CHAPTER 4 – PROJECT LOCATION
GULF ALUMINA LTD – SKARDON RIVER BAUXITE PROJECT
Skardon River Bauxite Project Chapter 4 – Project Location TABLE OF CONTENTS
4. Project Location ...... 4-1 4.1 Introduction ...... 4-1 4.2 State and Regional Context ...... 4-1 4.2.1 The Cape York Peninsula ...... 4-1 4.2.2 Native Title Parties ...... 4-1 4.2.3 Cape York Regional Plan Area ...... 4-2 4.2.4 Regional Projects and Infrastructure ...... 4-2 4.2.5 Local Government Areas ...... 4-5 4.3 Local Context ...... 4-12 4.3.1 Project Mining Tenures ...... 4-12 4.3.2 Nearby, Adjacent and Overlapping Mining and Petroleum Tenures ...... 4-12 4.3.3 Project Study Area Boundary ...... 4-13 4.3.4 Real Property Tenures (and Overlapping Native Title Claim Areas) ...... 4-17 4.3.5 Native Title (Local Context) ...... 4-17 4.3.6 Sensitive Receptors (Human Receptors) ...... 4-21 4.4 Project Area Layout and Infrastructure ...... 4-23 4.4.1 Overview of Infrastructure and Activities ...... 4-23 4.5 Natural Features ...... 4-27 4.5.1 Geology, Topography and Soils ...... 4-27 4.5.2 Skardon River Bathymetry ...... 4-27 4.5.3 Watercourses, Drainages and Wetlands ...... 4-27 4.5.4 Vegetation ...... 4-27
Tables
Table 4-1 Nearby, Adjacent and Overlapping Tenure ...... 4-12 Table 4-2 Real Property – Land Parcels Underlying or Adjacent to the Project Area ...... 4-17 Table 4-3 Native Title Claims ...... 4-17
Figures
Figure 4-1 Project Location – State and Regional Context ...... 4-7 Figure 4-2 Natural Features in the Region ...... 4-8 Figure 4-3 Traditional Owners in the Region ...... 4-9 Figure 4-4 RPI Act Interests ...... 4-10 Figure 4-5 Regional Infrastructure ...... 4-11 Figure 4-6 Gulf Alumina’s Mining Leases and Other Tenements ...... 4-14 Figure 4-7 Overlapping or Surrounding Mining Leases ...... 4-15 Figure 4-8 Overlapping or Surrounding Exploration Permit for Minerals Tenures ...... 4-16 Figure 4-9 Land Parcels Underlying and Adjacent the Project Area ...... 4-19 Figure 4-10 Native Title Underlying and Adjacent the Project Area ...... 4-20 Figure 4-11 Sensitive Receptor ...... 4-22 Figure 4-12 Offshore Transhipment Location ...... 4-24 Figure 4-13 Life of Project Activities and Infrastructure ...... 4-25 Figure 4-14 Life of Project Resource Areas for Mining ...... 4-26
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Figure 4-15 Natural Features and Topography (Local Context) ...... 4-28 Figure 4-16 Bathymetry of the Skardon River ...... 4-29 Figure 4-17 Watercourses, Drainage Lines and Wetlands in Study Area ...... 4-30 Figure 4-18 RE Vegetation (Local Context) ...... 4-31
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4. PROJECT LOCATION
4.1 Introduction This chapter describes the location of the Project and all associated infrastructure in a state, regional and local context. The Project area is defined as the Project’s three mining leases (MLs), ML 40069, ML 40082 and ML 6025. The Project activity areas are the Project area and all activities in the marine environment.
4.2 State and Regional Context
4.2.1 The Cape York Peninsula The Project area is located on the western side of Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula, approximately 90 km north of Weipa. The State and regional Project location is shown Figure 4-1. The Cape York Peninsula is an extremely eroded, almost level, low plain dominated by meandering rivers and floodplains. The regional landscape, historical development, opportunities and social aspects are strongly influenced by the climate which is tropical monsoonal and has distinct wet and dry seasons. The west coast of the peninsula borders the Gulf of Carpentaria and the east coast borders the Coral Sea and the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). The GBR is a UNESCO World Heritage Area1 and is the world’s most extensive coral reef ecosystem covering an area of 348,000 km2 The Wet Tropics of Queensland UNESCO World Heritage Area2 is located along the northeast coast of Australia (including the Cape York Peninsula) covering approximately 8,900 km2 of tropical rainforest. There are no Ramsar3 wetlands in or around the Cape York Peninsula, the closest is Bowling Green Bay around 20 km southeast of Townsville. The Peninsula Ridge, (part of Australia’s Great Dividing Range) runs in a north-south alignment along most of the length of Cape York Peninsula. Catchments to the west of The Peninsula Ridge (from north to south respectively) are the Jardine, Ducie- Jackson-Skardon (within which the Project is located), Wenlock, Embley-Mission, Watson, Archer-Coen, Holroyd-Kendall and the Coleman-Edward draining into the Gulf of Carpentaria (or the Torres Strait in the case of the Jardine catchment).4 To the east of The Peninsula Ridge (from north to south) are the Jacky Jacky, Olive-Pascoe, Lochart, Stewart, Normanby, Jeannie, Endeavour, Daintree and Mossman catchments draining into the Coral Sea (or the Torres Strait in the case of the Jacky Jacky catchment). Rivers and sub basin catchments are described in more detail Chapter 12. Natural Features in the region are shown in Figure 4-2.
