Data as at 14 September 2026 · from the Queensland EP Act public register
EPML00870113 · PACGOLD LIMITED
Minerals environmental authority EPML00870113 (PACGOLD LIMITED), Granted. 43 conditions indexed. Holds PRC plan P-PRCP-100883321.
- Status
- Granted
- Holders
- PACGOLD LIMITED
- Tenures
- ML2901; ML2902; ML2907; ML2908; ML2957; ML2958; ML3010; ML3011
- PRC plan
- P-PRCP-100883321 · effective 2026-07-29
- How it was read
- Numbered conditions (OCR)
- Register
- Register record · Instrument PDF
Conditions
43 numbered conditions read from the current instrument. Page numbers link into the register PDF.
- A1-1
This environmental authority authorises environmental harm referred to in the conditions. Where there is no condition or this environmental authority is silent on a matter, the lack of a condition or silence does not authorise environmental harm. (A1-2) Contaminants with the potential to cause environmental harm must not be released directly or indirectly to the receiving environment, except as permitted under the conditions of this environmental authority. (A1-3) Mine Feature Name Plant area Roads and tracks Scrap yards Topsoil stockpiles Tenure Type and Number In carrying out the activities the environmental authority holder must comply with Schedule A - Table A1 (Authorised Activities and Locations), depicted in Schedule | — Figure 1(Authorised activities and Locations). Schedule A - Table A1 (Authorised Activities and Locations) Location (GDA94 - Zone 54) Maximum disturbance area (ha) Central Peg Coordinates ML3010 744975 Easting | Northing ML2901, ML3010, ML2907, ML2957, ML2958, ML2908, ML2902, ML3011 ML3010 Refer to Schedule | — Figure 1 (Authorised activities and locations) Refer to Schedule | — Figure 1 (Authorised activities and locations) ML3010 Cleared areas Tailings Waste Exploration Areas Exploration Drill holes Tailings dam Mullock dumps Overburden & ROM pad Pits Mine pit ML3010 ML3010 Refer to Schedule | — Figure 1 (Authorised activities and locations) Refer to Schedule | — Figure 1 (Authorised activities and locations) 744790 8292737 ML3010 ML3010 ML2901 745011 8292562 745124 8292649 745251 8292542 ML 3010, ML 2908, ML 2902, ML 2958 ML2901, ML3010, ML2907, ML2957, ML2958, ML2908, 746260 746370 745046 8290500 8290240 8292855 Various Queensland Government OFFICIAL Permit Environmental authority ERML00870113 Location : (GDA94 - Zone 54) Maximum disturbance Mine Mine Domain Feature Name Tenure Type and Number Central Peg Coordinates area (ha) Easting Northing ML2902, ML3011
- A1-4
The environmental authority holder must: a) Install all measures, plant and equipment necessary to ensure compliance with the conditions of this environmental authority; and b) Maintain such measures, plant and equipment in a proper and efficient condition; and c) Operate such measures, plant and equipment in a proper and efficient manner; and d) Ensure all instruments and devices used for the measurement or monitoring of any parameter under any condition of this environmental authority are properly calibrated.
- A1-5
Notwithstanding any other condition of this environmental authority, the holder must not cause mining disturbance unless and until such time as that disturbance has an associated rehabilitation outcome provided for in the relevant PRCP Schedule. Monitoring
- A1-5
Except where specified otherwise in another condition of this environmental authority, all monitoring records or reports required by this environmental authority must be kept for a period of not less than five years.
- A1-6
The date and time when the sample was taken must be recorded in relation to all monitoring required under a condition of this environmental authority. a) The date and time when the sample was taken; b) The location where the sample was taken.
- A1-7
All monitoring data, records and reports required by this environmental authority or related to environmental management of the activities must be carried out by an appropriately qualified person, periodically reviewed and updated as required to reflect operational or environmental changes.
- A1-8
All monitoring data, records, plans and reports required by this environmental authority or related to environmental management of the activities must be provided to the administering authority in the specified format within 10 business days of a request. Financial Assurance
- A2-1
Financial assurance must be lodged in the amount and form and within the time required by the administeringauthority. Note: financial assurance must be re-calculated with every amendment or replacement plan of operations Risk management
- A3-1
The holder of this environmental authority must develop and implement a risk management system for mining activities which mirrors the content requirement of the Standard for Risk Management (IS031000:2009), or the latest edition of an Australian standard for risk management, to the extent relevant to environmental management, by 26 July 2018. Notification of emergencies, incidents and exceptions
- A4-1
The holder of this environmental authority must notify the administering authority by telephone or email notification within 24 hours, after becoming aware of any event, emergency or incident which results in the release of contaminants not in accordance, or reasonably expected to be not in accordance with, the conditions of this environmental authority.
