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EdST Enquiries: N Musekene Telephone: 012 336 6567 Reference: 2/1/5/1 MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS : 3327 FOR WRITTEN REPLY A draft reply to the above question by Mr

1 EdST Enquiries: N Musekene Telephone: Reference: 2/1/5/1 MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS : 3327 FOR WRITTEN REPLY A draft reply to the above question by Mr G R Morgan (DA) is attached for your consideration. ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL DATE: DRAFT REPLY APPROVED/AMENDED MRS B E E MOLEWA, MP MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS DATE:

2 FOR WRITTEN REPLY NO 3327 DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL PAPER: 28 OCTOBER 2011 (INTERNAL PAPER NO. 35) Mr G R Morgan (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs: REPLY: (1) What are the names and locations of mines that have been operating without valid water licences since her reply to question 347 on 21 June 2011; (2) what has been the progress of the mines operating without water licences at the time of her reply with regard to their (a) applying for and (b) being granted water licences; (3) whether she has taken any steps to ensure that mines operating without water licences obtain water licences; if not, why not; if so, what steps; (4) whether any further (a) directives or (b) pre-directives have been issued against the mines operating without water licences in terms of the National Water Act, Act 36 of 1998, since her reply; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NW3985E ---00O00--- (1) Refer to Annexure A, Table 1 for names and locations of mines that have been operating without valid water licences since my Department s reply to question 347 on 21 June (2)(a) Refer to Annexure B, Table 2 for progress of the mines operating without water licences at the time of my Department s reply to question 347 on 21 June 2011 with regard to their applying for water use license. (2)(b) Refer to Annexure C, Table 3 for progress of the mines operating without water licences at the time of the Department s reply to question 347 on 21 June 2011 with regard to being granted water licences license. (3) Yes, the Department has embarked on a special initiative, the Letsema Project, to expedite the process of issuing water use licenses. The aim of this project is to eradicate backlog (s) in mining and all other water use license applications.

3 (4) A total of (a) three pre-directives and (b) two directives were issued to date. Refer to table below. -2- NAME OF MINING COMPANY LOCATION OF MINE WATER LICENSE APPLIED FOR (YES/NO) PRE-DIRECTIVES ISSUED STATUS Blaizepoint Trading 96 CC Free State Yes Contravention of license conditions Chemstof (PTY) Ltd Yes Facility operating without water use license Rockwell Diamonds Inc. Northern Cape Yes DIRECTIVES ISSUED Contravention of license conditions Befco Mineral Merchants (Pty) Ltd Yes Facility operating without water use license Chemstof (PTY) Ltd Yes Facility operating without water use license ---00O00--- ANNEXURE A (1) Table 1 below reflects the names and locations of mines that have been operating without valid water licences since my Department s reply to question 347 on 21 June NAME OF MINING COMPANY Anglo Coal: Kleinkopje Colliery Sudor Coal -Elandsfontein Klipspruit Colliery Exxaro: GLISA Arnot: Kendal (zaid) Colliery Delmas Coal:/ Kuyasa Coal Northern Coal: Mimosa Optimum Colliery: Eikeboom Section Sasol Mining Syferfontein IWULA Shanduka Graspan Colliery Stuart Coal Total Coal Dorsfontein Colliery Umcebo Colliery Doornrug Coal Mine Umcebo Mooifontein Colliery Umcebo Nowesco (Brakfontein) Shanduka Bankfontein Colliery LOCATION OF MINE Mpumlanaga

4 Shanduka Coal: Middleburg Townlands World Wide Coal Carolina Groenvallei Colliery World Wide Coal Carolina Haarlem Colliery Xstrata plc Arthur Taylor Colliery (Open Cast) Phokathaba Platinum Mine Sheba Gold Mine Nkomati Mine Harmony Gold Simmer and Jack Gold Fields De Beers Kimberley Hotazel Manganese Mine PMG Mine Misty Falls Clisa 42 (Pty) Ltd Venetia Mine Buffelsfontein Platinum Mine Samancor Chrome Limited Vemecto Alloy Mine Anglo Platinum Mine Rhombus Vanadium Mine Aquarius Platinum SA Lonmin Platinum (Marikana) Exxaro Zuland Anthrancite Colliery Richard Bay Mineral Imbila Mines Somkele Mines Magdalena Colliery Springlake Colliery Uitkomst Colliery Panbuilt Siding Maquasa West Geluk Colliery Inhlobane Colliery South Deep Mines Simmer & Jack New Kleinfontein Impala Platinum Mintails SA (Pty) Ltd Gold Fields-Driefontein NAME OF MINING COMPANY Sasol Mining Harmony Gold Gold View Limpopo/ Welkom Stilfontein Welkom Limpopo -Natal Natal Natal Natal Natal Natal -Natal LOCATION OF MINE

