Annual Report 2013

Tasmanian Minerals Council Annual Report 2013 The Tasmanian Minerals Council aims to be the organisation recognised for the leadership, effective issues management and cooperative action for the State’s minerals industry.

Our mission is to promote the development of a safe, profitable and sustainable minerals sector, which operates within community standards.

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Website: www.tasmanianmining.com.au Contents

President’s Report ...... 1 OH&S Report ...... 2 2013 Minerals Conference ...... 5 2013 Minerals Business Forum ...... 7 Communications ...... 8 Rally Fever ...... 9 Mining Industry Communication ...... 10 Tasmanian Mining Facebook ...... 11 We Remember Darryl Gerrity ...... 17 Savage River: Good While It Lasted ...... 19 Mining Profiles: Peta Forster ...... 21 AWU’s Cover Boy: Malcom Jago ...... 22 Emily McPhee’s Journey to Geology ...... 23 Tony Ferguson ...... 24 Diwali ...... 26 Tasmanian Minerals Emergency Response Committee - Chairman’s Report .... 27 2013 Financials ...... 33 Board of Directors ...... 38 2013 Tasmanian Minerals Council Members ... 42 President’s Report

The year in review accounts for the switch From a business perspective, we are one year in the green movement’s antagonism from further from the Global Financial Crisis, but the forestry to mining. economies of Europe and the United States are still not in good shape. In fact, some of the From that viewpoint, we had our work cut regional European communities continue to out to defend our position in the north- face weak economies and unhealthy levels of Wayne Bould, President west of the State and stake a claim for unemployment. In tandem with China coming continued economic activity in the region off the boil, prices for some of our commodities in the future. have fallen from their previously high levels By and large, we were successful. We and some, like zinc and aluminium, remain saw off an intense campaign to have the low at the time of writing. Others, like iron ore, Tarkine heritage-listed and now some copper and tin have fared a little better so it smaller mines have been approved in was a year of mixed results. the area. Mind you, we had lots of help. The safety and health of our people at work Every municipal council from Devonport remain a priority. Apart from the ongoing to Smithton went public in support of work in this area from site to site, we have balanced economic development for the maintained a dialogue with the industry region, and the Australian Workers’ union regulator Workplace Standards Tasmania to also weighed in heavily. These things were look at trends in safety at the industry-wide the catalysts for the general population level. There is further information in this report to have a say and they did that – at large on trends, but we have made improvements in rallies at Burnie, Smithton and Tullah. In key areas at the industry level. Safety is and the end, it was an impressive display of will remain a work-in-progress. people-power which won the day. As the financial year drew to a close, we We might well question why an industry were turning our attention to matters of which has a history of more than a century energy, which is important to industry and in Tasmania is fighting for its survival. We householders alike. At one time, Tasmania had work within the legislative and regulatory cheap power but those days are gone, as our frameworks. We are cognisant of the electricity bills will attest. However, industry, communities around us because we along with households, are having some are part of them. We have in the main difficulty in digesting the energy bill at present. sophisticated environmental management There have been spectacular rises in the systems and we provide a good cash-flow amount charged for our transmission services. which regional towns need to underpin We will endeavour in the coming year to have their activities and services. The answer reason descend upon energy provision, or we is the form of environmentalism some in will price ourselves out of the markets and out Tasmania have adopted, which essentially of Tasmania. Energy should be a vital enabler wants to see resource industries out of the to make the economy shine. At present, it is a State. They don’t want a balance between lead weight upon us. Change is required. industry and environment. They just want industry out, which thinking people readily Your Directors have been very busy on your realise is a formula for unemployment and behalf during the year under review. I would its attendant social consequences. So we like to thank them personally for the effort will fight the good fight, when and where they put in. My thanks also for the staff at required. the secretariat for implementing the Board’s policies.

1 Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 OH&S Report

Our collective approach to the cross- The mines are having success with industry task of providing safe workplaces specialised filters which are fitted to took a number of forms in the year under the machine exhausts, preventing the review. problem from arising in the first place.