- A4-2
Within 10 business days following the initial notification of an emergency, event or incident, or receipt of OFFICIAL Permit Environmental authority EPML00870113 monitoring results, whichever is the latter, further written advice must be provided to the administering authority, including the following: a) Results and interpretation of any samples taken and analysed; b) Outcomes of actions taken at the time to prevent or minimise unlawful environmental harm; and c) Proposed actions to prevent a recurrence of the emergency or incident. Complaints (A5-1) (A5-2) The holder of this environmental authority must record all environmental complaints received about the activities including: a) Name, address and contact number of the complainant; b) Time and date of complaint; Reasons for the complaint; c) Investigations undertaken; d) Conclusions formed; e) Actions taken to resolve the complaint; f)Any abatement measures implemented; and g) Person responsible for resolving the complaint. The holder of this environmental authority must, when requested by the administering authority, undertake relevant specified monitoring within a reasonable timeframe nominated or agreed to by the administering authority to investigate any complaint of environmental harm. The results of the investigation (including an analysis and interpretation of the monitoring results) and abatement measures, where implemented, must be provided to the administering authority within 10 business days of completion of the investigation, or no later than 10 business days after the end of the timeframe nominated by the administering authority to undertake the investigation. Third-party reporting (A6-1) (A6-2) The holder of this environmental authority must: a) By 26 July 2018, obtain from an appropriately qualified person a report on compliance with the conditions of this environmental authority; b) Obtain further such reports at regular intervals, not exceeding three (3) yearly intervals, from the completion of the report referred to above; and c) Provide each report to the administering authority within 90 days of its completion. Where a condition of this environmental authority requires compliance with a standard, policy or guideline published externally to this environmental authority and the standard is amended or changed subsequent to the issue of this environmental authority, the holder of this environmental authority must: a) ° Comply with the amended or changed standard, policy or guideline within two years of the amendment or change being made, unless a different period is specified in the amended standard or relevant legislation. b) Until compliance with the amended or changed standard, policy or guideline is achieved, continue to remain in compliance with the corresponding provision that was current immediately prior to the relevant amendment or change. Plan of Operations (A7-1) The Plan of Operations must include a Management Plan which provides for the protection of (Holthuisana (Austrothelphusa) tigrina) the ‘Tiger Crab’. The Management Plan must include but not be limited to:- (a) information about the current, pre-mining population of the Tiger Crab, including abundance and distribution; and (b) information about the status of the population during operation of the mine, including: OFFICIAL Permit Environmental authority ERML00870113 (i) progressive monitoring of the Tiger crab’s abundance and distribution; and (ii) a timetable for monitoring the population, taking into account any diurnal or seasonal variation; and ' (iii) contemporaneous monitoring of the water quality within One Mile Creek, in accordance with the requirements set out in Schedule C; and procedures for notification to the administering authority in the event that any decline in the population of the Tiger Crab, that is, or may be attributable to the mining activity, is detected; and (v) contingency plans in the event that any decline in the population of the Tiger Crab, that is, or may be attributable to the mining activity, is detected. Disturbance to One Mile Creek (iv ~—
- A8-1
The holder of the environmental authority must not carry out works which may physically disturb the bed and / or banks, or riparian vegetation of One Mile Creek. Exploration
- A9-1
