Draft The Proposed Slurry and Return Water Pipeline from Target Tailing Storage Facility to Freddie’s 9 Tailings Storage Facility (TSF), Allanridge (Welkom) In the Free State Province

Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony) operates numerous gold mines in South Africa and has a concentration of mining activities in the Welkom-Virginia area of the Free State Province. Harmony’s Target Operations, which are located in the vicinity of the town of Allanridge, Free State Province, comprise the following components:
 Target 1 Shaft;
 Target 2 Shaft;
 Target 3 Shaft (under care and maintenance);
 Freddie’s Shaft and Freddie’s Dam; and
 Target Plant.
Harmony is proposing to construct a new slurry and return water pipelines from its TGT 2 Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) in order to deposit tailings at the Freddies 9 TSF as Target 1 and 2 TSF have reached their final design height and have become unserviceable. The pipelines will be a flanged steel pipes installed above-ground on pre-cast concrete plinths.