They included – On another front, government regulators and industry practitioners undertook a Matt Daly, Chair • An industry meeting to share risk-assessment of refuge chambers experiences and leading practice Occupational Health & in underground mines. These are the Safety Committee across the sites in Tasmania safety capsules which offer safe refuge • A forum with Workplace Standards to people in the event of an underground Tasmania to look at aggregated data, emergency, and in particular a fire which trends and improvements across the may generate smoke, making breathing industry and problematic. The task force identified some maintenance issues and will make • An industry-wide workshop to assess some minor amendments to procedures possible new OHS regulations in governing the use of the chambers, as Tasmania, under the harmonised well as identifying the top ten matters national OHS legislation. which could make up a standard for their use and maintenance. Each of these forums was valuable, for different reasons. A forum was held with Workplace Standards in Burnie, where the information The first of them, a meeting of the individual sites send to the regulator the Tasmanian Minerals Council’s is aggregated and analysed to identify Occupational Health and Safety industry-wide trends. In the previous Committee, provided the platform for year, the regulator identified rock falls at people working in the area of OHS to individual mines as a concern and as discuss either site-specific initiatives a result there were changes in the way or areas where there is a commonality the mines go about making stable the of approach. In the latter category, the walls and ceilings of the tunnels they are matter of diesel particulates is being working in. There were changes in the tackled in mine sites. Diesel particulates type of rock bolts used in some areas and are the very small matter emitted from the shotcrete use increased. The changes exhaust of diesel-powered machinery – led to an improvement in the number and either mobile plant or fixed machinery. severity of rock falls in the year under In the United States, these very small review. A pie chart is attached of the particulates have been classified as types of hazards encountered and the carcinogenic. Therefore, around the world percentage of “notifiable incidents” (the industry is taking action to remove them incidents which have to be reported to the from the air people breathe at work and government regulator) they make up of that includes in underground mines. The the total. particulate matter can be handled in a These Workplace Standards forums number of ways, including increasing the are very well regarded by industry airflow through mine workings. However, participants because they provide the it is also possible to tackle them at their “big picture” data which is not available to source – the exhaust of the machine. individual companies.

Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 2 OH&S Report

Reported Incident Breakdown

Mobile Plant, 4, 17% Other, 6, 20%

Fixed Plant, 1, 4% Explosives, 0, 0%

Electricity, 2, 9% Fires, 5, 22%

Rockfalls, 5, 22%

The third of the initiatives this year My thanks to everybody from the was a cross-industry workshop in mines and mineral processing plants Launceston, where people had who have attended these key events the chance to assess the many and to Workplace Standards for components and approaches organising the forum in Burnie. contained in the proposed new mining regulations. In government circles, these regulations are known as “Chapter 10” because they make up that chapter of the legislation. There are differing views on whether Tasmania needs “Chapter 10” at all. We have current regulations which strike a balance between the duty- of-care approach and a prescriptive approach where it is needed. And importantly, the current regulations were agreed only three or four years ago by the key stakeholders – the government regulator, unions and industry. There is a view that with only minor modification, they would fall easily in line with the requirements of the national harmonised regulation.

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The 2013 Tasmanian Minerals In addition, there was stimulating Council ‘s Conference in May was discussions of the need for people to strategically varied with a focus on speak up and become active in the the importance and economics of the social media area. This included a manufacturing sector. warning that the Tasmanian mining industry was living in a bubble and This year there was discussion that it needed to break out and tell the around economics, social media, world about its virtues and values or mining legacies and exploration. antagonists will burst that bubble.

The two day conference was The President of the Tasmanian attended by over 160 people and Minerals Council, Wayne Bould, included 22 speakers and forum concluded the conference with the panellists. importance of continuing to promote Leading Economist Prof Bruce the significance of the mining industry Felmingham’s socio-economic at every opportunity. analysis on five of the State’s larger The conference coverage can be enterprises demonstrated the effect viewed at www.tasmanianmining. they have on the Tasmanian economy. com.au/2013_conference The five companies of Norske Skog, MMG Rosebery, Nyrstar Hobart, Bell Bay Aluminium and TEMCO contribute in excess of $1.0B and the broader group contributes $2.5B or 11% of Tasmania’s Gross State Product. This group is one of the biggest employees in the State and accounts for about half of the total export revenue for the state.

5 Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 The Tasmanian Minerals Council would like to thank the following sponsors for their support:

Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 6 2013 Minerals Business Forum

Over 100 people attended the Tasmanian Minerals Council Business Forum in Launceston on Friday, 22 March, 2013.

This annual event provided members with an opportunity to network and promote their business and products. In addition several speakers provided insightful update on their operations.

The Tasmanian Minerals Council would like to thanks our sponsors Pitt & Sherry.

