby Wells and Associates () (Pty) Ltd (Subsidiary of Digby Wells & Associates (Pty) Ltd). Co. Reg. No. 2010/008577/07. Fern Isle, Section 10, 359 Pretoria Ave Randburg Private Bag X10046, Randburg, 2125, South Africa Tel: +27 11 789 9495, Fax: +27 11 789 9498, [email protected], www.digbywells.com

______Directors: A Sing*, AR Wilke, LF Koeslag, PD Tanner (British)*, AJ Reynolds (Chairman) (British)*, J Leaver*, GE Trusler (C.E.O) *Non-Executive ______

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3 COMMENTS RAISED

Comments raised by stakeholders during the meeting and responses provided are included as part of Table 2.

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Table 2: Stakeholder Comments

NAME AND SURNAME VILLAGE/ORGANISATION COMMENT RESPONSE

Mr Thomas Ngove Tshamahansi / Maceke Village The translator did not do a good job, in future We apologise for the translation and, will please provide good translations for the provide better translation for the stakeholder people. meetings in the future. Mr Thomas Ngove Tshamahansi / Maceke Village May you please consider using radio for Digby Wells will consider using radio advertising the meeting in the future as the advertisements in the future for advertising the elderly people cannot read newspapers but do meetings. listen to the radio. Mr M.J Maluleke Tshamahansi / Hlongwane Can there be a facility made available in Platreef is in a process of building a community Village Tshamahansi where all documents relating to liaison centre in Tshamahansi and will use this the project can be obtained from. centre for distributing information. Mr Percy Mtileni Tshamahansi Can Digby Wells bring printouts of the Digby Wells did not know how the turn out presentation to the stakeholder meetings? would be at the meetings and therefore no printouts were made. The presentation will be available from the headmen for those who are interested in reading it. Mrs Saniky Nyaluka Tshamahansi / Maceke Village Why has anyone not mentioned the 1 million The 1 million rand refers to the BEE trusts rand which was mentioned at the previous which need to be established, representing the BEEE meetings? communities of Maceke, Hlogwane and Baloyi of Tshamahansi. Each trust will receive 1 million rand to be managed on behalf of the communities. This meeting will only be focussed on the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and not the BEE trusts. Mr Johanes Maluleke Tshamahansi / Maceke With regards to meeting invitations, some The SMS were sent to all the people on the Village people received SMS and others did not, May Interested and Affected Party (I&AP) database. you please clarify why not everyone got an SMS invite? Mr Nyoni Tshamahansi Can Platreef consider doing career exhibitions A program has been proposed to schools to in the local schools? hold exhibitions on mining. Mr Ngoveni Tshamahansi / Hlongwane Where will the rock dump be situated? The specialist studies undertaken for the ESIA will assist to determine where the rock dump

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will be situated. Mr Percy Mtileni Tshamahansi Are there any protected areas located within We are only aware of a game reserve located the project area? nearby the project area. Mr Sarel Tshamahansi / Maceke Village What is Platreef’s contingency plan for Platreef together with the Department of Labour employment of local youths? will come to Tshamahansi to register people, mainly the youth, to provide opportunities for potential training those who qualify. Mr Simon Maluleke Tshamahansi Will the mine employ uneducated/ unskilled The skills audit process with the Department of people? Labour will determine whether skilled or unskilled people will be employed. Mr Simon Maluleke Tshamahansi / Hlongwane How will the community benefit from the mine? Platreef is in talks with the Department of Education to potentially build a school of excellence in the area. Ms Anicky Ngoveni Tshamahansi Will the mine employ disabled people? Platreef does not discriminate and therefore, disabled people will be employed. Mr Oupa Mathye Tshamahansi Is Tshamahansi included in the numbers that Yes, the affected villages will be given Hlogwane are going to be employed on the mine? preference for employment opportunities. Mr Sarel Tshamahansi Why does Rietfontein not appear in the list of Rietfontein does not appear because there are farms in the mining right application? no mining rights or mining right application on this property, However, it forms part of National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) application as it will be used for mine surface infrastructure. Mrs Rikhotso Tshamahansi What road safety measures are to be put in A traffic impact assessment will be undertaken Hlogwani place? and the necessary mitigation measures to ensure road safety will be developed and implemented. Mr Khazamula Ngoveni Tshamahansi Will dust from the mining area / activities A detailed air quality impact assessment will be Maceke cause diseases? undertaken to determine the air quality as well as potential dust which mining operations may cause. Mr John Baloyi Tshamahansi Some community members have their private A detailed groundwater impact assessment will Hlongwane boreholes; will they still have water available in be conducted to obtain the needed baseline the boreholes during mining? information for groundwater in the area. The potential impact on affected boreholes will be

