Proposed Mining Application within on portion of portion 1&5 of the farm Poona 7511 HT located within the Magisterial District of Amajuba, Kwazulu-Natal province

The purpose of this document is to provide supporting environmental insights to a coal mining permit application on portion of portion 1 & 5 of the Farm Poona 7511 HT located approximately 21,036 km northeast of Dannhauser and 26.45 km north of Dundee within the Magisterial District of Amajuba, KwaZulu-Natal Province.
The proposed coal mining project is an opencast operation which will involve, clearing of vegetation, drilling & blasting, as well as screening and hauling. An initial box cut will be constructed, and access pit ramps will be constructed within the initial box cut for access to the mining pits. The access ramps will be constructed to have a maximum slope of 12°. Topsoil from the initial box cuts will be stripped to a depth as specified by the soil specialist and will be removed to the relevant topsoil stockpile. Subsoil from the box cuts will be stripped and stockpiled separately at the subsoil stockpile. Hard overburden material from the initial box cuts will be drilled, blasted, and removed to the hard overburden stockpile. Finally, coal as a product will be drilled, blasted, removed to the R.O.M. stockpile for crushing and screening before being sold to the destined clients.The project is located in portion of portion 1 & 5 of the Farm Poona 7511 HT located approximately 21,036 km northeast of Dannhauser and 26.45 km north of Dundee within the Magisterial District of Amajuba, KwaZulu-Natal Province.