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REPI,,EI.IC OF SOUTH APhIEA

KWAZULU NATAL REGION

NOTICE OT'ORDERS AND INSTRUCTIONS IN TERMS OF SECTION 55 (1) Of,'TEE

MIIIE HEALTH AND SAr,ETy ACT, 1996 (LCT 29 O[, 1996), AS AMENDEi.

EMPLOYER REPRESENTATIVE: Mr. lan Harebottle

MIIIE:SA Lithium
DATE: 13/0312024 SECTION: ENGTNEERING SITE: IXighbury Litlium Project

A. List with the provisions of the Act

Section/
Regulation Description of situation
TMM COP item c Two employees working as spotters in the Transport Load Out area
8.16.2 (TLO) were found to be interacting with the Front-End Loader machine
whilst loading the trucks with material.
Section 11 o Risk assessment about the use of employees as spotters at t}is mine must
be reviewed to ensure that no empioyees are exposed to a risk of being
run over or hit by a TlM whilst working at the mine.

B. The instruction(s) given

The employer is hereby instructed to urgently attend to the above-mentioned non-

compliances and ensure that measures are put in place to ensure that these non-compliances
do not occur again
The employer is firther instruoted to send a copy of the report or an action plan in response
to fl1is instruction to the ofnce of the Regional Principal Inspector on or before 20 March
2024.

In terms of section 55 (1), the i

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H&S Representative
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DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES

Minerals Resources for Development and Prosperity

SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT: MINE HEALTH AND SAFEry

KZN- REGION

Mine SA Lithium Mine Manager Jan Viljoen

Section Competent
Su rface RE Ditsela Classification
Person
Date Wonderboy
13 March 2024 Safety Officer Of Side
Mhlanqa Slip & Fall SF
FallFrom {eight FFH
Safety Rep Nsindiso Shinqa Struck By SB
Finqer
Rollinq RocUMat RR
No. Items Checked / No. Items Checked
Run Ove. Bv ROV
Crushed Against CA
1 Access Control 2 Leqal Appointments DrillMisfire DM
Fall ln2 Orepass Fto
4 Transport Loading Out Area Mudrush MR
Mine & Community Electrocution ELC
Enqaqement Structure Fire
Explosion ch1 EI
Heat Stress H
Noise- lhl
Airborne - Exo
Findings from ltems Checked s e t c d
No.
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n o t n s
1 Access Control

. Access controt found to be under the control of access officer.

. Alcohol testing is conducted prior entering the mine premises, but
there are no wipes for alcohol testing kit used at main entrance of the
mine.
. Traffic management system for the mine must be improved such that
packing at office block of the mine is addressed.

2 Legal Appointments

. Legal appointment in terms Regulation 2.6.'l (Subordinate Manager -

Mr. Gavin Watt ) is in place for the purpose of assisting the Mine
Manager in executing his duties.
. Mr. G. Watt is the holder of National Certificate in Rock Breaking,
Surface Excavations, Surface Mining and Quarrying.
. He is also attended and fulfilled the requirements for the programme
in Blasting Engineering at University of Pretoria.

. Legal Appointment in terms of Regulation 4-4{1) (Blaste. - Mr-

Hercules Johannes Coetzee) to ensure that blasting activities are
carried as per the applicable health and safety standards and
procedures is also ln place as required.

Blast Evacuation Procedure

. Blasting evacuation procedure is in place.

. Records are kept and made available at the mine as required'

Structure for engagements with the community.

. Structure for the above-mentioned purpose is in place.

. At regular intervals community get to be engaged by the mine to keep
them abreast of mining activities
. ln trying to under what the really issues are between Fairview
community and the mine - below was reported:
. The complaint emanated from fair view community.
. Fairview community is one of the .... Communities arouid the mine.
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. 9!hgr communities are, Traditional Counciiliommitteel U,r,sinsir\

lzinkanyezi, Amanyoswa, Echebini, Fairview and Landowriers.
. ln engagement meeting with all communities or parties involved
around the mine, Fairview is reported to have extracted themselves
from participating.
. Umsinsin is the closest to where the blasts are carried out by the
mine,
. Fairview community is 1.5 kilometres from blasting area.

Previous Engagements

. Records (i.e,, registers, minutes, etc.) of engagements with relevant

communities are in place as required.

4 TLO - Transport Load Out Area

. Traflic management system for the mine as noted under item 1 of this
report, it's enforcement found lacking in that:
- TMM COP ltem 8.'16.2 found not being adhered to (pedestrians
working as spotters found to be interacting with operating FEL in
the TLO area.

lnspector of Mines person

Union/H&S Representative Acknowledged by S.l.O.M :

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