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SLR Namibia (Pty) Ltd
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AND THE SURFACE WATER FLOW DIRECTION AS WELL AS THE LOCAL WATER DIVIDE (BASED ON
LIDAR DATA) ................................................................................................................................................... 4-16
FIGURE 4-10: OTJIKOTO DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS HYDROCENSUS (1996) .................................. 4-18
FIGURE 4-11: LOCATION OF THE OTJIKOTO GOLD PROJECT MONITORING NETWORK AND NEAREST
POTENTIAL SENSITIVE RECEPTORS. ......................................................................................................... 4-25
FIGURE 4-12: PM10 AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS FOR THE PERIOD 20 APRIL TO 12 OCTOBER 2011. ..... 4-27
FIGURE 4-13: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS OF SPECIALIST STUDIES, JULY 2007 ............................................... 4-31
FIGURE 4-14: MONECHMA DIVARICATUM IS COMMONLY FOUND UNDER TREES AND SHRUBS IN SANDY
THICKET AREAS. ............................................................................................................................................ 4-33
FIGURE 4-15: BLEPHARIS OBMITRATA, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CALCRETE ROCKY AREAS. ................ 4-34
FIGURE 4-16: THE PAN SOUTH OF THE GAME PROOF FENCE BETWEEN FARM OTJIKOTO AND FARM
GERHARDSHAUSEN. ..................................................................................................................................... 4-34
FIGURE 4-17: LEONOTIS OCYMIFOLIA, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE PAN HABITAT. ....................................... 4-35
FIGURE 4-18: SPOTTED RUBBER FROG (PHRYNOMATIS AFFINIS). ................................................................ 4-36
FIGURE 4-19: VELD LEGUAAN AND SOUTHERN AFRICAN PYTHON. ............................................................... 4-37
FIGURE 4-20: AARDWOLF (PROTELES CRISTATUS), HONEY BADGER (MELLIVORA CAPENSIS), CAPE FOX
(VULPES CHAMA) AND CHEETAH (ACINONYX JUBATUS). ........................................................................ 4-38
FIGURE 4-21: FINDINGS OF ARACHNIDA RECORDS FROM LITERATURE RESEARCH .................................. 4-45
FIGURE 4-22: VIEW FROM A RIDGE OVER THE PROJECT AREA FROM NORTH-WEST TO NORTH-EAST,
THICKETS OF ACACIA MELIFERA – SUCH BUSH THICKETS DOMINATE IN THE AREA, WITH A FEW
COPSES OF TALLER TREES – MAINLY ACACIA REFICIENS AND TERMINALIA PRUNOIDES THE LAST
BEING FAVOURED NESTING TREES OF VULTURES. ................................................................................ 4-49
FIGURE 4-23: RECORDED AND PREDICTED NATIONAL INCOME CONTRIBUTIONS (AS MEASURED
THROUGH GDP) FOR MINING, LIVESTOCK, AND TOURISM IN NAMIBIA BETWEEN 2005 AND 2012 .... 4-53
FIGURE 4-24: LOCATION OF EPL AND MINE FARMS ......................................................................................... 4-57
FIGURE 4-25: ESTIMATES OF MEDIAN ANNUAL EXPENDITURE PER PERSON IN THE WIDER PROJECT
AREA. .............................................................................................................................................................. 4-65
FIGURE 4-26: CAIRNS IN THE OTJIKOTO AREA. ................................................................................................. 4-72
FIGURE 4-27: GRAVES FOUND NEAR FARM OTJIKOTO. ................................................................................... 4-73
FIGURE 4-28: SITE TOPOGRAPHIC AND RIDGE MAP ........................................................................................ 4-75
FIGURE 4-29: GPS 3 SHOWING LANDSCAPE CHARACTER OF EXISTING CATTLE FARM ............................. 4-76
FIGURE 4-30: GPS1 VIEW NORTH-WEST TOWARDS PROPOSED SITE ........................................................... 4-76
FIGURE 4-31: VIEWSHED MAP. ............................................................................................................................. 4-78
FIGURE 4-32: PHYSIOGRAPHIC RATING UNITS (PRU). ..................................................................................... 4-79
FIGURE 4-33: MONITORING POINTS SELECTED NEAR THE PROPOSED SITE (MARKED AS BLUES
SQUARES) ...................................................................................................................................................... 4-85
FIGURE 5-1: PROPOSED MINE LAYOUT ................................................................................................................ 5-3
FIGURE 5-2: BLOCK FLOW DIAGRAM OF THE METALLURGICAL PROCESSING ROUTE ............................... 5-16
FIGURE 5-3: MONTHLY AVERAGE DEMAND AND MAKE-UP ............................................................................. 5-28
FIGURE 5-4: NON-EXCEEDANCE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION OF MAKE-UP DEMAND ............................... 5-29
LIST OF TABLES
TABLE 2-1: EQUATOR PRINCIPLES ........................................................................................................................ 2-9
TABLE 3-1: SUMMARY OF INTERESTED AND AFFECTED PARTIES ................................................................... 3-1
TABLE 3-2: FIRST PUBLIC MEETINGS .................................................................................................................... 3-3
TABLE 3-3: SUMMARY OF CONSULTATION PROCESS FOR THE DRAFT EIA AND EMP .................................. 3-5
TABLE 3-4: NUMBERS ATTENDING PUBLIC OPEN DAYS JUNE 2012 ................................................................. 3-6
TABLE 4-1: DATA AVAILABILITY OF METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS RECORDED AT THE OTJIKOTO GOLD
PROJECT SITE. ................................................................................................................................................ 4-7
TABLE 4-2: MINIMUM, MAXIMUM AND AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE OTJIKOTO GOLD PROJECT FOR
THE PERIOD 8 JUNE 2007 TO NOVEMBER 2011. ........................................................................................ 4-13
TABLE 4-3: TOTAL MONTHLY RAINFALL FOR THE OTJIKOTO GOLD PROJECT FOR THE PERIOD 8 JUNE
2007 TO NOVEMBER 2011. ............................................................................................................................ 4-14
TABLE 4-4: ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY CLASSES. .............................................................................................. 4-21
TABLE 4-5: KEY POLLUTION SOURCES IN THE VICINITY OF THE OTJIKOTO GOLD PROJECT AND
ASSOCIATED CRITERIA POLLUTANTS. ....................................................................................................... 4-22
Otjikoto Gold Mine EIA Report July 2012