1599 Harmony Brand A TSF

Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony) (hereafter referred to as the applicant) owns and operates several Gold Mines and Plants in the Welkom region in the Free State. Harmony currently deposits tailings onto the Free State South (FSS) 2 Tailings Storage Facility (TSF), St. Helena 4 TSF, St. Helana 123 TSF, Dam 23 TSF, Brand D TSF and Target 1&2 TSF. The current planned Life of Mine of the Free State Operations exceed the available deposition capacity of these TSFs and Harmony is undertaking a feasibility assessment to redeposit slurry on the footprint of Brand A TSF. The applicant is planning to redeposit slurry on the footprint of Brand A TSF which has largely been reclaimed to date. Construction of 3 new residue deposition pipelines is proposed, each of which will have a NB diameter of more than 360mm with a peak throughput of more than 120 ℓ/s. The pipelines will be flanged steel pipelines and installed aboveground on pre-cast concrete plinths and a 3.5m wide access road, adjacent to the pipelines, will be cleared/graded to provide access for construction, maintenance and inspections. The proposed project is located on farm portions Harmony 222 (72), Klippan 14 (1), Klippan 14 (2), Klippan 14 (15), La Riviera 289 (2), La Riviera 289 (3), La Riviera 289 (4)/RE, Rustgevonden 564 (1), Saaiplaas 690 (0), Saaiplaas 690 (1), Saaiplaas 690 (5), Saaiplaas 690 (7), Saaiplaas 690 (9), Saaiplaas 690 (10), Saaiplaas 690 (11), Saaiplaas 690 (15), Saaiplaas 771 (0), Saaiplaas 771 (2), Saaiplaas 771 (6), Saaiplaas 771 (12), Saaiplaas 771 (15), and Vaalkranz 220 (14), Matjhabeng Local Municipality, Free State Province. The site is approximately 2.5km Southeast of Bronville. The centre point of the site is 28° 0'53.81"S, 26°50'18.34"E.
Province(s): Free State