Dithabeng Mining Mphahlele Mining Right Application (LP 30/5/1/2/2/10248 MR)

The Mphahlele Community Development Trust holds the following mineral rights over the Farm Locatie van M'phatlele 457 KS, situated 60 km south-east of Mokopane and 50 km south of Polokwane, Limpopo Province:
1. Prospecting Right: LP 30/5/1/1/2/013 PR, measuring 11 725.0951 hectares (ha) in areal extent
2. Mining Permit: LP 30/5/1/3/2/10983 MP, for a small-scale opencast operation, restricted to the 5 ha Mining Permit issued for the operation.

The applicant has applied for a Mining Right over the above-mentioned Prospecting Right in order to extend the existing opencast operations, establish underground mining and a wash plant as well as associated facilities, where the residue material from the wash plant will be dried, stockpiled, and used as backfill for the opencast void, eliminating the need for a tailings dam.
In order to undertake the proposed mining and associated activities, the applicant requires a Mining Right (MR) in terms of Section 22 of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 (Act 28 of 2002, as amended) (MPRDA). In accordance with the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act 107 of 1998) (NEMA) Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Waste Regulations as well as the National Water Act, 1998 (Act 36 of 1998) (NWA), the following environmental permitting and licensing processes are required:
1. Undertaking the Public Participation Process
2. Compilation of an Integrated Environmental Authorisation Application
3. Compilation of Scoping and Environmental Impact reports
4. Development of an Environmental Management Programme and an Integrated Water and Waste Management Plan
5. Submission of an Integrated Water Use License Application.

Dithabeng Mining Mphahlele (Pty) Ltd have appointed Shango Solutions as the Environmental Assessment Practitioner (EAP) to manage the required environmental process for the Mining Right Application.
Province(s): Limpopo