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Fossil Fuel Foundation: 3rd
Waterberg Coal Conference
October 2014Lerato Ratsoenyane
ASX: RESJSE: RSGADR: RSGNY
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Content of presentation
Location
Geology
Mine Design
Coal Handling and Process Plant
Infrastructure
Social and Labour
Execution
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South Africa: the Boikarabelo Coal Project
Waterberg Coalfield: 40% of South Africa’s remaining coal resource
ResGen’s Boikarabelo mine:• 6.4 billion tonne resource • 120m thick coal seam at
shallow depth of approx20m
Current probable reserve = 745 million tonnes At mine development stage
• Major resource • large low cost mine
Benchmark grade 14% ash export coal Established large scale mines nearby
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Location
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Mining Right area
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Zoetfontein fault
Mine benches
Mining based on 9 major benches with the potential of selective mining to optimise in pit yield
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Billion tonnes
Existing Additional* Total
Gross
Resource 6.400 1.447 7.847
Excl shale 3.122 0.975 4.097
Measured 1.090 - 1.090
Indicated 0.551 0.975 1.526
Inferred 1.480 - 1.480
Reserve 0.745 - 0.745 * approval pending
Resource– thick seam, low overburden
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Mining design- salient features
Design is based on terrace, low cost bulk volume mining• Truck and shovel bench mining system, in pit dumping
within 5 years• From 1st principles, conservative approach financially and
productivity wise.
Benches• Very low strip ratio <0.6, extremely quick, safe access to
coal• 9 benches (5 coal and 4 waste)• 50m wide by 100m long blocks• Low bench heights, highest bench 22m high.
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Mining design
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Geotechnical• Low risk, benign geotechnical regime• Consistent regional geology (Sasol and Grootegeluk pits)• Geotech reports to understand pit orientation, confirmed
benign regime, low benches, coal strength well understood, terrace mining
• Box cut extra drilling exploration has been conducted, confirmed the available opinions
• Pre split highwalls, safe and cost effective.Operating grade control
• Pre blasting/ geological drilling with Wireline logging• 24/7 grade controllers: safe and efficient, succession
planning.Blasting
• Low pf• Simple layout• Flexibility with drilling and face preparation• FEL establish faces.
Stage 1 Production
Excludes Stage 2 Production.
Stage 2 subject to infrastructure being in place
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Export Primary Product - Stage 1 Middlings Product - Stage 1 Overall Yield - Combined
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Mining design- Machinery selection
Machine selection• Truck orientated, truck productivity focussed• Loading tools flexibility, FEL establish and finish faces• Conservative benchmarks wrt hours for availability and
utilisation• 8h45 min shifts• Services between shifts• Day planned to maximise truck activities from safety
meetings, to blasting times to bus schedule.• From 1st principals, allowances for all categories• Conservative on productivity ie ROP on drills.
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Infrastructure- salient features
Power• 4MvA construction power already installed and ready for
connection• 30MvA Eskom supply. Commenced construction
Water• Approved borehole farm, proven and licenced• 2 129 470m³/a
Infrastructure• Buildings • Workshops • Change houses
Logistics• 48km private rail siding heavy haul specifications• Between 800km and 1500km to port
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Bulk services• Water
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Logistics• Rail
• Port
Rail
10 Year take or pay contract with Transnet – accommodates both export and domestic coal freight
Take or pay contract at Durban. Adequate capacity for export shipments for Stage 1
Stage 2 - 26t axle upgrade study =4 stages resulting in capacity of 46mt from Waterberg
Studies undertaken assessing both rail track infrastructure and capacity as well as additional rolling stock requirements
Stage 1 port contract with Durban Stage 2 possible RBCT, TKR & Maputo
Port
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CHPP- General equipment
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Coal Handling and Process Plant- salient features
• Term sheets for EPS and EPCM services agreed to with FLSmidth
• CHPP able to process 13.6 mtpa
• Raw coal material handling section design for 3000 tph
• Process plant “CPP” design for 2100 tph
• CPP consists of 3 x 700 tph identical modules
– Each module consist of a Primary Coarse (+20mm) Larcodem, Primary
Smalls (-20x1mm) Cyclone and a Secondary Cyclones section
• The fines (-1mm) form all 3 modules are combined and treated with a
Reflux classifier
• The 0.105mm fraction is screened at 0.045mm via Stack-sizers. The
+0.045mm fraction is added to the domestic product
• Products and discard are dewatered by a combination of dewatering
screens, centrifuges and belt filter presses.
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CHPP- feed parameters
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CHPP- design parameters
Area Description Typical Maximum
Run of Mine Specification
Nominal top-size (mm)
800 1000
Feed ash (%) 53 70
CPP Specification Nominal top-size (mm)
100 120
Feed ash (%) 45 55
Export Specification
Nominal Top size
(mm) 50 50
Ash (%) 14.0 15.0
CV (MJ/kg) 25.50 NA
Domestic specification
Nominal Top size
(mm) 45 50
Ash (%) 30.0 32.0
CV (MJ/kg) 19.50 NA 19
CHPP- Materials handling equipment
ROM Stacking on 2 75000tonne independent stockpiles
3000tph portal re-claimer
Reclaims to load a 100 wagon train in 2,5 hours
2 75000 product with 2 emergency stockpiles
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CHPP-stock yards
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CHPP- water balance
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Spontaneous combustion and AMD risks
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Spontaneous combustion mitigation • Proactive management, active/inert ratio,
paddock dumping, compaction and monitoring.