4.2.2 Native Title Parties The Native Title parties in the region are shown in Figure 4-3.
1 Reference: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/154 2 Reference: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/486 3 Reference: http://www.ramsar.org/ 4 Reference: http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/flood/brochures/daintree/map.shtml
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4.2.3 Cape York Regional Plan Area Regional Councils in the Cape York Peninsula are shown in Figure 4-1. The Project is located in the Cape York Regional Plan (CYRP) area. The CYRP area covers approximately 128,880 km2, with an estimated residential population of around 17,000 (at 30 June 2011)5. The CYRP provides direction to address competing state interests relating to economic development, agriculture and the resources sectors, the protection of significant environmental areas, and the growth potential of the region’s towns through the establishment of regional land use categories used to signal the appropriateness of areas in the region for development opportunities. The categories are as follows: . Strategic Environmental Areas (SEAs) and Designated Precincts are areas that contain regionally significant values for biodiversity, cultural values, water catchments and/or ecological function. The closest SEA and Designated Precinct to the Project is the Cape York SEA, which is located 20 km to the southwest of the Project at the convergence of the Wenlock and Ducie Rivers south east of Mapoon. . National Parks and Regional Parks under the provisions of the Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NC Act) are recognised for their protection of the region’s natural and cultural resources. Development and activities in national parks may be facilitated where they are ecologically sustainable activities that protect an area’s natural condition and values. The closest national (and regional) park is the Jardine River National Park around 60 km north east of the Project. The Heathlands Regional Park is situated around 40 km north east of the Project. . Priority Agricultural Areas (PAAs) recognise and protect the region’s existing strategic intensive agricultural area containing highly productive agricultural land uses. Assessment and decision criteria have been developed to facilitate the co-existence of compatible resource activities with high value agricultural land uses in the PAA. The closest PAA to the Project is the Lakeland Downs PAA located approximately 500 km south east of the Project MLs. . Priority Living Areas (PLAs) are designed to safeguard areas required for growth by providing opportunities for the identified towns to expand. PLAs ensure that these towns will not become encumbered by resources activities through the establishment of a buffer around the town growth areas. Mapoon (Aboriginal Shire) located 10 km to the south-west of the Project, is a Priority Living Area (PLA).
Regional Planning Interests and National Parks are shown Figure 4-4.
4.2.4 Regional Projects and Infrastructure
4.2.4.1 Roads The road network in the Cape York Region is predominantly unsealed. The main thoroughfare in the region is along the north-south running (combined alignments) of the Peninsula Developmental Road in the south and Telegraph Road to the north. This combined 700 km stretch accesses Bamaga and New Mapoon at the northern tip of the peninsula from Lakeland in the south east. Both the Peninsula Developmental Road and the Telegraph Road are unsealed (apart from a sealed section of the Peninsula Developmental Road between Lakeland and Laura in the south east). Other roads in the region generally branch intermittently (in either an easterly or westerly direction) off this central alignment towards the either coast.
5 Reference CYRP: http://www.dilgp.qld.gov.au/resources/plan/cape-york/cape-york-regional-plan.pdf
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Road access to the site from the south is via the Peninsula Developmental Rd, before turning onto Telegraph Road and heading north via Bamaga Road and Heathlands Track. The Peninsula Developmental Road connects the Mulligan Highway (servicing Cooktown from the south) to Weipa. Road (track) access to the Project mining leases (MLs) is seasonally dependent and is only possible for four wheel drive vehicles in the dry months of the year. Therefore roads are not considered to be a commercially feasible construction or operational mode of accessing the site. Roads in the Cape York region are shown in Figure 4-5.
4.2.4.2 Airports Airports or airstrips in the Cape York Region are shown in Figure 4-5. Those of relevance to the project are described below. Cairns Airport is Australia’s seventh busiest for international passengers with direct flights from Tokyo, Osaka, Hong Kong, Guam and Port Moresby. It is also one of Australia’s leading regional airports. There are direct domestic flights to Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin and Townsville as well as to Alice Springs, Ayers Rock (Uluru) and regional centres across North Queensland. Weipa Airport is owned by Rio Tinto and primarily services Rio Tinto’s surrounding mining projects, as well as the local community, with flights from Cairns. There are no international flights to Weipa Airport. The RAAF Scherger Airforce Base is approximately 18 km east of Weipa Airport. Both Weipa Airport and Scherger Base are strategic airports under the Queensland SPP – Strategic Airports and Aviation Facilities. Both airports are more than 80 km from the Project’s airstrip and hence any Project development will not impact on the operational airspace, obstacle limited surface, height restriction zone or lighting area buffer zone of these airports. Mapoon and Bamaga airstrips are small airstrips. Use of these airstrips for the Project will be subject to suitability for the charter flight aircraft and number of potential passengers.
4.2.4.3 Ports
4.2.4.3.1 North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP) The North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP) is a government-owned corporation and is the port authority for 4 trading ports in Queensland including one in the Cape York Region at Weipa. . The Port of Weipa is located on the north-west coast of Cape York Peninsula. The Port of Weipa is principally involved in the export of bauxite from the nearby Rio Tinto mine. The port also handles fuel and general cargo. The total throughput for the port in 2010–11 was 22.3 million tonnes, including 22.2 million tonnes of bauxite. Rio Tinto operates the port facilities and has on-shore bauxite handling, processing and stockpiling facilities and conveyors running to Lorim Point Wharf for shiploading.
4.2.4.3.2 Ports North Ports North is a Government-Owned Corporation, and operates nine ports in Queensland including 8 within the Cape York Region (or Torres Strait Region in the case of the Port of Thursday Island). . The Port of Cairns is located in the sheltered natural harbour of Trinity Inlet. It caters for a diverse range of industries including shipbuilding, fishing, agriculture, mining and tourism. . The Port of Cape Flattery is around 200 km north of Cairns on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula. It is used for the export of silica sand from the Cape Flattery mine. The port terminal is operated by Cape Flattery Silica Mines Pty Ltd. . The Port of Karumba is located at the mouth of the Norman River in the south-east corner of the Gulf of Carpentaria and has serviced remote Gulf communities since the late 1800s. The Zinifex Century
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Mine exports zinc concentrate through the port. Other facilities in the port provide for general cargo, fuel, fisheries products, and the export of live cattle. . The Port of Skardon River is located about 100 km north of Weipa was used to ship kaolin prior to cessation of kaolin mining activities. The port facilities are located upstream on the Skardon River. . The Port of Quintell Beach is a community port with a barge facility located on the east coast of northern Cape York. The port services the needs of the Lockhart River community and remote grazing properties. . The Port of Thursday Island is a community port located in a natural harbour in the Torres Strait in the northern-most part of Australia. Wharf facilities are established on both Thursday Island and the neighbouring Horn Island. The port services the needs of these two islands, and also operates as a major transhipment point for the supply of essential cargoes to other islands of the Torres Strait. Due to its strategic location, the port also serves as a base for a number of government agencies, including Customs and Fisheries patrols.
