2011_da-sv-kalyan_43_valid-water-use-licences-for-mining-d1bfd442388067b7.pdf

This briefing contains a draft reply from the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs to a National Assembly question regarding the water use license status of a mining company, Delfsand, operating between Cullinan and Rayton. The document includes the official government response, a news clipping from Beeld reporting community protests, and technical notes on the mining rights held by Delfsand CC and Pienaarspoort Ontwikkeling (Pty) Ltd.

• The mining company Delfsand has not applied for a water use license as required by the National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998). In response, the Department of Water and Environmental Affairs initiated an administrative enforcement process on 22 February 2011, issuing a notice of intention to issue a directive under section 19 of the Act to stop or modify activities causing water resource pollution.
• The Department of Water and Environmental Affairs does not regulate the use of dynamite through its water use licenses; instead, the use of dynamite is part of the mining method detailed in applications for mining rights submitted to the Department of Mineral Resources.
• Delfsand CC holds Mining Right MP4/97 for a portion of the farm Pienaarspoort 339JR, with a conversion application approved by the DME in Gauteng following a submission in August 2004. The project involves mining alluvial sand deposits of weathered quartzite from the Magaliesberg Formation and opencast mining of quartzitic hardrock using drilling and blasting.
• Community members from Pienaerspoort, Rayton, and Cullinan have protested against Delfsand's operations in the Magaliesberg area, alleging that the company used dynamite to blast one of three local water sources and has ignored promises to provide copies of its water and mining licenses.

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