ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN MINISTRY OF MINES & PETROLEUM

1. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN MINISTRY OF MINES & PETROLEUM SDNRP AYNAK COPPER MINE COMPLIANCE MONITORING PROJECT SOUTH AFRICAN MINING TOUR APRIL – MAY 2014 MINISTRY OF MINES & PETROLEUM (MOMP) & NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (NEPA) TOUR ARRANGED BY :

2. Objectives of the Tour • to provide exposure to world-class mining operations • and improved understanding of mining activities, • techniques, equipment and practice; • to complement technical training given during the • course of the GAF project; • to create improved understanding of the health, safety • and environmental and social risks and impacts of • mining and how they are managed;

3. Objectives of the Tour (continued) • to create increased awareness of the broad issues • involved in the development of large-scale mines, • required level of investment and the time frame for • construction & commissioning; • to provide exposure to how governments facilitate & • regulate major mining projects; & what are • reasonable mutual expectations of governments & • mining investors; • to create enhanced awareness of social obligations of • mining companies & how companies meet these • responsibilities, including training, development & • employment of local skills

4. The Group was privileged to be accompanied for part of the tour by His Excellency, the Minister of Mines & Petroleum, Mr. M. Akbar Barakzai

5. Summary of Tour Group Composition

6. Tour Organisation The tour was funded by a donation from the World Bank The tour was organised by under the SDNRP Aynak Compliance Monitoring Project The tour was by kind invitation of SIBANYE GOLD The organisers sincerely thank the host mines & companies and the South African Department of Mineral Resources and the Department of Environmental Affairs for their assistance & kind hospitality

7. Summary of Organisations Visited

8. The slides which follow highlight items of interest and learning points at each of the organisations visited • Technical • Economic • Health & Safety Armed security underground: illegal gold mining is a major concern in South Africa • Social

9. Sibanye Gold: Kloof Operations • Deep level gold mining on western Witwatersrand • Challenges: heat, rock • pressure (seismicity, strata • control), transport of men, • materials & rock to & from • surface, sinking & equipping • ultra-deep shafts Hands-on exposure: operating a rockdrill more than 3km underground

10. Sibanye Gold (continued) • Reduction plant, processing ore, gold pour • Tailings disposal

11. Sibanye Gold (continued) • Engineering training • Mining training • Corporate social responsibility

12. Mines Rescue Centre (MRC) • All brigadesmenare volunteers • working part-time in mine rescue • MRC provides co-ordination • & training for nation-wide • rescue capacity in all • situations & conditions

13. Mines Rescue Centre (continued) • Teams are equipped & • trained to work in toxic • atmospheres & to fight • underground fires • Equipment to drill & effect rescue of trapped • persons through deep boreholes

14. Bushveld Igneous Complex (BIC) • No visit to a platinum mine was possible due to continuing • industrial action in that sector • The group travelled extensively through the BIC & saw • platinum & chromite mines, concentrators & smelters

15. Thabazimbi Iron Ore Mine • Major investment, large equipment • Iron ore: large scale open-pit mining, • relevant to Aynak & Hajigak

16. Thabazimbi (continued ) • Superior health & safety and • corporate social responsibility • programmes • Technical services: geology, • planning, computerised • mine modelling • The party enjoyed an • overview of internationally • recognised mineral resource • reporting systems

17. Palabora Copper Mine • 30kt/day mined & treated, identical • to Aynak planned scale of operations • Underground block cave, as planned • for Aynak Phase 2 U/G • Sophisticated, modern, highly mechanised

18. Palabora Copper Mine (continued) • Processing: concentrator, smelter, • refinery, rod plant • Concentrator: ore at 0.6% Cu is treated • by crushing, milling & flotation Autogenous mill Flotation Concentrates: 25% Cu

19. Palabora Copper Mine (continued) • Smelter produces COPPER MATTE @ 45% Cu, • BLISTER COPPER at 98.5% Cu and finally • ANODE COPPER @ 99.5% Cu • Refinery: electro-refining to produce • CATHODE COPPER @ 99.98% Cu

20. Palabora Copper Mine (continued) • The rod plant rolls cathode Cu into rods suitable for drawing • out into wire for local sale & eventual “recycling”

21. Barberton Gold Mines: Fairview Mine • Medium-scale underground mines; • complex orebodies, high grade • Completely different • geology & methods • from the Witwatersrand • Orebodies are of • hydrothermal • (igneous) origin Travelling underground is fun: 1,600m of 37O inclines

22. Fairview Mine (continued) • Complex orebodies • exploited by flexible • & innovative • mining methods • Systematic, professional • management of health & • safety, planning & • production Digital mine model supplied by Barberton Gold Mines

23. Fairview Mine (continued) • Mining method : • mechanised cut & fill • The party saw the practical • application of diverse, • ingenious mining methods

24. Fairview Mine (continued) These pictures kindly supplied by mine management

25. Fairview Mine (continued) • Modern, cutting edge • processing technology • Crushing, milling & • flotation • Bioleaching : • proprietary technology • developed at the mine

26. SASOL Syferfontein Colliery • Very large scale, • highly mechanised, • modern U/G mine • Riversdale • One of five mines • supplying SASOL’s • Secunda plant • Tweedraai • Weltevreden • Extremely advanced, • highly effective health • & safety management • systems Plan supplied by mine management

27. SASOL Syferfontein Colliery (continued) • Production 10 million • tonnes per annum • Regular seam, 4.9m wide, • 100 – 110m below surface • Systematic roofbolt support Colliery U/G plan supplied by the mine • 35% seam extraction

28. SASOL Syferfontein Colliery (continued) • The party watched a • machine like this cut & • load 20t in 45 seconds • Safety technology: • machines remote • operated, equipped • with automatic cut-off • if persons approach too • close Photographs were not possible due to fiery mine controls: this picture from unknown Internet source

29. Department of Mineral Resources: DMR • The DMR reports that the injury frequency rate throughout • the mining industry has improved dramatically through • effective enforcement of regulations

30. Department of Mineral Resources (continued) • Without exception, the mines all operate intensive health • & safety management systems & initiatives

31. Department of Environmental Affairs: DEA • The DEA is responsible for enforcing compliance with • environmental legislation, nation-wide • It protects the environment & • natural resources: everything • from this . . . . . . to this . . .

32. IRCA GLOBAL “When you’re serious about managing risk” • A leading risk management solutions provider, in the areas • of safety, health, environment & quality Pictures supplied by IRCA Global • Management information & control systems; training

33. TOUR LOGISTICS Planning, securing South African visas & booking flights, accommodation & technical visits took many weeks of effort by personnel in Kabul, Munich & South Africa

34. REST & RECREATION The party visited a number of wildlife conservancies and other tourist attractions of ecological & cultural interest Places of interest included the famous Kruger National Park