(1) Whether the mining companies conducting mining operations (details furnished) (a) applied for a water permit, (b)(i) were approved and (ii) issued with and/or (c) were denied a water permit; if so, on what date did the listed individual and respective mining operations (aa) apply for, (bb) were issued with or (cc) denied a water permit; (2) whether any of the listed individual and respective mining operations submitted an environmental management programme (EMPR); if so, (a) for which of the listed mining operations (details furnished) has an EMPR been submitted and (b) on what date (i) was the EMPR approved and (ii) did the mining operations as listed commence?