LETSATSI ASSETS (PTY) LTD LETSATSI COLLIERY MINING PERMIT APPLICATION

Letsatsi Assets (Pty) Limited has lodged an application for a mining permit in terms of section 27 of the
Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2004 (Act 28 of 2004). Letsatsi Assets (Pty)
Limited proposes to mine coal on a portion of portion 44 of the farm Bankfontein 375 JS, situated within
the magisterial district of Middelburg.
The proposed mining permit area falls within the Witbank coalfield, where the seams are at a shallow
depth, with the lowest seam seldom reaching 100 metres in the deepest lying parts of the field. The
strata in which the coal seams occur consist predominantly of fine, medium and coarse-grained
sandstone with subordinate mudstone, shale, siltstone and carbonaceous shale. Ideally there are seven
coal seams with varying degrees of persistence. The opencast mining will be undertaken using the
conventional truck and shovel mining technique with concurrent rehabilitation.
The life of this resource at the planned mining rate is 24 months, which includes a pre-production build
up phase aimed mostly at establishing the box-cut and other related mining infrastructures. All RoM coal
from the proposed mining permit area will be stockpiled on site. No coal processing (washing) will be
undertaken; hence, no coal discards will be generated RoM the proposed mining permit area. However,
crushing and screening will be conducted.
The mining related infrastructures such as the mobile offices, hard-park, storm-water management
facility and stockpiling facilities will be placed at the mining permit area. Furthermore, an in-pit water
storage and in-pit coal storage was decided upon. A surface pollution control dam and RoM will;
however, be considered and constructed should the in-pit storage facilities not be sufficient during
mining.
In view of the above, Letsatsi Assets (Pty) Limited (Reg. No.: 2013/ 128265/ 07) has lodged a mining
permit with the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (Mpumalanga Regional Office) in
accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations under the Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Development Act, 2002 as amended.
Province(s): Mpumalanga