Section 24G Application Process for Infrastructure Associated with the Blinkwater 2 Tailings Storage Facility (DMPR Ref: LP30/5/1/2/3/2/1(50) MR)

Rustenburg Platinum Mines: Mogalakwena Mine, located north of the Mokopane Town in the Limpopo Province, is proposing to undertake a Section 24G rectification application process for the commencement of construction activities related to EIA listings not included in the DMPR approved Environmental Authorisation for the establishment of the Blinkwater 2 Tailings Storage Facility (TSF). Please note that this application does not pertain to the Blinkwater 2 TSF itself, which has already been approved, but to associated infrastructure and activities that were inadvertently omitted from the 2019 extension application

SLR Consulting (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd (SLR), an independent firm of Environmental Assessment Practitioners, has been appointed by Rustenburg Platinum Mines: Mogalakwena Mine to manage the environmental authorisation processes.

Rustenburg Platinum Mines: Mogalakwena Mine, yeo e lego ka leboa la toropo ya Mokopane, Profinseng ya Limpopo, e šišinya go dira tshepedišo ya kgopelo ya Karolo 24G go lokiša go thoma ga mešomo yakatološo yeo e amanago le mešomo ye e ngwadilwego mo Tlhahlobong ea Tšusumetso ea Tikoloho (EIA) yeo e sa tsenywago ka phoso mo Tumeleleng ya Tikologo (Environmental Authorisation – EA) yeo e dumeletšwego ke DMPR bakeng sa go katološaBlinkwater 2 Tailings Storage Facility (TSF). Re kgopela gore o lemoge gore kgopelo ye ga se ya Blinkwater 2 TSF ka boyona, yeo e se e dumeletšwe, eupša e amana le mešomo le meago yeo e sa tsenywago ka phoso mo kgopelong ya katološo ya 2019.

SLR Consulting (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd (SLR), khamphani ye ikemetšego ya Baahlodi ba Tikologo, e kgethilwe ke Rustenburg Platinum Mines: Mogalakwena Mine go laola tshepedišo ya tumelelo ya tikologo.

Status

Notice is hereby given, in terms of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations, 2014, promulgated under the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA), that the Draft Scoping Report has been compiled and is available for a 30-day review and comment period, from 12 December 2025 to 2 February 2026.

A full copy of the Draft Scoping Report is available for download below.

To register as an I&AP, please contact SLR using the details provided above.

By providing your personal information to submit a comment, you will be included in the SLR an Interested and Affected Party (I&AP) database, and you consent to SLR managing your information in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013. It is assumed that as an I&AP for this Project you authorise SLR to retain and use your Personal Information as part of a contact database for this and/or other Social and Environmental Impact Assessments (ESIA) and that you confirm your acceptance for SLR to contact you regarding this and/or other ESIA processes. SLR will not process your Personal Information, other than as permitted or required by ESIA processes, or as required by law or public policy. SLR will use reasonable, appropriate security safeguards to protect Personal Information, and to reasonably prevent any damage to, loss of, or unauthorised access or disclosure of Personal Information, other than as required for ESIA processes or as required by any Law or public policy. You may request for your Personal Information to be deleted from the I&AP database at any time by contacting SLR.

Ka fa tlase ga Melawana ya Tlhahlobo ya Tšusumetso ya Tikologo (EIA) ya 2014, yeo e hlomilwego ka Molao wa Taolo ya Tikologo wa Bosetšhaba (NEMA), go tsebiswagore pego (Draft Scoping Report) e šetše e dirilwe gomme e gona bakeng sa tekodišišo le ditshwaotshwa tša matsatsi a 30, go tloga ka 12 Desemere 2025 go fihla ka 2 Feberware 2026.

Kopi e feleletseng ya Tlhahlobo ya Tšusumetso ya Tikologo e hwetšagala ka tlase.

Go ingwadiša bjalo ka I&AP, ka kgopelo ikgokaganye le SLR ka tshedimosetso ye e filwego ka godimo.

Ka go fana ka tshedimošo ya gago ya sephiri gore o ngwadišwe bjalo ka I&AP ya Protšeke ye o dumelelana le SLR go laola tshedimošo ya gago go latela Molao wa Tšhireletšo ya Tshedimošo ya Sephiri wa bo 4 wa 2013. Ge o ingwadiša gomme o fana ka dintlha tša gago tša boingwadišo bjalo ka IAP wa Protšeke ye, o tla akaretšwa ka gare ga lenaneopolokelo ya tshedimošo la SLR I&AP. Go tšewa gore bjalo ka I&AP wa Protšeke ye o dumelela SLR go swara le go šomiša Tshedimošo ya Sephiri ya gago bjalo ka karolo ya bobolokelo bja tshedimošo bja bao o ka ikgokaganyago le bona go Tshekatsheko ye le/goba ye nngwe le gore o tiišetša go amogela ga gago gore SLR e ikgokaganye le wena mabapi le tshepedišo ye le/goba ditshepedišo tše dingwe. SLR e ka se šome Tshedimošo ya gago ya Sephiri, ka ntle le ge e dumeletšwe goba go nyakwa ke ditshepedišo tše di beetšwego molao, goba ka ge go nyakwa ke molao goba ke melawana ya setšhaba. SLR e tla šomiša magato a tšhireletšo ao a kwagalago le a maleba ka nepo ya go šireletša Tshedimošo ya Sephiri, le go šireletša ka fao go kwagalago tshenyo efe goba efe ya, tahlegelo ya, goba phihlelelo ye e sego ya dumelelwa goba go tsebagatšwa ga Tshedimošo ya Sephiri, yeo e sa dumelelwego go ya ka ditshepedišo tšeo di beetšwego melao goba ka ge go nyakwa ke Molao ofe goba ofe goba molawana wa setšhaba. O ka kgopela gore Tshedimošo ya gago ya Sephiri e phumolwe go bobolokelo bja tshedimošo bja I&AP ka nako efe goba efe ka go ikgokaganya le SLR.