Rustenburg Platinum Mines (Pty) Ltd (RPM) acquired Glencore Operations South Africa (Pty) Ltd (Glencore) shares in the Mototolo Mine Joint Venture. RPM submitted an application to the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) to amend the Environmental Authorisation (EA) of the Der Brochen Project in accordance with Regulation 31 of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations, promulgated under the National Environmental Management Act, Act 107 of 1998 (NEMA), to include the approved activities and farm portions applicable to the Mototolo Mine. Through this application process, a Consolidated Environmental Management Programme (EMPr) was compiled that serves as the consolidation of the approved Mototolo Mine EMPr (previously held by Glencore) and the Der Brochen EMPr of 2015 (held by AAP-RPM), into a single EMPr that will provide RPM with a more effective environmental management tool to manage their current and latest acquired operations.
