Afro Energy - Environmental Impact Assessment Process for Exploration Activities in ER383 in the Free State and Mpumalanga Provinces

Exploration Right (ER) 383 - Register as an Interested and Affected Party
Afro Energy Pty (Ltd) is proposing a staged exploration work programme that will be undertaken over 3-years under ER obligations, and possibly Renewal Periods, and largely follows this sequence:

Phase 1: Early Exploration for Gas
The proposed early phase exploration includes for:
• Undertaking an aeromagnetic survey.
• Drilling of standard stratigraphic exploration core boreholes at identified target sites;
• Logging of the core holes; and
• Sampling and analysis of extracted cores.

Phase 2: Advanced exploration for Coal Bed Methane (CBM)
If early exploration is positive then Afro Energy may proceed to an advanced exploration drilling phase,
comprising:
• Drilling of larger diameter boreholes for permeability testing to understand geotechnical data andgas quality; and
• Flow testing of gas and produced water for delivery and longevity quanta

SLR Consulting (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd (SLR) has been appointed as the independent Environmental Assessment Practitioner to undertake the required Scoping and Environmental Impact Assessment (S&EIA) process to meet the relevant requirements of the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998 (NEMA) and EIA Regulations, 2014.

Status

The updated Scoping Report, inclusive of Plan of Study for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and associated appendices has been submitted to the Petroleum Agency of South Africa (PASA) on 9 September 2024.

An electronic copy of the Scoping Report and appendices are available below.

Thank you for submitting comments and questions during this period. For responses to these, please refer to the Comments and Responses Report, Appendix C7.

All registered Interested and Affected Parties will be notified of the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resource’s (DMPR) decision on the Scoping Report and Plan of Study for EIA.

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