Ports in the region are shown in Figure 4-5.
4.2.4.4 Mines
Significant mining projects in the region are shown in Figure 4-5, and include: . Rio Tinto Alcan’s existing Weipa bauxite mine operations consist of two continuous mining operations at East Weipa and Andoom, two beneficiation plants, 19 km of railway to transport mined bauxite to the port area, and two ship loaders, with 23.1 million dry product tonnes (mdpt) shipped and 1,100 full time employees . Rio Tinto Alcan’s proposed South of Embley project involves a staged increase in production from 15 mdpt per annum (mdptpa) up to 50 mdptpa. The project includes mining areas, construction of infrastructure including beneficiation plants, power station, warehouses, workshops, barge and ferry facilities, ship loading facilities, and an access road. A construction workforce of up to 1,200 personnel will be accommodated in a temporary construction village on site and, once operational, employees will commute daily to the mine, via a ferry and bus service from Weipa. . Metro Mining Ltd’s Bauxite Hills Project is at the feasibility stage and is projected to commence at the end of 2016 targeting for production at 2 Mtpa Direct Shipping Ore (DSO) over more than 20 years (subsequently revised in November 2015 to 5 Mtpa over 12 years). The Bauxite Hills Project would be located on mining leases adjacent to the west and east of the Skardon River Bauxite Project’s mining leases.
4.2.4.5 Power The national and regional power distribution network is shown in Figure 4-5. National and State Power distribution networks are focussed around the major conurbations generally situated to the south and east of the region. Smaller distribution networks (operated by Ergon) supply towns further north such as Mapoon and Bamaga6. Other power distribution solutions are evident in the region (e.g. Rio Tinto Alcan - Rio Tinto Alcan Weipa owns and operates two diesel engine power stations (26 megawatts and ten megawatts), supplying their mine, Weipa town and the neighbouring community of Napranum).
6 Reference: Ergon Network Mapping - https://www.ergon.com.au/network/network-management/network- infrastructure/isolated-and-remote-power-stations
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4.2.5 Local Government Areas Local Government Areas (LGAs) within the Cape York Region are shown on Figure 4-1 and include: . Aurukun . Cook . Hope Vale . Kowanyama . Lockhart River . Mapoon . Napranum . Northern Peninsula Area . Pormpuraaw . Wujal Wujal . Weipa Town Area.
The Project is located in the Cook Shire LGA. However, the Project area is also located near a number of other LGAs which have also been considered in the assessment of the social, economic and environmental impacts for the Project. These LGAs are described below. Consideration has also been given to Cairns (in the adjacent Far North Queensland Region) because it is anticipated that that the majority of the Project workforce will be FIFO and resident in Cairns.
4.2.5.1 Cook Shire LGA The Project is located within Cook Shire LGA which covers 106,000 km2 of the Cape York Peninsula. The main industries by employee numbers are: agriculture, forestry and fishing industries; accommodation and food services; and public administration and safety. An estimated 40 % of the resident population of Cook Shire lives in Cooktown which is the administrative, commercial and service centre for the shire.
4.2.5.2 Weipa Town Authority Weipa Town Authority area (LGA) covers 10.2 km2 and is situated around 80 km to the south of the Project. The town of Weipa is the largest town on the Gulf of Carpentaria coast of the Cape York Peninsula with a 2012 population of 3,600. The Weipa Town Authority manages the town and is partly funded by Rio Tinto. The Town Office acts in the role of Local Authority and has staff which one would normally associate with a local council. The services supplied and maintained through Town Office are of a similar nature to those supplied by local councils throughout Australia such as road maintenance, water supply, town planning, public swimming pool, public library, parks and ovals and garbage collection. It is noted that no actual part of the Project footprint is in Weipa, and that indirect impacts from the Project on Weipa are expected to be relatively small in nature.
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4.2.5.3 Aboriginal Shire of Mapoon7 The shire of Mapoon and associated (Old Mapoon Aboriginal Corporation) trust lands cover an area of 458.5 km2 and at their closest point are situated around 10 km to the southwest of the Project area. The 2012 population was 285 people.
4.2.5.4 Northern Peninsula Area LGA The NPA LGA was created on 15 March 2008 from five previous entities—the Bamaga and Seisia Island Councils, and the Injinoo, New Mapoon and Umagico Aboriginal Councils.
4.2.5.5 Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council The Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council8 is the main governing body responsible for Napranum. It is situated around 100 km to the south of the Project.
4.2.5.6 Cairns Regional Shire LGA The Cairns Regional Council was created in March 2008 following the amalgamation of the former Cairns City and Douglas Shire Councils. Douglas Shire de-amalgamated from Cairns on 1 January 2014. The Cairns Regional Council has a population of 165,388 (2012) which is concentrated around Cairns. The Council covers an area of around 4,135 km2.
7 Reference: Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Profiles: a Resource for the Courts; Mapoon (February 2014). 8 Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Profiles: a Resource for the Courts; Napranum (October 2014)
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TORRES STRAIT ISLAND REGIONAL TORRES Thursday (! CAIRNS ± SHIRE NORTHERN Island ! TOWNSVILLE PENINSULA ! AREA REGIONAL (! Bamaga
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Legend Mining Lease Boundaries Local Government Boundaries NAPRANUM ABORIGINAL SHIRE Project Location - State (! Towns AURUKUN SHIRE NORTHERN PENINSULA AREA REGIONAL and Regional Context Main Road CAIRNS REGIONAL PORMPURAAW ABORIGINAL SHIRE Railways COOK SHIRE TORRES SHIRE Figure 4-1 Gulf Alumina Limited HOPE VALE ABORIGINAL SHIRE TORRES STRAIT ISLAND REGIONAL
KOWANYAMA ABORIGINAL SHIRE WEIPA TOWN Author: malcolm.nunn Date: 12/08/2015 LOCKHART RIVER ABORIGINAL SHIRE WUJAL WUJAL ABORIGINAL SHIRE Map Scale: 1:3,500,000 MAPOON ABORIGINAL SHIRE Revision: R1 Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 54 G:\CLIENTS\E-TO-M\Gulf Alumina\GIS\Maps\EIS\Ch04_Location\FIG_4_1_Project_Location_150812.mxd
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± (! Thursday CAIRNS Island !