7 Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 Communications

In 2013 Tasmanian Mining continued The historian and Tarkine expert, Dr with its grass-roots, hard-hitting social Nic Haygarth, further demonstrated media campaign to defend land Minister Burke’s comments by access. confirming that the Tarkine has 140 years of mining history and 600 past The year was off to a good start and present mines. and provided the Tasmanian mining and minerals industry with a surge It is fair to say the Tasmanian Mining of optimism following the former campaign has been a success. Federal Environment Minister Tony Perhaps this is no surprise when Burke’s rejection of a blanket heritage the motivation for the campaign listing of the Tarkine area with his came about from exasperated announcement in February 2013. mining employees who kept Minister Burke listed a 21,000 hectare approaching managers demanding coastal strip to protect Aboriginal to know when something would be heritage and by doing so declined done to counteract the relentless a 400,000 hectare listing which misrepresentations from some environmentalists were seeking. extreme environmentalists. Hence the Tasmanian Mining campaign was Tellingly, Minister Burke said in born in June 2012. justification of his decision: “I’ve met with local mining and industry groups to understand the economic development issues of the region and camped in the Tarkine with environment groups. There has never been an issue in my time as Environment Minister where my views have changed so fundamentally after a site visit. I was expecting to see a pristine area pretty much covered in rainforest. The truth of the industrial history and current industrial activity in the Tarkine is quite different to these images.”

Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 8 Rally Fever

The pro mining rally fever that infected regional Tasmania is definitely a stand out of 2013. Until now, rallying and protesting have always been the domain of the environmental movement. Around 10,000 people attended four pro industry rallies in ten months, including Mayors and the State’s main politicians such as the Premier, the Deputy Premier, the Opposition Leader and the Shadow Mining Minister. The first rally in Burnie in November 2012 was attended by 3,500. This was followed by a rally in the tiny mining town of Tullah in May that was so well-attended that it was impossible for supporters to fit into Tullah’s Community Hall. There were more rallies in Smithton in June and September, including a car rally where over 1,000 people formed a convoy of 400 vehicles.

9 Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 Mining Industry Communication

While defending land access is the major component of the Tasmanian Mining campaign, it is not the only one. The website and Facebook includes key aspects such as industry profiles, the Voice of the People, promotion of the industry’s Occupational Health and Safety and Emergency Response competition, current industry news and affairs and various relevant articles.

www.tasmanianmining.com.au/home

Communication and promotion of the mining industry While the mining industry is making considerable efforts and improvements at promoting itself, it needs to do more and be more pro-active. This was one of the points that came out of the Minerals conference in May by speakers - for example, Jan Davis (CEO of the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association), Sue Smith (a recently retired Legislative Councillor) and James Cretan (Chairman, Tasmanian Industry Group). As an industry, we remain passionate and proud about what we do and we will therefore continue to take every effort and opportunity to promote ourselves.

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The Tasmanian Mining facebook page continued to be utilised daily to communicate news, events and opinions reflecting the views of the industry and supporters of it. Some of the 2013 highlights are provided here.

Industry events such as the Tasmanian Minerals Emergency Response competition are covered live as much as possible with Facebook images and posts, such as the two-day Tasmanian Minerals Emergency Response competition. More information on the competition is provided on page 27 in the annual report.

11 Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 Henty Gold Mine Rehabilitation Rehabilitation is part and parcel of modern mining practice, yet this is an area the industry has not promoted as well as it could. This post, along with a link to the Tasmanian Mining website showing other rehabilitation examples, provided an opportunity to promote it. And the facebook supporters responded and showed their appreciation of the post. These images depict the Pond B Tailings Storage Facility Spillway before 2003. (TSF) from various angles and aspects at Unity Mining Ltd’s Henty Gold Mine. Pond B was decommissioned in 2001 when Henty commissined the Newton TSF, and rehabilitation earthworks were undertaken on Pond B in early 2003. Part of Henty’s commitment to best practice environmental management is to rehabilitate disturbed areas of the lease as soon as possible after they are deemed no longer required for the ongoing operation.

Spillway after 2013.

The facebook page provides links to profiles on industry people, such as Tina Wu, who worked at Grange Resources in Burnie.

Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 12 Each year Ron Bugg (former Tasmanian Minerals Council’s Education Manager) takes a group of University of Tasmania’s Engineering students on a three or four day mining tour. This year they visited Grange Resources’ Savage River, Unity Mining Ltd Henty Gold Mine and Vedanta’s Copper Mines of Tasmania.