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NAME AND SURNAME VILLAGE/ORGANISATION COMMENT RESPONSE

determined at part of this study. Mr khazamula Ngoveni Tshamahansi Will grave sites be affected by blasting A blasting impact assessment will be Maceke activities? conducted and the final results for this study will be incorporated in the final Environmental Impact Assessment / Environmental Management Plan (EIA/EMP). These will highlight how blasting should be undertaken considering the potential impacts on graves. Mr Peter Nkuna Tshamahansi Will blasting activities affect nearby houses? A blasting impact assessment study will be conducted to determine potential blasting impacts. Mrs Laena Baloyi Tshamahansi When will feedback from the previous The previous meetings held dealt with the Bulk meetings be given? Sample application from the DMR and feedback will be given to communities as soon as feedback is received from authorities.

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AGENDA ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROPOSED PLATREEF UNDERGROUND MINE • Welcome, Introductions and Objectives • Background and Description of the Project • Content of the Draft Scoping Reports • Public Participation Process • Questions and Answers NEMA ref No: 12/1/9/2-W32; LIM/EIA/0000538/2013, NEMWA ref no: 12/9/11/L1224/5, MPRDA ref no: LP30/5/1/2/2/10067MR PUBLIC MEETING July 2013

INTRODUCTIONS ROLE OF CONSULTANTS • Digby Wells, together with Golder Associates, has Platreef Digby Wells Environmental been appointed as independent consultants to – John Dombo – Steve Horak undertake the EIA/EMP, PP processes and relevant Barnstone – Evidence Simango specialist investigations for the proposed Platreef Underground Mine for a Mining Right Application – Werner Botha Golder Associates Africa and other licenses – Freddy Mkhari – Collen Monokofala • Digby Wells, supported by Barnstone, will independently facilitate the consultation process between Interested and Affected Parties (I&APs) and Platreef

MEETING OBJECTIVES • To present to I&APs the Draft Scoping Reports content • To capture comments from I&APs on the Draft BACKGROUND TO THE PROPOSED Scoping Reports PROJECT • To obtain suggestions for the impact assessment and public participation processes going forward

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BACKGROUND LOCATION • Platreef is currently 90%-owned by Ivanplats and 10%- owned by Itochu • The project site is approximately 10km north of • This structure will change should the Mining Rights be Mokopane awarded to include the proposed BBBEE Partners • The study area includes the farms Macalacaskop 243 (74%/26%) KR, Turfspruit 241 KR and Rietfontein 2 KS • Platreef owns prospecting rights over these farms: • All the farms fall within the Mogalakwena Local – Turfspruit 241 KR Municipality in the Waterberg District Municipality of – Macalacaskop 243 KR the Limpopo Province • Platreef has been prospecting for more than 15 years for platinum and associated Platinum Group Metals • The various applications for the project have been submitted

MINING METHOD • Highly mechanised, bulk underground mining methods will be used to mine the reef • There will be a production shaft and ventilation shafts • The ore mined may be crushed underground • All ore and waste will be hoisted from the mine via the production shaft • Ore is then sent to a concentrator plant for processing • Concentrate will primarily consist of Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Gold and Nickel

PROCESSING AND LABOUR INFRASTRUCTURE

The proposed mine will have the following above • Initially, all the concentrate will be sold to local ground structures, but is not limited to: smelters for further beneficiation with the possibility of a Platreef owned smelter in the future ■ Concentrator plant ■ Workshops ■ Shafts and headgear ■ River crossings • The life of mine is expected to be 30 years based on a ■ Waste rock dump ■ Pipelines

3 million ton a year production rate ■ Tailings storage facility ■ Fuel storage facilities • In the order of ± 2,000 people will be employed at full ■ Change houses ■ Power lines production ■ A waste management site ■ Roads • Platreef developed a Social and Labour Plan to ■ Raw water storage dams ■ Stores ■ Pollution control dams ■ Control rooms addresses socio-economic development and ■ Offices and training centre ■ Medical station employment