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BRISBANE ! 8750000 8750000
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M L 6 0 2 5
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Legend Natural Features in the Region Mining Lease Boundaries River Sub-Basins (! Towns Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area Figure 4-2 Gulf Alumina Limited Major Watercourses
Author: malcolm.nunn Date: 12/08/2015 Map Scale: 1:2,000,000
Revision: R1 Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 54
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Thursday CAIRNS (! ! ± Island TOWNSVILLE !
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(! Aurukun 8499900 8499900
(! Coen 8399900 8399900 0 25 50 75 100
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Legend Traditional Owners in the Region Mining Lease Boundaries Native Title Determinations (! Towns Northern Cape York Group #1 Other Native Title Determinations Figure 4-3 Gulf Alumina Limited Native Title Claim Applications Author: malcolm.nunn Date: 20/07/2015 Ankamuthi People Map Scale: 1:2,000,000 Revision: R1 Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 54 Other Native Title Claim Applications G:\CLIENTS\E-TO-M\Gulf Alumina\GIS\Maps\EIS\Ch04_Location\FIG_4_3_Traditional_Owners_150717.mxd
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TOWNSVILLE !
ROCKHAMPTON (! Bamaga 8800000 Queensland ! 8800000 Jardine BRISBANE ! Jardine River RP River NP 8750000 8750000
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Gulf of WEIPA (! Carpentaria (! Napranum 8600000 8600000 (! Lockhart River 8550000 8550000
(! Aurukun 8500000 8500000
(! Coen 8450000 8450000 8400000 8400000 0 25 50 75 100
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Legend RPI Act Interests Mining Lease Boundaries Protected Areas (! Towns National Parks Priority Living Areas National Parks (Cape York Figure 4-4 Gulf Alumina Limited Penninsula Aboriginal Land) Strategic Environmental Area Author: malcolm.nunn Date: 20/07/2015 Strategic Environmental Area - Regional Parks Map Scale: 1:2,000,000 Revision: R1 Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 54
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Port of Thursday ± Thursday (! CAIRNS Island Island !
TOWNSVILLE Bamaga Northern ! (! Peninsula 8800000 Airport 8800000 ROCKHAMPTON Queensland !
BRISBANE ! Port of Skardon Bauxite River Hills 8700000 8700000
(! Mapoon Mapoon Airport Andoom Mining Coral Sea Area RAAF Scherger WEIPA Lockhart (! East Weipa Lockhart Port of River River
8600000 Mining Area 8600000 Gulf of Weipa Airport (! Napranum Port of Carpentaria Weipa Quintell Airport Beach Aurukun South of Embley Airport (! Aurukun
Coen 8500000 Airport 8500000
(! Coen 8400000 8400000 Port of Cape (! Pormpuraaw P E Flattery N IN S U LA D E V E LO P M Hope E ! N ( TA Vale Kowanyama L RO 8300000 (! 8300000 AD Cooktown (! COOKTOWN Kowanyama Airport Airport
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Legend Gulf Alumina Mining Leases National Electricity Transmission Lines (Geoscience Regional Infrastructure Australia) (! Towns Overhead and Underground Electricity Distribution Airport Gulf Alumina Limited Network (Ergon Energy Corporation Limited (2015) Figure 4-5
Port Author: malcolm.nunn Cape Alumina Bauxite Hills Project Date: 12/08/2015 Main Road Map Scale: 1:3,500,000 Rio Tinto Alcan Projects Revision: R1 Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 54 G:\CLIENTS\E-TO-M\Gulf Alumina\GIS\Maps\EIS\Ch04_Location\FIG_4_5_Regional_Infra_150812.mxd
No warranty is given in relation to the data (including accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability) and accept no liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for any loss, damage or costs (including consequential damage) relating to any use of or reliance upon the data. Data must not be used for direct marketing or be used in breach of privacy laws. Gulf Alumina tenures © Geos Mining (2015). All other tenures © State of Queensland - Department of Natural Resources and Mines (2015). State Boundaries, Towns © Geoscience Australia (2006). Ports/Airport coordinates retrieved from a variety of online sources. Terrain basemap © Sources: Esri, USGS, NOAA. Skardon River Bauxite Project Chapter 4 – Project Location
4.3 Local Context
4.3.1 Project Mining Tenures The Project’s mining tenures are granted mining leases (MLs) 6025 (1,922ha), 40069 (260 ha) and 40082 (1,743 ha), as shown in Figure 4-6. Gulf Alumina also holds or has made application for the following tenements underlying or adjacent to the mining leases as shown in Figure 4-6. . exploration permit minerals (EPM) 18242, granted 17/12/2014 . EPM4068, granted 12/08/1985 . EPM18384, granted 17/12/2014 . EPM16755, granted 17/09/2013 . mineral development license (MDL) 425 (Application) . MDL423 (Application)
4.3.2 Nearby, Adjacent and Overlapping Mining and Petroleum Tenures Tenures that are not held by Gulf Alumina which are overlapping, adjacent or within 2 km of the Project’s mining leases are detailed in Table 4-1 below and identified in Figure 4-7 to Figure 4-8. The adjacent and nearby mining leases applications held by Aldoga Minerals Pty Ltd, and the overlapping EPMs held by Cape Alumina Ltd are associated with Metro Mining Ltd’s Bauxite Hills project. There are no overlapping exploration permits for Coal (EPCs), petroleum Leases (PLs), pipeline licences (PPLs), exploration permits petroleum (EPPs) or petroleum survey licences (PSLs).
