SISHEN IRON ORE COMPANY (PTY) LTD_CONSTRUCTION OF A GEOLOGICAL CAMP

Sishen Iron Ore Company (Pty) Ltd (“SIOC”) proposes to construct a regional geological camp on the Remaining Extent (RE) of the Farm Demaneng 546. The proposed geological camp and associated infrastructure will be located on the Farm Demaneng 546 in the Northern Cape Province (refer to Figure 1 and Appendix A). The nearest residential centre to the facility is the town of Kathu which is located approximately 15km to the north of the site in the Gamagara Local Municipality. An application for a Water Use Licence for the abstraction of groundwater in terms of section 21 (a) of the National Water Act, 1998 (“NWA”) has also been submitted to the Department of Water and Sanitation (“DWS”). The application has been provided with the reference number “WU20708”. Proof of submission is provided in Appendix J. The geological camp will serve as the regional administration centre for prospecting activities undertaken by SIOC in the Northern Cape. The intention is to centralise all the SIOC geological activities supporting Sishen and Kolomela Mines, but also all prospecting projects within the Northern Cape. The farm Demaneng 546 was primarily selected based on the following:
• The property is currently owned by SIOC;
• The site is centrally located within relatively close proximity to all SIOC prospecting and mining based activities; and
• The disturbed nature of the selected area has been largely affected by historic anthropogenic activities. The site will consist of administrative offices, sheds for the storage, sampling and processing of geological core material, a workshop, wash bay and parking areas. It should however be noted that no physical prospecting activities is planned on the farm Demaneng 546.