National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)

Regulations

Financial Provisioning Regulations, 2015

Chapter 2 : Financial Provision

6. Method for determining financial provision

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An applicant must determine the financial provision through a detailed itemisation of all activities and costs, calculated based on the actual costs of implementation of the measures required for─

(a)annual rehabilitation, as reflected in an annual rehabilitation plan;
(b)final rehabilitation, decommissioning and closure of the prospecting, exploration, mining or production operations at the end of the life of operations, as reflected in a final rehabilitation, decommissioning and mine closure plan; and
(c)remediation of latent or residual environmental impacts which may become known in the future, including the pumping and treatment of polluted or extraneous water, as reflected in an environmental risk assessment report.