Table 4-1 Nearby, Adjacent and Overlapping Tenure Tenure Description Owner/Status Date Permit Name Mining Lease Application (MLA) MLA20689 Adjacent (to the west) Aldoga Minerals Pty (Lodged) Bauxite Hills Ltd 21/10/2011 West (BH6 West) MLA20676 Adjacent (to the east) Aldoga Minerals Pty (Lodged) Bauxite Hills 1 Ltd 12/11/2010 MLA20688 Adjacent (to the east) Aldoga Minerals Pty (Lodged) Bauxite Hills 6 Ltd 21/10/2011 East (BH6 East) MLA20687 Nearby (to the south) Aldoga Minerals Pty (Lodged) Bauxite Hills 2 Ltd 21/10/2011 (BH2) Mining Lease (ML) ML7024 Nearby (to the east) RTA Weipa Pty Ltd (Granted) Weipa 01/01/1958 Exploration Permit Minerals (EPM) EPM19047 Overlapping (ML6025) Oresome Australia (Granted) Pty Ltd 17/12/2014 EPM16899 Overlapping (ML6025, Cape Alumina Pty (Granted) ML40069, ML40082) Ltd 17/12/2009
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Tenure Description Owner/Status Date Permit Name EPM15376 Overlapping (ML40069, Cape Alumina Pty (Granted) ML40082) Ltd 30/09/2009 EPM15370 Overlapping (ML40082) Oresome Australia (Granted) Pty Ltd 03/10/2013 EPM19001 Overlapping (ML40069, Oresome Australia (Granted) ML40082) Pty Ltd 13/09/2012
Source: https://minesonlinemaps.business.qld.gov.au/
4.3.3 Project Study Area Boundary The Project study area perimeter is described by the following latitude/longitude coordinates: -11.885438, 142.012767;-11.896893, 142.002173;-11.896976, 141.974863;-11.882396, 141.97476;- 11.860888, 141.974609;-11.860649, 142.034955;-11.860632, 142.034955;-11.847937, 142.034923;- 11.847919, 142.038979;-11.776621, 142.060768;-11.766702, 142.034795;-11.750043, 142.034755;- 11.749988, 142.079321;-11.76463, 142.079448-11.769402, 142.077302;-11.772952, 142.075705;- 11.859629, 142.036714;-11.860626, 142.035786;-11.860627, 142.035713;-11.860646, 142.035695.
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± CAIRNS !
TOWNSVILLE !
ROCKHAMPTON Queensland !
BRISBANE ! EPM 16755
EPM Port of Skardon 18384 River ML 40082 (! ML 8700000 8700000 40069 EPM 18384
EPM 4068 MDL 423
ML 6025
EPM 18242
MDL 425 EPM 4068
0 1 2 3 4 5
Kilometers
Legend Gulf Alumina's Mining Leases (! Port of Skardon River Mining Lease (ML) and Other Tenements Mineral Development Licence Application (MDLA) Figure 4-6 Gulf Alumina Limited Exploration Permit for Minerals (EPM)
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8800000 TOWNSVILLE 8800000 !
ROCKHAMPTON Queensland !
BRISBANE ! 8750000 8750000
ML 4 0082 ML 40069 8700000 8700000 Gulf of ML 6 025 Carpentaria ML ML (! 40082 40069
ML 20676
8650000 ML 20689 8650000
ML 20688
ML 7024 ML 6025 ML 7024 8600000 8600000
ML 7024 ML 20687 8550000 8550000
ML 7024 8500000 8500000
0 10 20Source: 30 Esri, 40 DigitalGlobe, 50 GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AEX, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, swisstopo, Kilometersand the GIS User Community
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TOWNSVILLE !
ROCKHAMPTON Queensland !
BRISBANE !
EPM 19001
ML ML 40082 (! 40069 8700000 8700000 EPM 15370 EPM 15376
EPM EPM 16899 19047
ML 6025
EPM 15376
EPM 15376
0 5 10 15 20
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Legend Overlapping or Surrounding Exploration (! Port of Skardon River Permit for Minerals (EPM) Tenures
Gulf Alumina Mining Leases (MLs) Figure 4-8 Gulf Alumina Limited Exploration Permit for Minerals (EPM) Author: malcolm.nunn Date: 17/07/2015 Map Scale: 1:250,000
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4.3.4 Real Property Tenures (and Overlapping Native Title Claim Areas) Properties which are adjacent to or which intersect the Project area (or which share a boundary along the Skardon River which is intersected by the Project area) are shown in Figure 4-9 and included in Table 4-2. The Project footprint lies entirely within Lot 11 SP204113 and unallocated State land associated with the Skardon River and Namaleta Creek.
Table 4-2 Real Property – Land Parcels Underlying or Adjacent to the Project Area Lot/Plan Landowner/Lessee Lot 11 SP204113 (Intersects Old Mapoon Aboriginal Corporation Trustee for the benefit of Project area) Aboriginal people particularly concerned with the land and their ancestors and descendants, and under The Aboriginal Land Act 1991. Lot 13 SP204113 Old Mapoon Aboriginal Corporation (OMAC) Trustee for the (Intersects Project area, but benefit of Aboriginal people particularly concerned with the land not Project footprint or and their ancestors and descendants, and under The Aboriginal activities) Land Act 1991. Lot 7024 MP41159 Rio Tinto Alcan (adjacent the Project area) Lot 7024 on MP41159 is State mapped as Mines Tenure (MT) land type - being land leased as ‘Mining Homestead Tenement Leases’ by the State of Queensland to RTA Weipa Pty. Ltd., and administered by the DNRM9 Namaleta Creek (Intersects State Of Qld Unallocated Project area) Skardon River (Intersects State Of Qld Unallocated Project area) Lot 1 SP120090 (Non Apudthama Land Trust intersecting land parcel to the immediate north adjoining the Skardon River)
4.3.5 Native Title (Local Context) Native title areas which are adjacent to or which intersect the Project area (or which share a boundary along the Skardon River which is intersected by the Project area) are shown in Figure 4-10 and are shown in Table 4-3.
Table 4-3 Native Title Claims Native Title Claimants Lot/Plan Ankamuthi Lot 11 SP204113 (Intersects Project ML) Ankamuthi Lot 12 SP204113 Ankamuthi Lot 13 SP204113 (Intersects Project area, but not Project footprint or activities) Northern Cape York Group #1 Lot 1 SP120090 (Non intersecting land parcel to the immediate north adjoining the Skardon River)
9 Pursuant to the Commonwealth Aluminium Corporation Limited Agreement Act 1957 (Comalco Agreement Act): http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/cacplaa1957590/index.html#sch2
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Native Title Claimants Lot/Plan Ankamuthi Namaleta Creek (Intersects Project area) Northern Cape York Group #1 Skardon River (Intersects Project area)
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605000 610000 615000 620000 625000 Lot 1 on SP120090
8710000 ± 8710000 CAIRNS !