The public’s support of the mining industry is reflected in the Voice of the People which continues to be a popular and intermittent post on the Facebook page.

13 Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 The ten mayors of the Cradle Coast Authority signed a joint letter addressed to politicians to show their support for mining in Tasmania’s North/ North West and to raise their concern regarding illegal trespass and appeals that are holding up the development and start of approved and legitimate mining projects.

Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 14 This post about Wildlife Biologist and Tasmanian devil expert, Nick Mooney, was an important one for the mining industry to promote as Mooney’s message is contrary to what environmentalists claim about the devils. Nick Mooney has publically stated that the devil facial tumour disease may already be present in the Tarkine region and that mining in the area would have a small impact on the devils and that it would be well within sustainable levels to the local population.

15 Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 The pro mining Tullah rally was held on 25 May 2013 and this image posted on the day soon after the rally certainly captured the moment and mood.

Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 16 We Remember Darryl Gerrity

Darryl Gerrity died in 2013. “Politicians don’t understand the real world ...Politicians are nervous when they come This is an iceberg sentence. Because here.” beneath the headline, lies a big life, lived to the full, which dominated Darryl is proud of saying what he thinks. the affairs of Western Tasmania and And he obviously does not mind ruffling a spread into the politics of Tasmania. few feathers along the way.

Darryl Gerrity was the Mayor of the We meet at the new and modern Council West Coast Council. chambers in Queenstown. Darryl , the West Coast Mayor since 2000, is a small But in local government, as in all of man, contrary to his larger than life the affairs of State, he was atypical. persona. An outsider could easily walk Darryl was intelligent, sparky, witty past him in his work clothes and presume and larger-than-life. he was a miner on his way to a work shift. He has been working for Tas Ports for 25 For the media, he was eminently years. He started his career in the mines quotable – “Treasury is not the with an electrical apprenticeship in 1963. Mother Theresa of Government He worked there for five years and three Departments”. seconds, Darryl says. Darryl was 70 when he died in There’s a roll-your-own tobacco packet hospital in October of 2013. in his shirt pocket. He laughs and jokes Our communications officer, Natalie often. At the same time he delivers Johnston, conducted this interview his messages and replies deftly and with Darryl during his final year. effectively.

Article “One of the negatives of the drive-in, drive- out miners is that they export the wages, Tasmania’s west coast conjures images they’re not involved in the community, they of rain, brown rivers, lush vegetation, bring their food with them ...this is having mining and the Franklin River. And a detrimental social and economic effect Darryl Gerrity. on the community,” Darryl says.

There’s a Latin logo on the old Mt Lyell In its prime, the population of the west train, Darryl says. Its interpretation is coast was 20,000. It is now 6,500. Darryl that we will find a way, or make it. “And said that anecdotally around seven out that’s what you do,” Darryl ads. “If it of ten mining workers were drive in/ drive wasn’t for the Council making a lot of out. noise, a lot of things wouldn’t get done. So you’ve got to upset people. If you’ve He believes there are a number of ways got to do that, then so be it.” He laughs. that this can addressed, including a $10,000 tax exemption for miners who “There’s nobody out there looking after live on the west coast. Darryl has recently the west coast,” Darryl says. “ The returned from Melbourne where he was Council is all it’s had. The Council feels the only Tasmanian who participated in the role of advocacy for the community the hearing of the Standing Committee on on everything. So a lot of people rely on Regional Australia’s inquiry into fly-in, fly- the Council to put their views across to out workforces, headed by Tony Windsor. politicians.

17 Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 He said it went well. “I wouldn’t be at all surprised if something came out of that, a zone allowance being allocated to the west coast to support people who come and live here,” he says.

The west coast should obtain a great share of the mining royalties, Darryl believes. “Whenever we’ve had any funding for the west coast it’s been taken away, denied,” he says.

