MINISTRY OF MINERAL RESOURCES
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
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Memorandum from the Parliamentary Office
Minister
National Assembly question: Question 1063
Please find attached a response to Parliamentary Question Number 1063 (NA)
for written reply asked by Adv HC Schmidt of the DA for your approval.
DDG: Mineral Regulation
Date:
Recommended / Not Recommended
Adv. Sandile Nogxina
Director General: Department of Mineral Resources
â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦/â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦/2009
Approved/not approved
Ms S Shabangu
Minister of Mineral Resources
â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦/â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦/2009
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NUMBER 1063
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 4 SEPTEMBER 2009
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NUMBER 14)
Adv H C Schmidt (DA) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources:
(1) Whether approval has been granted to any mining company or other
applicant during the period 1 July 2008 to the present for the
construction of new mine tailings storage facilities; if so, (a) where
will it be located, (b) the date on which date was approval granted,
(c) for which time period is such storage facility to be constructed,
(d) when will it become operational and (e) what is the extent of the
land surface it is to occupy;
(2) whether agricultural land will be the site on which the storage
facilities will be built; if not, what is the position in this regard;
if so, what is the name of the successful applicant and/or mining
company? NW1324E
REPLY
1) No approval has been granted to any mining company for the
construction of new mine tailing storage facilities by the Department
of Mineral Resources and no application for the said facility was
submitted to the Department of Mineral Resources.
a) NA
b) NA
c) NA
d) NA
e) NA
2. NA
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