TOWNSVILLE ! Lot 1 on ROCKHAMPTON Queensland ! SP120090 Lot 1 on
BRISBANE SP120090 !
8705000 Lot 1 on 8705000 SP120090
Skardon River
ML (! 40082 ML 8700000 40069 8700000
Lot 13 on SP204113 8695000 8695000
Lot 11 on SP204113 8690000 8690000
ML 6025 8685000 8685000 Lot 7024 on MP41159
Namaleta Creek Namaleta Creek 8680000 8680000
0 1 2 3 4 5
Kilometers 8675000 8675000
Legend Land Parcels Underlying and (! Port of Skardon River Lot Adjacent to the Project Area Gulf Alumina Mining Leases (MLs) Watercourse 11SP204113 Figure 4-9 Gulf Alumina Limited
13SP204113 Author: malcolm.nunn Date: 9/10/2015 1SP120090 Map Scale: 1:150,000 Revision: R1 Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 54 7024MP41159 G:\CLIENTS\E-TO-M\Gulf Alumina\GIS\Maps\EIS\Ch04_Location\FIG_4_9_Cadastre_150717.mxd No warranty is given in relation to the data (including accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability) and accept no liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for any loss, damage or costs (including consequential damage) relating to any use of or reliance upon the data. Data must not be used for direct marketing or be used in breach of privacy laws. Tenures © Geos Mining (2015). State Boundaries and Towns © Geoscience Australia (2006). Watercourses © Geoscience Australia. Imagery sourced from Gulf Alumina. 604800 609800 614800 619800 624800 8714900 8714900
CAIRNS ! ± 1 on TOWNSVILLE SP120090 !
ROCKHAMPTON ! 1 on SP120090
BRISBANE ! 8709900 8709900
1 on SP120090
1 on 8704900 8704900 SP120090
(! ML 40082 ML 40069 8699900 8699900
13 on SP204113 8694900 8694900
12 on 11 on SP204113 SP204113 8689900 8689900
8 on MP14466 ML 6025
7024 on MP41159 8684900 8684900
0 2.5 5 7.5 10 9 on
8679900 SP204113 Kilometers 8679900
Legend Native Title Underlying and Mining Lease Boundaries Registered Native Title Claims Adjacent to the Project Area (! Port of Skardon River Ankamuthi People Cadastre Native Title Determinations Figure 4-10 Gulf Alumina Limited Northern Cape York Group #1 Author: malcolm.nunn Date: 20/07/2015 Map Scale: 1:150,000
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4.3.6 Sensitive Receptors (Human Receptors) Publically available aerial imagery was used to search for potential sensitive receptor dwellings within a 10 km and 20 km buffer of the study area. A 10 km buffer is generally adequate to provide sufficient separation distance between mine site activities and sensitive receptors for noise, vibration and visual amenity impacts. A 20 km buffer is generally adequate to provide sufficient separation distance between mine site activities and sensitive receptors for air quality. However, noise, vibration, and air quality assessments were undertaken to predict the extent of impacts. Analysis was carried out from a visual inspection of frames at a scale of 1:5,000 (approximately 1 km x 1 km) separate aerial imagery sources were used for the aerial search of the Project area and a 20 km buffer of the Project). The Geoscience Australia Homestead layer, mapped roads and the Ergon Power Network were also used to assist in locating and verifying potential receptors. The only sensitive (human) receptors identified within 20 km of the Project area were outside the 10 km buffer and were all located at Mapoon (see Figure 4-11). Mapoon is approximately 16 km southwest of the southernmost mining lease boundary and 34 km southwest of the Port facilities on the Skardon River. A number of isolated homesteads are located along the coastline between Cullen Point and Mapoon. Cullen Point is approximately 10 km southwest of ML 6025 and the nearest sensitive receptor is 11 km southwest of the nearest active mine area and 30 km from the Port of Skardon River.
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590000 600000 610000 620000 630000 ± CAIRNS !
TOWNSVILLE !
ROCKHAMPTON Queensland ! 8720000 8720000
BRISBANE ! 8710000 8710000
Gulf of ML(! Carpentaria 40069 8700000 8700000
ML 40082 8690000 8690000 ML 6025
Cullen 8680000 Point 8680000 (!!(!(! (!(!( (! (!(!(! (! (! (! (! (! (! ((!(!(! (!(!(! (!(!(!(!(!(!( (!(!(!(!(!Mapoon (!(! (!(! (! 8670000 (! 8670000 (!
8660000 0 2 4 6 8 10 8660000
Kilometers
Legend Sensitive Receptors Mining Lease Boundaries (! Potential Sensitive Receptors (! Port of Skardon River 10km Buffer of Mining Lease Boundaries Figure 4-11 Gulf Alumina Limited 20km Buffer of Mining Lease Boundaries Author: malcolm.nunn Date: 11/08/2015 Map Scale: 1:300,000
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4.4 Project Area Layout and Infrastructure
4.4.1 Overview of Infrastructure and Activities An overview of the Project’s infrastructure and activities is provided in Chapter 1. Detailed information on the Project’s construction and operation, including infrastructure descriptions and mine activities are provided in Chapter 5. This section provides an overview of the location of the Project’s infrastructure and activities. The offshore transhipment location is shown in Figure 4-12. Project activities and infrastructure are shown in Figure 4-13. The life of Project resource areas for mining are shown in Figure 4-14.
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590000 595000 600000 605000 610000 615000 620000 625000
8705000 ± 8705000 CAIRNS ! TOWNSVILLE !
Queensland ! ROCKHAMPTON
BRISBANE ! Port of Skardon River ! ML 40082 ( Skardon River 8700000 ML 40069 8700000 8695000 8695000
Gulf of Carpentaria 8690000 8690000
ML 6025 NamaletaCreek
8685000 0 2.5 5 7.5 10 8685000
Kilometres
Legend Offshore Transhipment Location Mining Lease Boundaries Offshore Transhipment Area (! Port of Skardon River Bed Levelling Area Figure 4-12 Gulf Alumina Limited
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New Sediment ± Barge CAIRNS Pond !
