UPDATED FORM – I & PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT Of 1000 TPD GOLD ORE PROCESSING PLANT GANAJUR GOLD PROJECT At GanajurVillage, Haveri Taluk, Haveri District, Karnataka. By Deccan Exploration Services Pvt. Ltd Prepared By B.S. ENVI-TECH (P) LTD. FORM – I Secunderabad – 500 017. 1 FORM 1 (As Per New Notification of Mo.E.F dated 1-12-2009 vide SO 3067 (E)) BASIC INFORMATION S. No Item Details 1 Name of the Project/s 1000 TPD GOLD ORE PROCESSING PLANT DECCAN EXPLORATION SERVICES (P) LIMITED 2 S. No. in the schedule 3(a) 3 Proposed capacity/ area/ length/ Proposed capacity:1000 TPD Gold Ore tonnage to be handled/ command Processing area/ lease area/ number of wells Area: 56.67 Ha to be drilled 4 New/ expansion/ modernization New 5 Existing capacity/ Area etc. - 6 Category of Project i.e ‘A’ or ‘B’ A 7 Does it attract the general No condition? If yes please specify. 8 Does it attract the specific No condition? If yes please specify. 9 Location Plot/ Survey/ Khasra No 68,69, 71,78A/1, 78A/1B/1,79,80, 86,87,90,91,92,93, Village Ganajur Tehsil Haveri District Haveri State Karnataka 10 Nearest railway station/ airport Railway Station: Karajgi- 1.1 kms along with distance in Kms. Airport: Hubli- 70 kms 11 Nearest town, city, district head Haveri City (7 km) and District quarters along with distance in kms. 12 Village panchayaths, Ganajur Village, Kolur Panchayat, Zillaparishad, Municipal Haveri ZP, Haveri Municipality Corporation, Local body (Complete postal addresses with telephone nos to be given) 13 Name of the applicant Deccan Exploration Services Pvt. Ltd. 14 Registered address Deccan Exploration Services Pvt. Ltd.,No 5, 19th Main Road 4th Sector, HSR Lay Out Bangalore-560102(INDIA) Fax: +918067155701 15 Address for correspondence Name Saradchandra Rao Peshwa Designation (Owner /Partner/ Director CEO) 2 Address Deccan Exploration Services Pvt. Ltd No 5, 19th Main Road, 4th Sector, HSR Lay Out, Bangalore (INDIA). Pin code 560 102 E- mail [email protected] [email protected] Telephone no. 080-67155700 Fax no. 080-67155701 16 Details of Alternative sites The project was accorded TOR. examined, if any location of these sites should be shown on a topo sheet. 17 Interlinked projects Ganajur Gold Mining Project of 29.14 Ha. At Ganajur Village, Haveri Taluk,Haveri District, Karnataka 18 Whether separate application of Yes interlinked project has been submitted? 19 If yes, date of submission 30-05-2017. 20 If no, reason Not applicable 21 Whether the proposal involves No approval/ clearance under: if yes, details of the same and their status to be given. (a) The Forest (Conservation)Act, 1980 (b) The Wild Life (Protection)Act, 1972 (c) The CRZ Notification, 1991 22 Whether there is any Government No Order/ Policy relevant/ relating to the site? 23 Forest land involved (hectares) No 24 Whether there is any litigation No pending against the project and/or land in which the project is propose to be set up? (a) Name of the court (b) Case No (c) Orders/ directions of the court, if any and its relevance with the proposed project. 3 (I) ACTIVITY 1. Construction, operation or decommissioning of the Project involving actions, which will cause physical changes in the locality (topography, land use, changes in water bodies, etc.) Details thereof (with approximate quantities S.No. Information/Checklist Yes/ /rates, wherever possible) confirmation No with source of information data Permanent or temporary change Present land use of 56.67 Ha in land use, land cover or is private agricultural land. 1.1 topography including increase in Yes This land will be converted for intensity of land use (with industrial purpose. respect to local land use plan. 1.2 Clearance of existing land, Yes Site will be cleared from vegetation and buildings? agricultural activities. 1.3 Creation of new land uses? Yes As specified under Point 1.1 1.4 Pre-construction investigations Yes Site investigation for e.g. bore houses, soil testing? foundation will be done 1.5 Construction works? Yes Processing plant along with other infrastructure will be commissioned to process the gold ore extracted from the proposed captive Ganajur Gold Mine. 1.6 Demolition works? No None 1.7 Temporary sites used for No None construction works or housing of construction workers? 1.8 Above ground buildings, Yes The built-up area increases structures or earthworks with the erection of processing including linear structures, cut plant with auxiliaries and fill or excavations 1.9 Underground works including No None mining or tunneling? 1.10 Reclamation works? Yes Tailing dump will be reclaimed as follows: · Installation of a waste rock layer, commencing at the perimeter of the TSF top surface and progressing towards the centre · Installation of clay cap on the side slope and top forming a low permeability liner, preventing the ingress of oxygen into the tailings material 4 · A loamy typically topsoil layer will be installed over the clay cap for the establishment of vegetation. 