NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NUMBER 1676
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 28 May 2010
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NUMBER 15)
1676. Mr E J Marais (DA) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources:
(1) Whether there are any dormant mines with no mining activities;
if not, why not; if so, (a) how many, (b) where are they situated
and (c) what are the further relevant details;
(2) whether any of the dormant mines have applied for mining closure
certificates; if not, why not; if so, (a) how many and (b) which
mines;
(3) how many mining closure certificates have been issued (a) in the
(i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07, (iii) 2007-08, (iv) 2008-09 and (v)
2009-10 financial years and (b) during the period 1 April 2010 up
to latest specified date for which information is available?
NW1938E
Reply
1) The Department of Mineral Resources does not have a database in
respect of Dormant mines, because of the previous legislation where
mining companies were not required to obtain closure certificates.
a) Unknown
b) Unknown
c) None
2) See (1) above
3) The number of closure certificates issued in respect of the
following periods, are as follows, namely:
(a)(i) 2005/06 financial year: - 17
(ii) 2006/07 financial year: - 15
(iii) 2007/08 financial year: - 21
(iv) 2008/09 financial year: - 21
(v) 2009/09 financial year: and - 26
(b) 01 April 2010 â 31 May 2010 - 0
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