Fuel TOWNSVILLE Historical Wharf ! Storage
8705000 Waste Stockpile 8705000 Tank Holding Area ROCKHAMPTON Queensland ! Existing Bio-Remediation Conveyor Boat Ramp Pad BRISBANE ! Haul Road Existing Expansion Shed Area Existing Sediment Pond Proposed Skardon River Landfill
Existing Port of Landfill (! Skardon River
8700000 ML 40082 8700000 ML 40069
Haul Road Scale 1:15,000
New Airstrip
Soil Stockpiles Airstrip
8695000 Soil Stockpiles 8695000
Kaolin Piles Haul Road Settlement Pond Haul Road Settlement Dam
Bio-remediation Pad Previous Wet Plant Containment Dam Previous Pilot Plant Fluvial Pit Sand Waste Claystone Overburden Pile Scale 1:40,000 Claystone Pit
Fluvial Overburden Pile Water Pit
Camp Area 8690000 8690000 Existing Airstrip
ML 6025 Existing Camp Facility
Namaleta Creek New Airstrip
8685000 Camp Expansion Area 8685000
0 1 2 3 4 5 1:15,000
Kilometers
Legend Life of Project Activities Mining Lease Boundaries Proposed Bauxite Mining Areas and Infrastructure (! Port of Skardon River Port Infrastructure Area Figure 4-13 Gulf Alumina Limited Existing Disturbance Footprint Port and Wharf Layout Author: malcolm.nunn Date: 16/03/2016 Southern Haul Road Map Scale: 1:100,000 Revision: R1 Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 54
*Port/Wharf infrastructure are indicative layouts only and adapted from plans created by Sedgman Ltd. G:\CLIENTS\E-TO-M\Gulf Alumina\GIS\Maps\EIS\Ch04_Location\FIG_4_13_Life_Project_Activities_160316.mxd *Haul Road/Crossing layouts are indicative only and based on centrelines in plans created by Sedgman Ltd. No warranty is given in relation to the data (including accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability) and accept no liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for any loss, damage or costs (including consequential damage) relating to any use of or reliance upon the data. Data must not be used for direct marketing or be used in breach of privacy laws. Imagery sourced from Gulf Alumina (2014). Tenures © Geos Mining (2015). State Boundaries and Towns © Geoscience Australia (2006). 605000 610000 615000 ± CAIRNS !
TOWNSVILLE ! 8705000 8705000
ROCKHAMPTON Queensland !
BRISBANE !
Skardon River
Port of (! Skardon River
8700000 ML 40082 8700000 ML 40069
1
6 2 8695000 8695000 3 Haul Road 7
4
5 Camp Area 8 8690000 8690000
9
10 ML 6025 11 13
12 Namaleta Creek
14
15 8685000 8685000
0 1 2 3 4 5
Kilometers
Legend Life of Project Resources Areas Mining Lease Boundaries Pit Number for Mining (! Port of Skardon River 1 6 11 Existing Disturbance Footprint 2 7 12 Figure 4-14 Gulf Alumina Limited Port Infrastructure Area 3 8 13 Author: malcolm.nunn Date: 11/03/2016 Southern Haul Road 4 9 14 Map Scale: 1:100,000 Revision: R1 Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 54
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4.5 Natural Features
4.5.1 Geology, Topography and Soils The area surrounding the Project mining leases is close to the coast, generally low lying and flat with topography rising towards a ridge where bauxite deposits are located. The Project mining leases are at around 10 – 20 mAHD elevation. Topography within and surrounding the Project area is shown in Figure 4-15. The Project area is at the southern end of the Mapoon Plain which is typified by swamp country defined by two sets of beach reaches. The area between the ridges is intertidal with salty mud flats, mangroves, and vegetated swales. Surface geology consists of Pleistocene and Quaternary sands, silty sands and clays. More detailed geology, topography and soils information in included Chapter 10.
4.5.2 Skardon River Bathymetry Bathymetry and sub-bottom profiling of the Skardon River is shown in Figure 4-16
4.5.3 Watercourses, Drainages and Wetlands Watercourses are represented by the DNRM watercourse mapping as shown Figure 4-17. The most significant watercourse feature in the area is the Skardon River which is classified as a fourth order watercourse and its ‘south arm’ which flows past the eastern boundary of the leases. The Skardon River is a predominantly estuarine system with freshwater systems only within its upper reaches. The mapping also identifies a third order watercourse Namaleta Creek within the Project area which traverses its southern corner. This watercourse is tidally influenced with its freshwater limits extending approximately 1 km west of the former kaolin mining operations. The system rises from the north and east and eventually discharges to the south into Port Musgrave. The Skardon River flows all year while the Namaleta Creek is ephemeral. Catchments and watercourses are further described in Chapter 12 and Chapter 13. The Project area consists of two surface water catchments: . Collecting and flowing eastward and northward is the Skardon River system. . Collecting and flowing southward is the Namaleta Creek system.
There are a number of wetland systems, including Bigfoot Swamp and Lunette Swamp, down gradient and west of the Project area, as shown in Figure 4-17. These wetlands are described in Chapter 13 and Chapter 16.
4.5.4 Vegetation The primary bauxite reserve is strongly associated with Eucalyptus tetrodonta woodlands (Regional Ecosystem (RE) 3.5.2). Clearing of sensitive zones (i.e. outside of Eucalyptus tetrodonta woodlands areas) such as wetlands which are positioned on different land zones and soil types is not expected to be required. A full description of the vegetation communities across the Project area is included in Chapter 15. State mapped regional ecosystems in the Project area and surrounds are shown in Figure 4-18.
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SKARDON ± RIVER CAIRNS !
TOWNSVILLE ! SKARDON RIVER (! 8700000 8700000 Queensland ROCKHAMPTON ! ML 40082 ML 40069 BRISBANE !