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WATER, POWER AND ROADS

• Amount of raw water required is approximately 8 000 – 10 000 cubic litres per day (m3/day) – Lebalelo Water Users Association will supply the water • Power supply is currently being investigated with ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL Eskom, to increase the power supply to 63 Mega Watts (MW) IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROCESS • The project site will be accessed from the N11 and the R518 to transport equipment onto and off the site

PURPOSE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS • In order for any mining and mining related activities to • Legislative requirements for the ESIA include: commence, Environmental Authorisation is required – National Environmental Management Act (Act • An Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) No. 107 of 1998) (NEMA) must be conducted – Minerals and Petroleum Resources • Purpose of the Environmental Authorisation Process: Development Act (Act No. 28 of 2002) (MPRDA) – To identify potential environmental impacts (social and biophysical) and determine their likely – National Environmental Management: Waste significance Act (Act No. 59 of 2008) (NEM:WA) – To ensure public involvement – National Water Act (Act No. 36 of 1998) (NWA) – To inform Platreef’s and the Government’s decision- – National Heritage Resources Act (Act No. 25 of making 1999) (NHRA)

ESIA PROCESS PURPOSE OF DRAFT SCOPING REPORT

Identify alternatives and Based on: June – August 2013 July – November 2013 December 2013 – April 2014 potential impacts • Literature reviews requiring more detailed • Professional input (technical IMPACT investigation in the EIA and environmental) SCOPING ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY • Public input • Application • Conduct specialist REVIEW phase • Announcement studies • Environmental • Stakeholder Meetings • Draft and Final EIA Authorisation • Draft and Final Report (and EMPR) • Notification of Scoping Report • Stakeholder meetings decision • Opportunity to appeal

Forms basis for Plan of Study for ESIA

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PUBLIC REVIEW COMMENTS ON DRAFT SCOPING

Draft Scoping Reports are available for public review is from REPORTS 21 June to 1 August 2013 at the following places. • Captured at public meetings and comment sheets Printed Copies • All comments responded to in the Comments and Name Location Contact Response Report (CRR) Mogalakwena Public Library, corner Van Riebeeck • Scoping Reports and Plan of Study for ESIA will be Rifilwe Madisa 015 491 9729 and Pretorius Streets revised considering I&AP comments Lucy Mashetisho Public Library, Mahwelereng Village 078 628 3326 • All comments will be included in Final Scoping Electronic Copies Reports submitted to authorities

Steve Horak www.digbywells.com 011 789 9495

Steve Horak Phone and request a CD copy 011 789 9495

Also available in directly affected Villages

TOPOGRAPHY/VISUAL

• Aspect – Proposed project area is relatively flat with the exception of the mountainous area in the north-eastern corner and several isolated ridges SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL • Potential Impact – The construction of infrastructure such as the production STUDIES shaft, concentrator plant and a tailings storage facility may have a visual impact • ESIA Study – Determine the visual impact of mine infrastructure on the area

PLANTS SOIL, LAND USE & LAND CAPABILITY • Aspect – The three vegetation types occur within the study area • Aspect • Clay thorn bushveld – Dominating land capability – arable • Mixed bushveld – Predominant present land uses – include agriculture and • housing, with agriculture dominated by grazing Waterberg (moist) mountain bushveld • • Potential Impacts Potential Impacts – – Potential contamination from accidental spillages Removal of vegetation – – Removal of topsoil can cause erosion Possible introduction of invader species – – Changes in land use Habitat destruction • • ESIA Study ESIA Study – – Determine soil type and depth Identify the plants (medicinal, protected etc.) in the project area including protected species – Determine soil quality – Determine the conservation importance of the plants

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ANIMALS AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS & WETLANDS • Aspect • Aspect – Protected species found on site – Two types of systems were identified: • Grey Rhebok • Mogalakwena River floodplain • Yellow-spot Dassie • Rooisloot, Ngwaditse and Dithokeng Rivers • Yellowbilled Stork • Potential Impact • African Spoonbill – Dirty stormwater runoff from the sub-vertical shaft area – Red Data species might be present and other mining infrastructure area such as the • Potential Impacts workshops and the plant – Removal of vegetation = Habitat degradation/destruction • ESIA Study • ESIA Study – Determine the health and importance of the rivers/stream and wetlands – Identify the animals in the project area and determine their importance/vulnerability

