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EIA Scoping Phase Meeting with I&APs Water Use Licence Application Process 08 October 2016 Presentation Outline Introduction and Purpose of the Meeting Site locality Universal Berenice Project Description Water demand and

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EIA Scoping Phase Meeting with I&APs Water Use Licence Application Process 08 October 2016

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Presentation Outline

 Introduction and Purpose of the Meeting  Site locality  Universal Berenice Project Description  Water demand and sources  Proposed water uses to be licensed  Application process  WULA requirements and studies  WULA timelines  Way-forward

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Site Locality

 Project area (mining lease) properties

 Berenice 548MS, Celine 547MS, Portion 1 of Doorvaardt

355MS, Remainder of Doorvaardt 355MS, Matsuri 358MS, Longford 354MS, Gezelschap 395MS

 Mining lease area: 7,761.095 hectares (ha)  Regional locality

 Approx. 80 km north-west of Makhado, Limpopo Province  Site accessible via a gravel road off R584 between Alldays and

Waterpoort

 Catchment locality

 Limpopo Water Management Area (WMA) Sand River Tertiary

Catchment

 Quaternary Catchment A72B (Brak River) and partly A71J

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Surface Hydrology Map

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Project Description

 Mining operation: Opencast

 Standard truck and shovel, drill and blast

 Size of site: 7,761.095 hectares (ha)  LOM: 33 years  Projected ROM: 10 Mtpa (Million Tonnes Per Annum)  Coal processing

 Crushing, screening, washing

 Water supply

 Groundwater (boreholes, pit), ELWU transfers

 Key waste streams

 Coal discard, overburden, sewage

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Water Demand and Sources

 Mine domestic water requirement

 42 m3/day

 Mining and coal processing

 4500 m3/day

 Water sources

 Groundwater (new allocations)  Transfer of existing lawful water entitlements

(surface/groundwater)

 Municipal wastewater return flows

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Water Uses to be Licensed

Water Use ito NWA Activity Description Quantity S21(a) Taking water from a water resource Water abstraction from boreholes Use of water removed from the pits Transfer of ELWUs TBD S21(b) Storing water Raw water storage tanks/reservoir TBD S21(c and i) Changes to watercourse morphology Road and rail line crossing over watercourse TBD Activities within 1:100 year and/or 100 m from a stream TBD S21(g) Disposing of waste in a manner that may detrimentally impact on a water resource Overburden dumps (hard and softs) TBD Coal discard dump TBD Pollution control dam TBD Package sewage treatment plant TBD S21(a) Removal of water removed found underground Dewatering of the mine pit workings TBD

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Water Use Authorisation Process

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Berenice WULA Scope

 Water use application forms and fee  Integrated Water and Waste Management Plan (IWWMP) incl.

 Water uses to be licensed  Waste streams and waste classification  Environmental baseline – incl. climate, topography, geology, surface and

groundwater resources, sensitive environments

 Water balance  Assessment of impacts on water resources and other water users  Mitigation and management measures  Water resource and waste monitoring plan  Motivation irt section 27(1) considerations

 Motivation for exemption from GN704 regulations for activities within

1:100 year floodline

 Surface water and floodline study  Geohydrological study  Stormwater Management Plan

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WULA Timelines

 Application 4

 5 months

 DWS evaluation and decision

 10 months

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Way-Forward

 Compilation of Water Use Authorisation Application  Consultative meeting with DWS  Public review and meeting as part of environmental

impact phase

 Finalisation of WULA and submission to DWS  DWS evaluation

 Initial evaluation  Detailed WULA assessment

 Site visit with DWS officials

 DWS decision, e.g. granting of water use licence