Elevation (m) 39.65 35.47 31.29 ML 6025 27.11 22.93 18.75 14.57 10.39 6.21 2.03 -2.15
A 0 1 2 3 4 5 ET AL NAMALETA M EK NA E Kilometers CREEKSources: Esri,CR USGS, NOAA
Legend Natural Features and (! Port of Skardon River Topography (Local Context) Mining Lease Boundaries Watercourses Figure 4-15 Gulf Alumina Limited
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Figure 4-16 Bathymetry of the Skardon River
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600000 605000 610000 615000 620000 ± CAIRNS ! ER TOWNSVILLE SKARDON RIV ! (! ML
8700000 ML 40082 8700000 ROCKHAMPTON 40069 Queensland !
BRISBANE !
Bigfoot Swamp 8695000 8695000 8690000 8690000 Lunette Swamp
ML 6025
TA CRE LE E A K NAM 8685000 8685000 8680000 8680000
R Y DUCIE IVER NT U E R H IV L R U 8675000 8675000 D
Port Musgrave
P RG A O NC
8670000 R 8670000
E E 0 1 2 3 4 5 K
Kilometers Sources: Esri, USGS, NOAA
Legend Watercourses, Drainage Lines ! ( Port of Skardon River Water Bodies Wetland Areas that may include and Wetlands in Study Area Mining Lease Marine Regional wetlands Boundaries Ecosystem Estuarine Remnant regional Figure 4-17 Gulf Alumina Limited Watercourses Estuarine ecosystem 1-50% Riverine wetland (mosaic units) Author: malcolm.nunn Riverine Date: 20/07/2015 Lacustrine Remnant regional Map Scale: 1:150,000 Revision: R1 Palustrine ecosystem 51-80% Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 54 Palustrine G:\CLIENTS\E-TO-M\Gulf Alumina\GIS\Maps\EIS\Ch04_Location\FIG_4_17_Watercourse_Drainage_150717.mxd wetland (mosaic units) No warranty is given in relation to the data (including accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability) and accept no liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for any loss, damage or costs (including consequential damage) relating to any use of or reliance upon the data. Data must not be used for direct marketing or be used in breach of privacy laws. Tenures © Geos Mining (2015). State Boundaries and Towns © Geoscience Australia (2006). Watercourses © Geoscience Australia. Queensland Wetland Data Version 3.0 © State of Queensland - Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts (2013). 605000 610000 615000 620000 3.2.3 3.3.49/3.3.14/3.3.63 3.5.10/3.7.3 3.3.49/3.3.14/3.3.63 3.3.60/3.5.7 3.3.53/3.2.3/3.2.5 3.5.4 3.5.10/3.7.3 3.3.60/3.3.63 3.3.60/3.3.63/3.3.5 3.1.6 ± 3.5.10/3.7.3 3.1.6 CAIRNS ! 3.5.4 3.1.6 3.1.6 TOWNSVILLE 3.2.2/3.2.5 3.1.6 ! 3.5.4 3.5.4 3.1.6/3.3.60 3.1.1/3.1.6/3.1.3 3.3.60/3.1.6 3.5.10 3.1.6 3.5.4 ROCKHAMPTON 3.2.10 3.3.60/3.1.6 3.1.6/3.3.60 Queensland ! 3.1.6/3.3.60 3.3.53 3.1.3/3.1.1 3.3.53 estuary 3.1.6 BRISBANE 3.1.6 ! 3.1.6/3.3.60 3.1.1/3.1.6/3.1.3 3.2.25/3.2.5/3.2.6 3.1.1/3.1.3 3.3.60/3.1.6 SKARDON RIVER 3.1.6 (! 3.1.6 3.1.6 3.3.60/3.1.6 3.1.6/3.1.3 8700000 ML 40082 ML 8700000 3.1.6 40069 3.1.1/3.1.3 3.1.6 3.1.6 3.2.10 3.5.10 3.3.60/3.1.6/3.5.22 3.3.5 3.1.6 3.12.33 3.1.6 3.1.1/3.1.6/3.1.3 3.5.10 3.1.6 3.3.49 3.1.1/3.1.3 3.1.6 3.2.10 3.1.63.1.6 ocean 3.3.60/3.1.6/3.5.22 3.3.50 3.2.25/3.2.3/3.2.6 3.5.2 3.1.6
3.2.5/3.2.3/3.3.49/3.2.10 3.3.14/3.3.22 8695000 3.3.49/3.3.22/3.3.64 8695000 3.7.3/3.3.49
3.2.2 3.3.64/3.3.14/3.3.12 3.3.49/3.3.9 3.3.5/3.3.12/3.3.49
3.3.49/3.2.5 3.3.50 3.3.50
3.2.7
3.3.50
8690000 3.2.2 8690000 3.2.10 3.3.49/3.3.5/3.3.60 3.3.14/3.3.22 non-rem ML 6025 non-rem 3.5.2 non-rem 3.1.6 3.5.2 non-rem 3.3.50 non-rem non-rem 3.3.50 3.3.60/3.1.6 3.1.6 3.3.64/3.3.9 3.3.64/3.3.9 N 3.1.6 3.3.64/3.3.9 A C M R A E L 3.5.2 E E
3.3.64/3.3.9 K T 3.2.10 A 3.3.50 3.3.64/3.3.9
8685000 3.3.50 8685000 3.3.50/3.5.22 3.3.50/3.5.2 3.5.7/3.5.22 3.3.50/3.5.2 3.2.5/3.3.42/3.2.3 3.3.50/3.5.10
3.1.1/3.1.3/3.1.6 3.3.50/3.5.2 3.3.14/3.3.22 3.3.9/3.5.22 3.1.6 3.1.1/3.1.3 03.3.64/3.3.22 1 2 3 4 5 estuary 3.3.14/3.3.22 3.5.2 Kilometers Sources: Esri, USGS,3.3.9/3.5.22 NOAA 3.1.6/3.3.60 3.1.1/3.1.3/3.1.63.5.23.3.9 3.5.2 3.3.64/3.3.22 3.3.64/3.3.22 3.3.64/3.3.223.5.2 3.5.2
Legend RE Vegetation (! Port of Skardon River VMA Regional Ecosystem Version 8.0 (VM Status) (Local Context) Mining Lease Boundaries VM Status Watercourses VMA Of Concern Regional Ecosystems Figure 4-18 Gulf Alumina Limited VMA Least Concern Regional Ecosystems Author: malcolm.nunn Date: 20/07/2015 Map Scale: 1:100,000
Revision: R1 Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 54
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