SURFACE WATER GROUNDWATER • Aspect • Aspect – 4 main water courses drain across/adjacent study area – Turfspruit and Macalacaskop are mainly underlain by • The Rooisloot, Dorps and Ngwaditse Rivers and Dithokeng intergranular and fractured aquifers stream. These flow into the Mogalakwena River – Rietfontein - underlain by sedimentary rocks of the Transvaal • Potential Impacts Sequence and basement granite – Siltation because of erosion • Potential Impacts – Accidental spillages of hazardous materials/dirty water – Seepage from TSF and PCDs • ESIA Study – Accidental oil or fuel spillages from machinery – Sample water from the rivers/streams to determine the quality – Dewatering of underground mining areas – Analyse rainfall and climate to develop a water management • ESIA Study plan for the mine (water quantity) – Investigate how much water is available and how to limit impacts on the groundwater

AIR QUALITY NOISE • Aspect • Aspect – Noise levels are currently characterised by: – The ambient concentrations of suspended particulates • Vehicular traffic on the main roads, livestock, highlight the impact of seasonal changes on dust load in intermittent periods of noise from children (during the atmosphere specific times of the day) • Potential Impact – Ambient daytime noise level in the communities are – Dust generation from mostly below the SANS guidelines for suburban districts • Soil stripping • Potential Impacts • Machinery and vehicle movement – Construction vehicles, heavy machinery, production shaft, • ESIA Study concentrator plant and associated infrastructure – Dust fallout monitoring to see how much dust is in the air • ESIA Study – Together with climate and topography, determine – To determine the impact that the mining activities might directions where dust will travel have on the noise levels in the area

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ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT • Aspect • Aspect – Include tangible, physical material culture that was left behind and intangible, living heritage of the people that still – Land owner: Government of the Republic of South Africa inhabit the region – Traditional Authority has jurisdiction over the land • Potential Impacts • Potential Impacts – Relocation of graves – Negative impacts: Loss of access to arable land, population – Demolition of old structures and removal of paleontological influx, pressure on resources/infrastructure, impacts to cultural structures heritage, land claim issues – Removal of artefacts and demolishing of structures with – Positive impacts: Direct economic development; indirect archaeological significance economic benefit and local investment; skills development • ESIA Study • ESIA Study – Identify and investigate all archaeological and heritage sites – Determine the impact of the mine on the people living in the area and the local economy – Determine the significance of each finding

BASELINE HEALTH ASSESSMENT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS

• ESIA Study – Consider the potential future health impacts of the project The Public Participation Process is an on people essential component for any ESIA – Determine the existing health needs of the community process to ensure I&APs are provided based on health strategies, infrastructure programs, with an opportunity to contribute service priorities, delivery plans and challenges meaningfully to the ESIA process. – Recommend measures to avoid/mitigate negative and Digby Wells, supported by Barnstone, enhance positive impacts resulting from the project at the will facilitate the PPP and any relevant project stage comments received from I&APs will be recorded.

PROJECT SPECIFIC EIA PROCESS WHAT IS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION We are here

A process leading to a joint effort of Public Participation Application Acknowledge Receipt Process (PPP) (Adverts, – stakeholders Letters, Meetings)

– technical specialists Submit Draft Scoping Make Scoping Report Finalise Scoping Report – the authorities Report to Authorities available to the Public – the proponent Information Feedback Conduct Specialist Studies Compile EIA Report Meetings

Review by Public and Finalise EIA Report Record of Decision Authorities

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HOW PUBLIC PARTICIPATION FITS INTO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - SCOPING THE ESIA

Application Raise Announcement Adverts, Site Notices, BIDs comments and comment sheets and concerns Scoping Registration of I&APs Verify Review of Draft Scoping comments Report and concerns Environmental Impact Assessment Comment and Comments received on Response Report announcement and public Comment meetings on specialist study Decision Making findings Review of Final Scoping Letters, e-mail, SMS, public places Report

Appeal

DISTRIBUTION OF SITE NOTICES ADVERTISEMENTS

Advertisements were published on the 21 June 2013 as follows: • Bosvelder • Noordelike Nuus • Limpopo Mirror • Seipone

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION – IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Feedback to I&APs Letter THANK YOU

Letter / SMS to announce, Public Review of Draft public places and copies to Digby Wells Environmental and Final EIA Report those who request and Steve Horak meetings ([email protected]) or Comment and Lerato Ratsoenyane Update to include ([email protected]) Response Report comments received Tel: 011 789 9495 Fax: 011 789 9498 Web site: www.digbywells .com Submit Final EIA Report Letters and Environmental Authorisation notification

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