All exploration activities carried out on the relevant mining tenure must comply with each of the standard environmental conditions contained in the most recent version of the Eligibility criteria and standard conditions for exploration and mineral development projects except Condition A14. END OF CONDITIONS FOR SCHEDULE OFFICIAL Permit Environmental authority EPML00870113 Schedule B — Air (B1-1) (B1-2) (B1-3) (B1-4) Subject to conditions (B1-2) and (B1-3) the release of dust or particulate matter or both resulting from the mining activity must not cause an environmental nuisance, at any sensitive place. When requested by the administering authority, dust and particulate monitoring must be undertaken within a reasonable and practicable timeframe nominated by the administering authority to investigate any complaint (which is neither frivolous nor vexatious nor based on mistaken belief in the opinion of the authorized officer) of environmental nuisance at any sensitive place, and the results must be notified within 14 days to the administering authority following completion of monitoring. If the environmental authority holder can provide evidence through monitoring that the following limits are not being exceeded then the holder is not in breach of (B1-1): (a) dust deposition of 120 milligrams per square metre per day, averaged over one month, when - monitored in accordance with AS 3580.10.1 Methods for sampling and analysis of ambient air - Determination of particulates - Deposited matter - Gravimetric method of 1991; and (b) a concentration of particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 10 micrometre (um) (PM10) suspended in the atmosphere of 50 micrograms per cubic metre over a 24 hour averaging time, at a sensitive place downwind of the operational land, when monitored in accordance with: (i) particulate matter - Determination of suspended particulate PM10 high-volume sampler with size-selective inlet - Gravimetric method, when monitored in accordance with AS 3580.9.6 Methods for sampling and analysis of ambient air - Determination of suspended particulate matter - PM (sub) 10 high volume sampler with size-selective inlet - Gravimetric method of 1990; or (ii) any alternative method of monitoring PM10 which may be permitted by the 'Air Quality Sampling Manual’ as published from time to time by the administering authority. NOTE: The proponent must decide which monitoring method is appropriate in accordance with condition (B1-3) (a) or (b) or both. If monitoring indicates exceedence of the relevant limits in condition (B1-3), then the environmental authority holder must: (a) address the complaint including the use of appropriate dispute resolution if required; or (b) immediately implement dust abatement measures so that emissions of dust from the activity do not result in further environmental nuisance. END OF CONDITIONS FOR SCHEDULE B Queensland Government OFFICIAL Permit Environmental authority EPML00870113 Schedule C - Water - Release to Waters
- C1-1
| Receiving waters affected by the release of process water, tailings dam overflows or storm water contaminated by the mining activities must be monitored at the locations and frequencies defined in Schedule C - Table 1 (Receiving Water Monitoring Locations and Frequency) and Schedule | — Figure 1 (Authorised activities and locations)and comply with the contaminant limits defined in Schedule C - Table 2 (Receiving Water Contaminant Limits). Schedule C - Table 1 (Receiving Water Monitoring Locations and Frequency) Easting Northing Monitoring point (GDA2020 - Zone (GDA2020 - Monitoring frequency 54 Zone 54 WATS ‘ Monthly; and rier so one Mie tm at Weekly when there is a discharge open pit, an “ a Sif 745442 8292259 from the tailings dam, voids or unaffecie d by this activity processing area, to any surface ; waters. W2:- Within One Mile Creek, Monthly; and | spies 70m downstream Weekly when there is a discharge ee) Bl 745108 8292426 __| from the tailings dam, voids or (W2 must also be located rocessing area, to any surface between the open pit and the P g , y waters. waste rock dump). -oynraps ; Monthly; and ptetlemn Cree, Weekly when there is a discharge dowmetream of the wasterack 744795 8292592 from the tailings dam, voids or d processing area, to any surface MnP waters. Monthly; and W4:- Within One Mile Creek, Weekly when there is a discharge approximately 300m 744270 8292718 from the tailings dam, voids or downstream of the tailings dam processing area, to any surface waters. OFFICIAL Permit Environmental authority EPML00870113 Schedule C - Table 2 (Receiving Water Contaminant Limits) Parameter er - Minimum Maximum ee Background! —0.5 pH units or | Background! +0.5 pH units or 7.5 P 6.0 whichever is the lower whichever is the higher Background! +10% or 15 Pureatyy — NIA whichever is the higher Arsenic (As III) N/A Cyanide total NOTE: This does not apply to tailings dams 1 ‘Background’ refers to the values obtained at sample location W1 — At least 300m upstream of the open pit within One Mile Creek.
