Scoping Report as part of the Environmental Authorisation Application for the Vlakfontein Coal Mining Project by Glubay Coal (Pty) Ltd in the District of Vereeniging and Meyerton, Gauteng

Glubay Coal (Pty) Ltd is an affiliated company of Canyon Resources which is a mining and exploration company with current operations in Mpumalanga and Gauteng. The company has three operational coal mines, Phalanndwa and Phalanndwa Extension Colliery in the Delmas area and Khanye Colliery situated in the Bronkhorstspruit area. All three are opencast coal mines, mined through the typical truck and shovel method with concurrent rehabilitation being done at all five sites.

The Vlakfontein Coal Mining Project (Vlakfontein Project) is a proposed opencast colliery, located in, on and around the old workings of the abandoned Springfield Colliery, 7km South of Meyerton and 10km North of Vereeniging in the Sedibeng District Municipality of the Gauteng Province. The Mining Right application area falls over the farm Vlakfontein 546 IQ located partially in the Midvaal Local Municipality and the Emfuleni Local Municipality.