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Perilya Broken Hill Limited ABN: 46 099 761 289 No. 1 Shaft, 1910 Preliminary Environmental Assessment for the No. 2 Shaft & Concentrator, 1940 recommencement of mining operations at the Broken Hill No. 3 Shaft, 1958 North Mine Prepared by: No. 3 Shaft, 2016 R.W. CORKERY & CO. PTY. LIMITED February 2016 This page has intentionally been left blank Perilya Broken Hill Limited ABN: 46 099 761 289 Preliminary Environmental Assessment for the Recommencement of Mining Operations at the Broken Hill North Mine Prepared for: Perilya Broken Hill Limited Telephone: (08) 8088 8582 ABN: 46 099 761 289 Fax: (08) 8088 8588 PO BOX 5001 Email: [email protected] BROKEN HILL NSW 2880 Prepared by: R.W. Corkery & Co. Pty. Limited Geological & Environmental Consultants ABN: 31 002 033 712 Brooklyn Office: Orange Office: Brisbane Office: 1st Floor, 12 Dangar Road 62 Hill Street Suite 5, Building 3 PO Box 239 ORANGE NSW 2800 Pine Rivers Office Park BROOKLYN NSW 2083 205 Leitchs Road BRENDALE QLD 4500 Telephone: (02) 9985 8511 Telephone: (02) 6362 5411 Telephone: (07) 3205 5400 Facsimile: (02) 6361 3622 Facsimile: (02) 6361 3622 Facsimile: (02) 6361 3622 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ref No. 938/01 February 2016 PERILYA BROKEN HILL LIMITED PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Broken Hill North Mine Report No. 938/01 This Copyright is included for the protection of this document COPYRIGHT © R.W. Corkery & Co. Pty Limited 2016 and © Perilya Broken Hill Limited 2016 All intellectual property and copyright reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, 1968, no part of this report may be reproduced, transmitted, stored in a retrieval system or adapted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without written permission. Enquiries should be addressed to R.W. Corkery & Co. Pty Limited. ii PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PERILYA BROKEN HILL LIMITED Report No. 938/01 Broken Hill North Mine CONTENTS Page PROJECT SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................... V LIST OF ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................................... VI 1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 SCOPE ................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 THE APPLICANT ................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 MINE SITE ............................................................................................................................. 4 1.4 ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVALS HELD .............................................................................. 4 1.5 PROJECT BACKGROUND ................................................................................................... 6 1.5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 6 1.5.2 Discovery of the Line of Lode – pre 1900 ................................................................. 6 1.5.3 Mining Operations – 1900 to 1914 ............................................................................ 9 1.5.4 Mining Operations – 1914 to 1945 ............................................................................ 9 1.5.5 Mining Operations – 1945 to 2002 ............................................................................ 9 1.5.6 Mining Operations – 2002 to 2016 .......................................................................... 10 1.5.7 Ongoing Approved Operations – 2016 to 2023 ...................................................... 10 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES ...................................................................... 11 2.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 11 2.2 OBJECTIVES ....................................................................................................................... 11 2.3 OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSAL ...................................................................................... 11 2.4 REMEDIATION AND RESTORATION OPERATIONS........................................................ 15 2.5 MINING OPERATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE .............................................. 16 2.5.1 Mining Schedule ...................................................................................................... 16 2.5.2 Mining and Development Methods ......................................................................... 17 2.6 STOCKPILING AND PROCESSING OPERATIONS .......................................................... 18 2.7 TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS ................................................................................... 18 2.8 ANCILLARY ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................... 18 2.9 HOURS OF OPERATION AND LIFE OF THE PROPOSAL ............................................... 19 2.9.1 Hours of Operation .................................................................................................. 19 2.9.2 Life of the Proposal ................................................................................................. 19 2.10 EMPLOYMENT, ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT VALUE ... 20 3. STRATEGIC CONTEXT AND CONSULTATION .......................................................................... 21 3.1 TARGET RESOURCE ......................................................................................................... 21 3.1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 21 3.1.2 Geological Setting ................................................................................................... 21 3.1.3 North Mine Mineralisation ....................................................................................... 23 3.1.4 Mineral Resources and Reserves ........................................................................... 23 3.1.5 Efficiency of Resource Recovery ............................................................................ 24 3.1.6 Potential Impact on Surrounding Mines .................................................................. 24 iii PERILYA BROKEN HILL LIMITED PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Broken Hill North Mine Report No. 938/01 CONTENTS Page 3.2 PERMISSIBILITY AND STRATEGIC PLANNING ............................................................... 24 3.2.1 Permissibility and Local Planning Issues ................................................................ 24 3.2.2 State Planning Matters ............................................................................................ 26 3.2.3 Commonwealth Planning Issues ............................................................................. 27 3.3 PROPOSED CONSULTATION ............................................................................................ 27 4. PROJECT RATIONALE ................................................................................................................ 27 5. PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMMITMENTS ............................................................................................................................ 28 5.1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 28 5.2 REGIONAL CONTEXT ........................................................................................................ 28 5.3 PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMMITMENTS .................................................................................................................. 28 FIGURES Figure 1 Locality Plan ........................................................................................................................... 2 Figure 2 Mine Site and Land Zoning .................................................................................................... 5 Figure 3 Mineral Authorities ................................................................................................................. 7 Figure 4 Mine Site Layout .................................................................................................................. 12 Figure 5 Long Section ........................................................................................................................ 13 Figure 6 Transport Route ................................................................................................................... 14 Figure 7 Schematic Line of Lode Sections ......................................................................................... 22 TABLES Table 1 Mine Site ................................................................................................................................ 4 Table 2 Environmental Approvals Held ............................................................................................... 6 Table 3 Proposed Hours of Operation .............................................................................................