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This document is a summary page from an Issues and Responses report by SRK Consulting regarding the Tormin Mine Extension, detailing environmental assessments, regulatory applications under NEMA, and ecological concerns regarding the Namaqualand Strandveld.

• MSR applied for Environmental Authorisation (EA) for the Tormin Mine extension in January 2017 via an EIA process conducted by SRK, but the EA was refused at the Scoping Phase. Subsequently, MSR initiated a section 24G application process under NEMA and Government Notice R698 of 2017 to rectify two unlawful activities identified in a February 2018 performance assessment: the clearing of 3.9 ha for stockpiling near processing facilities and the construction of a 2.2 ha dam.
• There are significant ecological concerns regarding the Tormin Mine, including the need for a geomorphologist to address cliff and beach erosion and the observation that habitats are more sensitive to disturbance than originally proposed, leading to severe degradation that may make full rehabilitation unlikely.
• CapeNature conducted an analysis in 2016 indicating that the remaining extent of the Namaqualand Strandveld had decreased by over 20% between 2011 and 2016.

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