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)
28 May 2026 | Client: Rustenburg Platinum Mines Limited: Mogalakwena Mine
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 Environmental Impact Assessment Report is available for comment from 28 May 2026 to 29 June 2026. A full copy of the Draft EIA Report is available for download below.
Tsebišo e fiwa mo, go ya ka Melawana ya Tlhahlobo ya Kotsi tikologong (EIA) ya 2014, yeo e phatlaladitšwego ka tlase ga Molao wa Taolo ya Tikologo wa Bosetšhaba (NEMA), gore sengwalwa sa pego ya kelo ya khuetšo ya tikologo (Draft EIA Report) se hwetšagala bakeng sa dikakanyo go tloga ka di 28 Mei 2026 go fihla ka di 29 Ngwatobošego (June) 2026.
Khophi e feletšego ya sengwalwa sa pego ya kelo ya khuetšo ya tikologo (Draft EIA Report) se hwetšagala go laollwa ka tlase.
Draft Environmental Assessment Report
Appendix A- Scoping Report Acceptance
Appendix B - EAP CVs
Appendix C - Public Participation Record
- Appendix C1 - Public Participation DMPR Pre-Application Meeting Minutes
- Appendix C2 - Public Participation Letter from land claims commissioner
- Appendix C3 - Public Participation Scoping Phase Focus Group Meeting Minutes
- Appendix C4 - Public Participation Background Information Document
- Appendix C5 - Public Participation Advertisements
- Appendix C6 - Public Participation Site Notices
- Appendix C7 - Public Participation Proof of Notification of Draft Scoping Report
- Appendix C8 - Public Participation Comments and Responses
- Appendix C9 - Public Participation NTS