1.11 Dredging? No None 1.12 Offshore structures? No None 1.13 Production and manufacturing Yes The processing of the gold ore processes? is as follows: The gold in upper surface layers (10-20 meters deep) is oxidized. The deeper layers of ore body contain gold predominantly in sulphide matrix. The oxide ore will be mined first and will be extracted by adopting Crushing-Grinding Gravity separation - Cyanidation – Carbon in Pulp (CIP) – Electrolysis technique. Sulphide ore will be mined and treated by Crushing-Grinding- Gravity separation – Flotation – UFG Sulphide Concentrate – Carbon in Leach (CIL)– Electrolysis process. The stripped gold is then smelted to produce gold bullion. 1.14 Facilities for storage of goods or Yes Adequate storage bins will be materials? provided 1.15 Facilities for treatment or disposal Yes Prior to disposal of the residue of solid waste or liquid effluents? from the oxide leach/CIP or sulphide CIL circuit to the TSF, the residual cyanide and arsenic in the process solution will be removed by the Inco method (SO2/O2 addition) and ferric sulphate addition (sulphide ore only). 1.16 Facilities for long term housing of No No housing is proposed operational workers? 1.17 New road, rail or sea traffic Yes New road will be laid from during construction or operation? Mine to plant 1.18 New road, rail, air waterborne or Yes New road will be laid from other transport infrastructure Mine to plant including new or altered routes and stations, ports, airports etc? 1.19 Closure or diversion of existing No No diversion is involved. 5 transport routes or infrastructure leading to changes in traffic movements? 1.20 New or diverted transmission Yes A 13.2 km 110 KV power lines or pipelines? transmission line from the KPTCL state grid will be installed to provide power to the process plant. 1.21 Impoundment, damming, No None culverting, realignment or other changes to the hydrology of watercourses or aquifers? 1.22 Stream crossings? No None 1.23 Abstraction or transfers of water Yes To operate the process plant, from ground or surface waters? the requirement of water would be about 3000 KLD. Water will be catered through a 6.5 km pipe line from ‘Kolur- Kalasur barrage’ built across Varda River as well as through bore wells. 1.24 Changes in water bodies or the No None land surface affecting drainage or run-off? 1.25 Transport of personnel or No None materials for construction, operation or decommissioning? 1.26 Long-term dismantling or No None decommissioning or restoration works? 1.27 Ongoing activity during No None decommissioning which could have an impact on the environment? 1.28 Influx of people to an area in Yes Manpower of around 100 will either temporarily or be employed. permanently? 1.29 Introduction of alien species? No None Loss of native species or genetic No None diversity? 1.31 Any other actions? No None 6 2. Use of Natural resources for construction or operation of the Project (such as land, water, materials or energy, especially any resources which are non-renewable or in short supply) Details thereof (with S.No. Information/checklist Yes/ approximate quantities confirmation No /rates, wherever possible) with source of information data 2.1 Land especially undeveloped or Yes 56.67 Ha agricultural land (ha) 2.2 Water (expected source & Yes 3000 KLD. Water will be competing users) unit: KLD catered through a 6.5 km pipe line from ‘Kolur-Kalasur barrage’ built across Varada River as well as through bore wells. 2.3 Minerals (MT) Yes 2.4 Construction material – stone, Yes Cement -300 MT aggregates, sand / soil (expected Coarse Aggregate-40,000m3 source – MT) Fine Aggregate-60,000m3. 2.5 Forests and timber (source – MT) No Nil- 2.6 Energy including electricity and Yes 5 MW serviced by HESCOM. fuels (source, competing users) Unit: fuel (MT), energy (MW) 2.7 Any other natural resources (use No None appropriate standard units) 3. Use, storage, transport, handling or production of substances or materials, which could be harmful to human health or the environment or raise concerns about actual or perceived risks to human health. Details thereof (with approximate quantities/rates, S.No. Information/Checklist Yes/No wherever possible) with source confirmation of information data 3.1 Use of substances or materials, YES Cyanide-700 kg/day- which are hazardous (as per MSIHC rules) to human health or the environment (flora, fauna, and water supplies) 3.2 Changes in occurrence of disease No None or affect disease vectors (e.g. insect or water borne diseases) 3.3 Affect the welfare of people e.g. by Yes The project will bring changing living conditions? improvement in the socio- economic levels in the study area.