- C1-2
End of pipe release limits for process water, tailings dam overflow or storm water contaminated by mining activities must be monitored at the locations and frequencies defined in Schedule C - Table 3 (End of Pipe Monitoring Locations and Frequency) and Schedule | — Figure 1 (Authorised activities and locations). Schedule C - Table 3 (End of Pipe Monitoring Locations and Frequency) Easting (GDA2020 -Zone| Northing (GDA2020 - 54 Zone 54 Monitoring frequency Monitoring point Water quality within the tailings dam must be monitored prior to any release, then monitored Release Point 744825 8292659 TD1 release weekly during the release period
- C1-3
In the event that tailings dam water quality does not comply with the contaminant limits defined in Schedule C - Table 4 (Tailings Dam Water Quality Limits), the holder of this environmental authority must implement measures to prevent access by all livestock and minimise access by native fauna. OFFICIAL Permit Environmental authority EPML00870113 Schedule C - Table 4 (Tailings Dam Water Quality Limits) Monitoring point Parameter Contaminant limit Monitoring frequency Tailings Dam Monthly Monthly Monthly Tailings Dam Monthly. Tailings Dam Monthly Tailings and Process Water Dams
- C2-1
The design storage allowance on 1st November of each year for any tailings dam or process water dam with high or significant hazard rating constructed within the operational land must be equivalent to the run-off from the critical wet season period in Schedule C - Table 5 (Storage Design). Schedule C - Table 5 (Storage Design) Storage Spillway Mandatory Storage type Critical Wet Period uy eg Reporting Level Process Water Dam** 1:100 Year ARI -2 month wet season 1:1,000 Year ARI 1:100 year ARI*** 1:100 Year ARI-2 month wet season 1:1,000 Year ARI 1:100 year ARI*** Tailings Dam * the critical storm has a duration’ that produces the peak discharge for the catchment. ** applies to dams with contents with significant or high hazard only. eke refers to ARI - 72 hour storm or the ARI wave allowance whichever is lower.
- C2-2
The spillway for any tailings dam or process water dam with high or significant hazard constructed within the operational land must be designed to withstand the peak flow from the critical design storm in Schedule C - Table 5 (Storage Design).
- C2-3
The holder of the environmental authority must notify the administering authority when the level of the tailings dam and/or process water dam reaches the mandatory reporting level defined in Schedule C — Table 5 (Storage Design). Erosion and Sediment Control
- C3-1
All reasonable and practicable erosion protection measures and sediment control measures must be implemented and maintained to minimise erosion and the release of sediment. Stream Sediment Contaminant Levels
- C3-2
The bed of the receiving waters, affected by the release of process water, tailings dam overflow and storm water contaminated by the mining activities must be monitored at the locations and frequencies defined in Schedule C - Table 6 (Receiving Stream Sediment Monitoring Locations and Frequency) and Schedule | — Figure 1 (Authorised activities and locations). OFFICIAL Permit Environmental authority EPML00870113 Schedule C - Table 6 (Receiving Stream Sediment Monitoring Locations and Frequency) ae ; Easting Northing ae Monitoring point (GDA2020 - Zone (GDA2020 - Monitoring frequency 54 At least once every 6 months. $1:- Within One Mile Creek, approximately 300m upstream of the open pit, at a site unaffected by this activity. Sampling is to be conducted during the months of February to April and August to October, and must be representative of the in-stream sediment quality for the period towards the end of the dry and wet seasons. At least once every 6 months. 745443 8292260 $2:- Within One Mile Creek, approximately 300m downstream of the tailings dam. Sampling is to be conducted during the months of February to April and August to October, and must be representative of the in-stream sediment quality for the period towards the end of the dry and wet seasons. 744271 8292719
- C3-3
Subject to condition (C3-2), if the stream sediment contaminant trigger levels defined in Schedule C - Table 7 (Receiving Stream Sediment Contaminant Trigger Levels) are exceeded then the environmental authority holder must notify the administering authority of the exceedance within 48 hours of receiving the result and complete an investigation into the potential for environmental harm. The results of the investigation must be notified to the administering authority within 3 months of the exceedance. Schedule C - Table 7 (Receiving Stream Sediment Contaminant Trigger Levels) Parameter Contaminant trigger levels Cyanide Background X 2 X 80% Arsenic
- C3-4
