Deputy Minister Godfrey Oliphant to engage Western Cape communities on shale gas development

By DMR Administrator on 4/21/2017

Mineral Resources Deputy Minister, Mr Godfrey Oliphant will on Tuesday, 25 April 2017 host an information-sharing session with interested and affected communities as well as organisations on the potential of shale gas development through hydraulic fracturing.

The Deputy Minister will engage communities on the impact of shale gas development on water resources, the environment and the economic potential to be derived from the development of the resource.

Members of the media are thus invited to attend the session to take place as follows:

Date: Tuesday, 25 April 2017

Time: 10:00 – 13:00

Venue: Rustdene Sport Ground, Rustdene, Beaufort West

Kindly confirm your attendance by Friday, 21 April 2017 at 16:00, at the following email address: Media@dmr.gov.za or 012 444 3226/076 765 3863

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