The State Government recently took He reiterates what a lot of locals eight million earmarked for the Mt Lyell pledge: that there’s a strong community remediation and spent it on the fox on the west coast because of the task force as an example, according isolation and that people rally together to Darryl. “And I don’t hear any outcry to fix things and to help people. from the mining companies, pathetic.” Darryl said they are pursuing mining He believes the remediation money heritage developments, for example could have been used to help fund the renovation of Lake Margaret, an old technology required to help clean up village left over from Mt Lyell and 20 the King and Queen rivers and remove minutes from Queenstown. He believes minerals from the waterway. “Mining it has great potential as a tourist facility places around the world are screaming and an educational camp. People out for clean-up technology,” he says. could study and work there and look at geology, weed control, flora and fauna, Darryl feels that overall the old mining for example. Darryl is unimpressed that companies were more local and the University of Tasmania have not involved. “They were the umbilical cord got on board with this. They were not for the community.” prepared to leave behind their lattes in He is supportive of the proposed mines Salamanca, he felt. in the Tarkine. The Tarkine seems to On reminding him to register and keep expanding daily, he says. “That have his say with Tasmanian Mining, area’s been mined and prospected for he leans into the taperecorder. “You 100 years... It might look pristine but hear that, two cartons of beer, Terry.” scratch the surface and you find people (Darryl’s reference to Terry Long – have been there.” Chief Executive Director of Tasmanian There is a lot of mineral discovery to Minerals Council). be mined yet on the west coast, Darryl “Is that all? Have you got everything says. “What they’ve done up until five you need .... Ok, piss off then,” he years ago with the discoveries have all jokes. At least I hope he’s joking. been on surface indicators. Now with electro magnet fly overs they’re finding ore bodies 300 or 400 metres below the ground. The Mt Read area is probably the richest concentrated geological belt in the world.”

Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 18 Savage River: Good While it Lasted

Like a movie set, it was built, people Carl did not attend the reunion. in the main lived happily in the town and then it was closed and taken Fiona Harrison, organiser of the away. reunion, was surprised to hear that an infamous robber lived in the Savage River however was no town. Fiona was three when she fictional town for the 1,500 or so moved with her parents and three by Natalie Johnston. people who lived there between 1967 siblings from Luina to Savage River and 1996. The purpose-built mining in 1969. Her father, Robert Harrison, village included 250 family houses, a started working at the mine and her school built for 360 students, a police mother, Dawn, worked as a nurse at station, a nurse centre, a fire station, the Savage River hospital from 1973 a motel, a service station, shops and to 1985. Fiona left Savage River in a church. 1986 and moved to Burnie with her daughter. She now lives in Perth, Around 150 ex locals had a chance Western Australia and at 46 she is to mingle and catch up at a reunion a grandmother and has three adult on the weekend of 19 and 20 January children. 2013 in Waratah. Savage River was not a sleepy little hollow, but nor “The reunion was a fantastic was it a brutal one like its ominous day,” Fiona says. “In my opinion name. It was an eventful town that Savage River was a very close-knit had an active social life, all required community and there were people amenities, frequent strikes and even a who lived there from the start to the notorious bank robber. end.

Alex Damen, the Electrical Supervisor “I think of Savage River all the time. Apprentices from the 70’s at Grange Resources in Savage I often say to my kids, I wish I had catching up at the re-union. River, attended the reunion and has brought you up there. The older you good memories of living in the town. get the more I think about it. You He remembers the day the robber, didn’t have to lock up your car or your Carl Synnerdahl, turned up in a house. You had everybody looking Porsche. Anyone remember the 1981 out for your children. If your child did Australian movie, Hoodwink, starring something wrong, you were told.” John Hargreaves and Judy Davis? Anyway, this film was based on Carl’s A Savage River Facebook page was life and how he posed as a blind man set up to communicate the reunion to get a lighter sentence and was and for people to catch up. Some of then forced to keep up the deception. the discussions have been insightful into what life at Savage River was like. “He was one of Australia’s most Sandie Walker for example posted: notorious bank robbers,” Alex says. “His wife was the medical doctor and they lived in Savage River for a couple of years. They were nice people, no problem.”

19 Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 “I had a ball there. Mark and I were newly married, made some great lifetime friends and then we had our first gorgeous son Kurt . I learnt Italian, I did crafts, played sport, swam, was “blue wren” at the local girl guide company, worked at the hospital and was heavily involved in the neighbourhood house beginnings.”

Sarah Onions recalls: “I was only seven when we left and I can only remember school, train/park, pool Savage River football team and hospital for all the times I used to around 1982 never beaten. split my head open on and the main street. I can remember we used to build snow men in peoples’ driveways and watch them run over them when they come home. Dad used to play squash.”

In response to questions of who was Alex Damen: the Electrical the first female to work at the mine, Supervisor at Grange Karolina Damen posted: Resources in Savage River “My recollection was Gina Innes was the first women truck driver along with Gins Rowlands. The men were hesitant at first and there was a strike as a result. Their view was that there were unemployed union members living up the coast that could have Savage River been employed instead of the wives swimming pool. of already employed workers. They were against double incomes when there were families up the coast that were suffering.”