AMD• Isotope studies indicate low
transitivity, confirmed by OFSU Geohydrology Department
• Updating hydrogeological numerical model annually
• The final void is not likely to fill and decant, due to high evaporation and low rainfall.
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Dip stick on local educational levels
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Stakeholder Engagements
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Contractor Monthly Audits
Safety at Boikarabelo
SAFETY STATS• To date (September 2014) Boikarabelo Mine has worked as a construction
operation. For 21 months, with over 411.000 hours.• On site we have incurred:
• 2 lost time injuries, both hand injuries. This is an LTIFR of 0.97 (injuries per 200.00 hours)
• 3 First aid cases
SAFETY INTERACTIONS• Safety Observation recorded 349 (since July)• Safety Audits 12 • Environmental Audit 4• General Manager positive intervention 6• Drugs and Alcohol tested done 19,204• Induction and Training SSOP’s 724• Cyber Car Training done 65
TRAINING INTERVENTIONS• First aid• HIRA (hazard identification risk assessment)• Legal liability and working at heights• Snake identification and handling
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Safety at Boikarabelo
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CAMPAINGS World Aids day on 01 December 2013TB awareness scheduled for 29 October 2014 – contractors on-site Last quarter safety challenge
OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE SURVEYS HeatNoiseDust
Environmental Legal compliance
The following licenses are in place • Mining License in terms of the Minerals and Petroleum Resource Act• Environmental Authorisation for Mine and Rail in terms of the National
Environmental Management Act• Water Use License in terms of the National Water Act• Waste Management License in terms of the National Environmental Waste
Management Act• Permit to destroy archaeological sites in terms of the South African
Heritage Resource Act• Permit to destroy protected tree species in terms of the National Forest
Act• Additional Environmental Authorisations for powerlines and the
Marapong-Boikarabelo Effluent Transfer Project
Ledjadja Coal completes Environmental Compliance Reporting Monthly for the submission to Provincial Government and Independent Compliance Audits are undertaken Annually against all Environmental Licenses.
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Boikarabelo and the Environment
Biodiversity• We will be developing a coal mine in a diverse environment• Our objective is to develop a leading coal mine which co-exists
with the surrounding natural environment• A buffer area around the mine has been purchased, these
areas which will not be disturbed will be utilised for biodiversity offset areas
• A biodiversity land management plan has been developed to assist in the management of this are and to improve the condition of the natural veld and sustain it over time.
• This plan includes the main key components• Rehabilitation and conservation goals• Identification of Biodiversity Land Management Units • Condition of the veld in each area• An Action Plan• Interactive GIS tool
• The Golden Baboon Spider is protected under provincial law and there relocation work is currently underway. 150 spiders have been moved to date
• Research into trapdoor spider diversity is also underway on site 3030
Boikarabelo and the Environment
Monitoring
Our current monitoring programme includes the following• Biomonitoring of the Limpopo River (High and low flows)• Water quality monitoring (Quarterly) of 50 monitoring site surface and
groundwater• Water level monitoring (Monthly)• Water use monitoring• Dust fall out monitoring (monthly)• Noise Monitoring (Quarterly)• Ground water numerical model is updated annual
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Boikarabelo and the Environment
Environmental Management System• The IsoMetrix solution is designed according to the ISO14001 standard and
accommodates all areas of environmental management, from Risk Assessment and Incident Management through to Audits, Inspections and Monitoring.
• In addition, Metrix is an Organisational Stakeholder of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and customises the EMS monitoring results to meet the environmental indicator reporting standards set out in the GRI G4 Mining and Metals (MM) sectorial guidelines.
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Boikarabelo and the Environment
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Environmental Management Solution
Data Capture and Maintenance modules Materiality modules
Energy Management
Energy Use
Energy efficiency
Energy use Scope 1 and Scope 2 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions
Compliance Management
Air Quality
o Dust fallout
Water Use License
o Volumetric compliance performance
o Water quality compliance performance
Noise Monitoring tolerances
Water Management
Water withdrawal at source
Water levels
Water discharges
Water storage
Water reuse and recycling
Water Use License Compliance management
o Volumetric compliance performance
o Water quality compliance performance
Environmental Strategy
Environmental strategy, targets, strategic initiatives for:
o Energy
o Water
o Air quality
o Waste management
o Biodiversity
o Rehabilitation
Air Quality Management
Dust fallout monitoring
Environmental Incident Management
Incident register
Incident investigation
Incident sign off
Incident action management
Material Flow Management
Material inflows
Waste management
Material outflows
Biodiversity Management
Baseline biodiversity register
biodiversity assessment
Permitted biodiversity disturbance
Performance against the biodiversity baseline
Land Use Management
Baseline land use register
Land use performance management
Noise Monitoring
Noise Monitoring location maintenance
Noise monitoring
Boikarabelo and the Environment
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Projects which are being initiated• On site waste management set-up with separation at source to ensure recycling.• Mine Rehabilitation Plan• Nursery set up for the replacement of protected trees destroyed
Project Execution
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Roadmap to first production
Jan ‘14July ‘14
24 months construction
Coal production commences Q4 CY2015
Jan ‘15
Jul ‘15
Construction camp earthworks
Site power/water
Rail Link clearing and civil engineering
Road works for access and provincial by-pass
CHPP designs completed commence construction
Feb ‘16
Civil works for CHPP commences
Export production
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