5 Mooiplaats Colliery Imbabala Colliery Vunene Colliery Umlabu Colliery Central Rand Gold Knghts Gold Glen Douglas Lieliefontain Colliery ANNEXURE B (2)(a) Table 2 below reflects the progress of the mines operating without water licences at the time of my Department s reply to question 347 on 21 June 2011with regard to their applying for water use license. NAME OF MINING COMPANY LOCATION OF MINE WATER LICENSE STATUS APPLIED Anglo Coal: Kleinkopje Colliery Yes In process Sudor Coal -Elandsfontein Yes In process Klipspruit Colliery Yes In process Exxaro: GLISA Yes In process Arnot: Yes In process Kendal (zaid) Colliery Yes In process Delmas Coal:/ Kuyasa Coal Yes In process Northern Coal: Mimosa Yes In process Optimum Colliery: Eikeboom Yes In process Section Sasol Mining Syferfontein IWULA Yes In process Shanduka Graspan Colliery Mpumlanaga Yes In process Stuart Coal Yes In process Total Coal Dorsfontein Colliery Yes In process Umcebo Colliery Doornrug Coal Yes In process Mine Umcebo Mooifontein Colliery Yes In process Umcebo Nowesco (Brakfontein) Yes In process Shanduka Bankfontein Colliery Yes In process Shanduka Coal: Middleburg Yes In process Townlands World Wide Coal Carolina Groenvallei Colliery Yes In process World Wide Coal Carolina Haarlem Yes In process Colliery Xstrata plc Arthur Taylor Colliery Yes In process (Open Cast) Phokathaba Platinum Mine Limpopo/ Yes In process Sheba Gold Mine Yes In process Nkomati Mine Yes In process Harmony Gold Welkom Yes In process Simmer and Jack Stilfontein Yes In process Gold Fields Welkom No No water use license application received De Beers Kimberley Yes Awaiting outstanding

6 Hotazel Manganese Mine Yes In process PMG Mine No (Pre Notice sent No water use license in July 2010) application received Misty Falls Yes Awaiting outstanding information Clisa 42 (Pty) Ltd Yes In process Venetia Mine Limpopo Yes In process Buffelsfontein Platinum Mine Yes Awaiting outstanding Samancor Chrome Limited Yes Awaiting outstanding Vemecto Alloy Mine Yes Awaiting outstanding Anglo Platinum Mine Yes Awaiting outstanding Rhombus Vanadium Mine Yes Awaiting outstanding Aquarius Platinum SA Yes Awaiting outstanding Lonmin Platinum (Marikana) Yes Awaiting outstanding NAME OF MINING COMPANY LOCATION OF MINE WATER LICENSE STATUS APPLIED Exxaro -Natal Yes Awaiting outstanding Zuland Anthrancite Colliery Natal Yes Awaiting outstanding Richard Bay Mineral Natal Yes Awaiting outstanding Imbila Mines Natal Yes Awaiting outstanding Somkele Mines Natal Yes Awaiting outstanding Magdalena Colliery Yes Awaiting outstanding Springlake Colliery Yes Awaiting outstanding Uitkomst Colliery Yes Awaiting outstanding Panbuilt Siding Yes Awaiting outstanding Maquasa West Yes Awaiting outstanding Geluk Colliery Natal Yes Awaiting outstanding Inhlobane Colliery -Natal Yes Awaiting outstanding South Deep Mines Yes In process Simmer & Jack Yes In process New Kleinfontein Yes In process Impala Platinum Yes In process Mintails SA (Pty) Ltd Yes In process Gold Fields-Driefontein Yes In process Sasol Mining Yes In process Harmony Gold Yes In process Gold View Yes In process Mooiplaats Colliery Yes In process Imbabala Colliery Yes In process

7 Vunene Colliery No Pre-application process Umlabu Colliery Yes In process Central Rand Gold Yes In process Knghts Gold Yes In process Glen Douglas Yes In process Lieliefontain Colliery Yes In process

8 ANNEXURE C (2)(b) Table 3 below reflects the progress of the mines operating without water licences at the time of the Department reply to question 347 on 21 June 2011 with regard to being granted water licences LOCATION OF THE MINE WATER LICENCE APPLIED FOR (YES/NO) STATUS NAME OF MINING COMPANY Anglo Goedehoop (Bank Colliery Yes Licence Issued Anglo Greenside Colliery Yes Licence Issued Anglo Kriel Colliery Yes Licence Issued Anglo Landau Colliery-Kromdraai & Yes Licence Issued Navigation Khuthala Colliery Yes Licence Issued Black Wattle Colliery Yes Licence Issued S a s o l M i n i n g ( S y f e r f o n t e i n ) Yes Licence Issued Controlled Release Shanduka Coal: Leeuwfontein/ Yes Licence Issued Lakeside Sumo Colliery Yes Licence Issued Total coal Forzando South Yes Licence Issued Grootpan Colliery Yes Licence Issued Strathrae Colliery Yes Licence Withdrawn Xstrata plc South Witbank Colliery Yes Licence Issued Xstrata plc Tavistock Colliery Yes Licence Issued Xstrata plc Witcons Colliery Yes Licence Withdrawn Foskor (Pty) Ltd Mine Licence Issued Samancor: Tubatse Ferrochrome Limpopo/ Yes Licence Withdrawn Sasol Nitro Phalaborwa Limpopo/ Yes Licence Issued New Consort Mine (Baberton Mines) Yes Licence Issued Fairview Mine Yes Licence Issued New Vaal Colliery Yes Licence Issued Sigma Colliery Yes Licence Issued Rand Uranium Yes Licence Issued Harmony Gold Yes Licence Issued Anglo Ashanti Yes Licence Issued DRD Gold Yes Licence Issued

CURRICULUM VITAE KATHERINE DE JONG

CURRICULUM VITAE KATHERINE DE JONG 1. PROPOSED POSITION : Environmental Scientist 2. NAME OF FIRM : GIBB (Pty) Ltd 3. NAME OF STAFF : Katherine DE JONG 4. DATE OF BIRTH : 15.05.1986 NATIONALITY : South African 5. YEARS WITH FIRM : 1 6.