Subject to condition (C3-2), stream sediment contaminant limits must not exceed the contaminant limits defined in Schedule C -Table 8 (Receiving Stream Sediment Contaminant Limits). OFFICIAL Permit Environmental authority EPML00870113 Schedule C - Table 8 (Receiving Stream Sediment Contaminant Limits) Parameter Units Arsenic Cyanide Antimony Copper Lead Zinc mg/kg dry weight mg/kg dry weight mg/kg weight mg/kg weight mg/kg weight mg/kg weight Contaminant limits Background X 2 or 70 whichever is the lower Background X 2 Background X 2 or 25 whichever is the lower Background X 2 or 270 whichever is the lower Background X 2 or 220 whichever is the lower Background X 2 or 410 whichever is the lower
- C3-5
All stream sediment sampling must be undertaken in compliance with AS 5667.1 Guidance on Sampling of Bottom Sediments of 1998. Ground Water
- C5-1
Groundwater, affected by the mining activities must be monitored at the locations and frequencies defined in Schedule C - Table 9 (Groundwater Monitoring Locations and Frequency) and Schedule | — Figure 1 (Authorised activities and locations). Queensland Government OFFICIAL Permit Environmental authority EPML00870113 Schedule C - Table 9 (Groundwater Monitoring Locations and Frequency) Monitoring GDA 2020 Zone 54 Surface RL Groundwater to Monitoring location Northing (m) top RL (m) Frequency MWwo14 To be provided by| To be provided by the holder of the | the holder of the 744678 8292685 environmental environmental authority by 30 authority by 30 November 2017. | November 2017 To be provided by} To be provided by the holder of the | the holder of the 745270 8292726 environmental environmental authority by 30 authority by 30 November 2017 | November 2017 To be provided by} To be provided by the holder of the | the holder of the 744652 8292721 environmental environmental authority by 30 authority by 30 November 2017 | November 2017 To be provided by} To be provided by the holder of the | the holder of the 744995 8292734 environmental environmental authority by 30 authority by 30 November 2017 | November 2017 Quarterly One Mile Creek Mwo4 Upgradient Alice Queen Pit MW05 Down Gradient TSF MW06 Upgradient TSF, Mid site MW07 Down gradient Alice Queen Pit neat One Mile Creek TSF alongside the holder of the | the holder of the environmental authority by 30 November 2017 environmental authority by 30 November 2017 Down gradient To be provided by} To be provided by 745142 8292446 To be provided by To be provided by November 2017 To be provided by the holder of the environmental authority by 30 November 2017 November 2017 To be provided by the holder of the environmental authority by 30 November 2017 MWwo8 the holder of the | the holder of the Upgradient of 745394 8292364 environmental environmental site authority by 30 authority by 30 Mwo9 Upgradient of the site, near northern tributary, 745207 8292848 MW10 To be provided by} To be provided by Upgradient of the holder of the | the holder of the TSF. mid site 744689 8292877 environmental environmental along tributary authority by 30 authority by 30 ’ November 2017 | November 2017 MW11 Downgradient of Alice Queen Pit To be provided by| To be provided by ‘ the holder of the | the holder of the 745222 8292447 environmental environmental authority by 30 authority by 30 November 2017 | November 2017 To be provided by} To be provided by November 2017 | November 2017 MW12 the holder of the |_ the holder of the East of Alice 745316 8292449 environmental environmental Queen Pit, authority by 30 authority by 30 OFFICIAL Permit Environmental authority EPML00870113 Schedule C - Table 10 (Groundwater Contaminant Trigger Levels) Contaminant trigger Parameter Units Minimum z levels (maximum) Background! -0.5 pH units | Background! +0.5 pH units pH or 7.5 whichever is the lower higher Cyanide total pg/L N/A 7 ‘ Background is defined as waters from GW3.
- C5-2
Subject to condition (C5-1), if the groundwater contaminant trigger levels defined in Schedule C - Table 10 (Groundwater Contaminant Trigger Levels) are exceeded, then the environmental authority holder must notify the administering authority of the exceedance within 48 hours of receiving the result, and complete an investigation into the potential for environmental harm. The results of the investigation must be notified to the administering authority within 3 months of the exceedance.
- C5-4
Subject to condition (C5-1), groundwater levels must be monitored and groundwater draw down fluctuations in excess of 2m per year, not resulting from the pumping of licensed bores, must be notified within 14 days to the administering authority following completion of monitoring.
- C5-5
. The method of sampling of groundwater must comply with that set out in the latest edition of the administering authority's Water Quality Sampling Manual. END OF CONDITIONS FOR SCHEDULE C OFFICIAL Permit Environmental authority EPML00870113 Schedule D — Noise and Vibration Noise limits
- D1-1
Noise or vibration generated by mining activities must not cause environmental harm to any sensitive place or commercial place.