The Facebook page also includes some squabbling, surely reminiscent of any small town community.

For more information and to view some wonderful old Savage River photos go to this link: http://www.facebook.com/ groups/12707310029/

Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 20 Mining Profiles: Peta Forster

Soon after Peta started working for “Andrew has a very close relationship Plutonic at Darlot Gold Mine, an with the children as a result of being open-cut operation in the goldfields a stay at home father,” Peta says. “I as a field technician in the exploration would never criticise his cooking or department, later moving into the housework! I really appreciate coming mine technical services department home at the end of a long day and for Western Mining at Leinster. When having a meal on the table.” an opportunity arose to join the Peta says one of the best things about underground mining team she jumped her job is being able to make positive at it, turning down truck operations Peta Forster – MMG Rosebery’s change, for example in the area of given, “that’s where girls get stuck.” Manager Safety Health Environment and diesel particulates. Diesel particulates Instead she started nippering as a drill Community. have been listed by the World Health rig off sider. Peta Forster has some good advice for Organisation as being carcinogenic women wanting to get on in the mining Peta’s completion of an Underground to humans at certain levels over industry. Shift Supervisor’s Certificate of prolonged periods of time. This is an Competency lead to better jobs, such issue in underground mines because “I did everything not to attract attention as a shift boss in Karratha, W.A. Her of emissions from the exhaust of diesel to being female and I encouraged being motivation for completing a Certificate powered machinery and the confined treated the same as the men,” she says. IV in Training and Assessment was nature of the work environment. because she was unable to get “You need to be determined and accept In Tasmania mines have been somebody from head office to come to that it takes time to be accepted and addressing this matter from a scientific site and sign off crew competencies. respected. It also pays to be very fit.” basis – among other things fitting Peta met her partner, Andrew, at a mine machinery with specialised filters Peta, MMG Rosebery’s Manager Safety in Kalgoorlie. A highlight was taking a which eliminate or dramatically reduce Health Environment and Community, year off in 2004 and holidaying around the emission of particulates from the has worked in the industry for more than Australia with Andrew. She returned to exhausts into the air underground. 20 years. She grew up in the Pilbara, a work as a Safety Trainer for Macmahon mining stronghold, and saw her father Peta has found plentiful career Pty Ltd in Mt Isa and 18 months later start as a Metallurgist and then move into opportunities in Tasmania. “It’s was promoted in an OHS position for management with positions including a smaller pool so there is more Carpentaria Gold in Queensland. CEO of Turbine Components and CEO of exposure and opportunities for mining Royal Flying Doctors. Peta has been in her current position professionals. For example, I’m for four years. “Andrew’s from regularly involved in assisting the Mines Her sister, Donna Rathbone, also carved Tasmania and we were already coming Inspectorate at Work Safe Tasmania out a career in the industry. Donna here to live when the opening to work and represent MMG Rosebery at the is a mining engineer and is a Mining for MMG Rosebery came up.” Tasmanian Minerals Council OHS Manager for Macmahon Pty Ltd in W.A. Committee.” Andrew took the opportunity to become Peta was a self-confessed “school a full-time stay at home father for their “Mining is a very dynamic industry dropout” in the late eighties/early nineties two children, Jack (5) and Nick (3), and you need to be flexible in your when she started working in the survey two years ago when Peta returned to approach because the environment team for Western Geophysical, a land her role post maternity leave. Andrew is constantly changing and eventually based oil and gas exploration company. was employed as a Shift Supervisor for all mineral resources come to an end When the company closed its land- Redpath, the underground contractors at some point. In saying that MMG based operations after a couple of for Vedanta’s Copper Mines of Rosebery is the exception, given it has years and focused on its marine-based Tasmania. been operating continuously for 77 exploration, Peta was very keen to work years, and this is not the norm in that on their ships out of Singapore. She hit respect.” a major obstacle, however. As a female, she was not allowed.

