NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NUMBER 2057
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 30 OCTOBER 2009
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NUMBER 26)
Adv H C Schmidt (DA) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources:
(1) How many (a)(i) ownerless and (ii) abandoned mines have been found to
exist as at 1 October 2009;
(2) whether her department has a plan to deal with these mines; if not,
what is the position in this regard; if so,
(3) whether her department has made this plan available for public
comment; if not,
(4) whether this plan will be made public in the future; if not, why not;
if so, when? NW2711E
REPLY
1) (i) approximately 70 sites
(ii) Not applicable
2) The Department is in the process of developing an inclusive strategy
in addressing derelict and ownerless mine sites
3) Refer to 2 above
4) Not applicable for now.[pic]