- D1-2
The environmental authority holder must ensure that noise generated by the mining activities does not cause the criteria in Schedule D - Table D1 (Noise limits) to be exceeded at a sensitive place or commercial place. Schedule D - Table D1 (Noise limits) Sensitive place Noise level Monday to Saturday Sundays and public holidays dB(A acdc as: |7amto6pm| 6pm to 10pm | 10pm to 7am | 9am to 6pm | 6pm to 10pm! 10pm to 9am LAegq, adj, 15 CV = 35 mins AV =0 LA1, adj, 15 mins Commercial place seni Monday to Saturday Sundays and public holidays measured as: |7amto6pm]/ 6pm to 10pm | 10pm to 7am | 7am to 6pm | 6pm to 10pm | 10pm to 7am al CV =55 CV =50 CV=45 CV =40 Laeq, adj, 15 mins! ay - 19 AV = 10 AV = 10 AV =5 Notes: 1. CV = Critical Value and AV = Adjustment Value 2. To calculate noise limits in Table D1: If bg s (CV — AV), then Noise limit = bg + AV If (CV-—AV) < bg s CV, then Noise limit = CV If bg > CV, then Noise limit = bg + 0 3. In the event that measured bg (LA90, adj, 15 mins) is less than 30 dB(A), then 30 dB(A) can be substituted for the measured background level 4. bg = background noise level (LA90, adj, 15 mins) measured over 3-5 days at the nearest sensitive receptor 5. If the project is unable to meet the noise limits as calculated above alternative limits may be calculated using the processes outlined in the “Planning for Noise Control” guideline. Airblast overpressure
- D2-1
The environmental authority holder must ensure that blasting does not cause the limits for peak particle velocity and air blast overpressure in Schedule D - Table D2 (Blasting noise limits) to be exceeded at a sensitive place or commercial place. OFFICIAL Permit Environmental authority EPMLO00870113 Schedule D - Table D2 (Blasting noise limits) Blasting noise Sensitive or commercial blasting noise limits place limits limits 7am to 6pm 6pm to 7am 115 dB (Linear) Peak for 9 out of 10 consecutive blasts initiated and not greater than 120 dB Airblast overpressure Linear) Peak at any time 5mm/second peak particle Blasting not permitted velocity for 9 out of 10 consecutive blasts and not greater than 10 mm/second peak particle velocity at any time Ground vibration peak particle velocity
- D2-2
Noise monitoring and recording must include the following descriptor characteristics and matters: a) LAN,T (where N equals the statistical levels of 1, 10 and 90 and T = 15 mins); b) background noise LA90; c) the level and frequency of occurrence of impulsive or tonal noise and any adjustment and penalties to statistical levels; d) atmospheric conditions including temperature, relative humidity and wind speed and directions; e) effects due to any extraneous factors such as traffic noise; f) location, date and time of monitoring; g) if the complaint concerns low frequency noise, Max LpLIN,T and one third octave band measurements in dB(LIN) for centre frequencies in the 10 — 200 Hz range. END OF CONDITIONS FOR SCHEDULE D OFFICIAL Permit Environmental authority ERPML00870113 Schedule E - Waste Off Site Movement of Regulated Wastes
- E1-1
Where regulated waste is removed from the licensed place (other than by a release as permitted under another schedule of this environmental authority), the holder of this environmental authority must ensure that: (a) the removal and transport of such wastes, where it constitutes an environmentally relevant activity under the Environmental Protection Regulation 2008, is carried out by a person licensed for carrying out this activity under the Environmental Protection Act 1994; and (b) records are kept of the following: (i) the date, quantity and type of waste removed; and (ii) name of the regulated waste transporter that removed the waste; and (iii) the intended treatment/disposal destination of the waste. Note: | Records of documents maintained in compliance with a waste tracking system established under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 or any other law for regulated waste will be deemed to satisfy this environmental authority condition. Tailings Management
- E2-1
The management of tailings disposal must be in accordance with the following: (a) all tailings material must be progressively characterized during disposal for acid producing potential and the following metals:- arsenic, antimony, lead, zinc, cadmium, copper; and (b) records must be kept of the tailings disposal to indicate relative locations and characteristics of tailings stored within the tailings storage facility. Waste Rock
- E3-1
The management of waste rock disposal must be in accordance with the following: (a) waste rock must be progressively characterized during disposal for acid producing potential and the following metals: arsenic, antimony, lead, zinc, cadmium, copper; and (b) records must be kept of the waste rock disposal to indicate relative locations and characteristic of waste rock stored within the waste rock dumps. (c) waste rock that is characterised as un—reactive and/or benign material (i.e. material that-does not cause acid, neutral or saline mine drainage) may be used for the construction of temporary or permanent structures within the operation areas. END OF CONDITIONS FOR SCHEDULE E OFFICIAL Permit Environmental authority EPML00870113 Schedule F - Land Management Rehabilitation Landform Criteria
- F1-1
All areas significantly disturbed by mining activities must be rehabilitated to the final land description as defined in Schedule F — Table 1 (Final Land Use and Rehabilitation Approval Schedule) and compared to an analogue site in an adjacent undisturbed area with similar grazing management practices. Schedule F - Table 1 (Final Land Use and Rehabilitation Approval Schedule) Pre-mine land Post mine land capability capability classification classification Disturbance! Pre-mine land Post-mine land area (ha.) description description ' ‘ Low intensity Stock water 03 Low intensity Low intensity VII VII AS1 and grazing grazing AS2 Low intensity | Low intensity AS1 and grazing grazing : Analogue site identification AS1 and AS2 Disturbance type Mullock dumps Tailings dam Low intensity | Low intensity AS1 and Low intensity | Low intensity vil AS1 and grazing grazing AS2 Low intensity | Low intensity AS1 and 44 Low intensity | Low intensity Vil AS1 and Stockples ‘ grazing grazing AS2 Low intensity |} Low intensity AS1 and Exploration 115 Low intensity | Low intensity VII VII AS1 and Areas : grazing grazing AS2 Exploration In accordance with condition A9-1
- F1-2
Progressive rehabilitation must commence when areas become available within the operational land. Roads and ys) O 3 is) a Grazing Pasture Outcome
- F2-1
Areas which are to be rehabilitated / progressively rehabilitated to grazing pasture must comply with the following outcomes; (a) generate a self sustaining vegetation with projective cover, species composition and species distribution comparable to analogue sites at two locations (E 744882, N 8292570 adjacent to processing area and E745297, N 8292349 adjacent to airstrip) identified as AS1 and AS2 on Schedule | — Figure 1 - Authorised activities and locations.; and (b — all areas disturbed by mining activities must be rehabilitated to the landform design criteria defined in Schedule F - Table 3 (Landform design); and (c) landforms are stable with rates of erosion comparable to analogue sites ; and ~~ (d) a measure of productivity (e.g. sustainable dry matter production, stock live weight gain) are comparable to analogue sites at two locations (E 744882, N 8292570 adjacent to processing area and E 745297, N 8292349 adjacent to airstrip) identified as AS1 and AS2 on Schedule | — Figure 1 - Authorised activities and locations..
- F2-2
Complete an investigation into rehabilitation of disturbed areas and submit a report to the administering authority proposing acceptance criteria to meet the outcomes in (F2-1) and landform design criteria in OFFICIAL Permit Environmental authority EPML00870113 Schedule F - Table 3 (Landform design) by 26 July 2018. Residual Void Outcome
- F4-1
Residual voids must.comply with the following outcomes; (a) residual voids must not cause any serious environmental harm to land, surface waters or any recognised ground water aquifer, other than the environmental harm constituted by the existence of the residual void itself, and subject to any other condition within this environmental authority; and (b) residual voids must comply with Schedule F - Table 2 (Residual void design).
- F4-2
Complete an investigation into residual voids and submit a report to the administering authority proposing acceptance criteria to meet the outcomes in (F4-1) and landform design criteria in Schedule F — Table 2 (Residual void design) by 26 July 2018. Schedule F - Table 2 (Residual void design) Void identification . Void wall — competent Void wall — Void maximum surface rock slope (%) incompetent rock area (ha) slope (%) Alice Queen Pit Angle of mining Angle of mining (a) Schedule F - Table 3 (Landform design) Identification Slope range (%) Projective surface area (ha) Waste rock dump/s 1 (V):3(H) Acid Rock Drainage Management
- F5-1
Subject to the release limits defined in Schedule - C, all reasonable and practicable measures must be implemented to prevent hazardous leachate being directly or indirectly released or likely to be released as a result of the activity to any ground water or water course. Infrastructure
- F6-1
All infrastructure, constructed by or for the environmental authority holder during the mining activities including water storage structures, must be removed from the site prior to mining lease surrender, except where agreed in writing by the post mining land owner / holder. END OF CONDITIONS FOR SCHEDULE F OFFICIAL Permit Environmental authority EPML00870113 Schedule G — Community Complaint Response