21 Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 AWU’s Cover Boy: Malcolm Jago

Mal ‘Hollywood’ Jago was a familiar After 14 years, Malcolm recently sight during the height of the retired as the AWU representative at Australian Workers Union’s Our MMG. During this tenure, he travelled Tarkine Our Future campaign. to Hobart three times to fight to keep the Rosebery hospital open. MMG Mal’s image as a bearded middle- now pay half the costs to keep the aged man looking concerned as he hospital open. gazed into the distance dominated the AWU’s posters. And then there “MMG has invested at least half were Mal’s media interviews and talks a million dollars in the Rosebery at the pro mining AWU rallies. community over the past 12 months,” he says. “In my opinion, the mine “The union approached me as I doesn’t do enough to promote always have something to say and itself and what it does enough. they wanted an ugly old miner for People don’t realise how much the the campaign,” he says. A long hole community rely on the mine.” driller, Malcolm has worked at MMG Rosebery for 31 years. His father and Malcolm says he will continue to live one of his sons also worked at the in Rosebery and do more fishing and mine. holidaying if he resigns. He laughs and denies the suggestion that he Malcolm says he was surprised and might find this difficult after being thrilled by the success of the rallies in in the AWU limelight which earned Burnie in November 2012 and Tullah him his ‘Hollywood’ title. He often in May 2013 which were attended by gets asked if he would contemplate over 5,000 people. entering politics after his AWU “The AWU campaign has been involvement. successful and it’s now dormant. We “I’ll become a distant memory. I’ve don’t want to be at the forefront.” got no desire to go into politics.” “The AWU getting involved in the campaign was all about presenting balance. We wanted people to make up their own mind, which they’ve done. Malcolm is currently contemplating retirement. He has badly injured knees and will be unable to carry on in his current position. If he stays working he will need to shift into another position that can accommodate his injury.

Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 22 Emily McPhee’s Journey to Geology

Grange Project Mining Geologist, Emily “They don’t see how I can be passionate McPhee, had something of an epiphany about the natural environment and when she realised she wanted to be a work in an industry that they believe geologist. destroys ecosystems that contain threatened species,” Emily says. “My “I was camping in the middle of the response is that exploration work is Kimberley when I met two exploration sustainable development which takes geologists and got talking with them and into consideration natural and cultural it stemmed from there …I just knew that’s values. The industry is regulated by what I wanted to do,” Emily says. codes of practice (Mineral Exploration And so it was that Emily decided to Code of Practice) and I am adamant Emily McPhee, that all people working at Long Plains Project Geologist switch careers, and started at the University of Tasmania in Hobart to study comply with this code; we work in geology. Emily completed her Bachelor exploration because we value and enjoy Emily McPhee in the diamond spending time in the bush. core shed. “This is the Head of Science in Geology at the University Quarter diamond core from the of Tasmania in 2010 and started working “Grange contracts environmental current drilling program at Long at Grange Resources at Savage River in companies to survey the lease area for Plains,” Emily says. “We collect September of that year. Flora and Fauna values and this data geological and structural data Emily manages an exploration team at implements a better understanding that allows us to build a resource Long Plains, a magnetic anomaly located of the ecosystem we are working in. I model and understand the 10 km south of the current Savage believe that Flora and Fauna studies geomechanical characteristics of River mine. The area has had a number would not have been done in this area the rock types.” of ground and airborne geophysical if it wasn’t for the exploration lease and surveys and limited wide spaced drilling therefore the values of this environment (both diamond and reverse circulation) would not have been captured.” completed over the last 50 years. If the Emily is supportive of controlled mining Long Plains mining lease is approved in the Tarkine. “Tasmania is a great state by the Federal and State governments, to live and work in, but we need more mining will start in 2017. jobs, the younger people are leaving the In her role, Emily manages four Grange State to work on the mainland and we staff as well as drilling contractors. need to build a future for Tasmania. I’m She finds that her experience as a not against it, but nor do I think it should hairdresser comes in handy, and not be open access to all areas of the because she gets asked to cut hair, Tarkine. There needs to be a balance.” but because of the communication Saying that, Emily points out that there skills she learned such as interpreting are large areas of the Tarkine that are not body language that is so useful when pristine remnant Gondwana rainforests. supervising staff. “Long Plains, for example, was part of a Prior to university, Emily travelled and State Reserve that has been logged and worked around Australia for 10 years. had fire go through in the early eighties, Some of her adventures included so it’s not what it originally was.” pearling in Broome, spending time on Emily’s future ambitions include indigenous communities, bar work, continuing to gain experience as an hair dressing and some environmental exploration geologist and to eventually protesting. As it is, Emily gets some work as Geology Manager, like her boss, ribbing from her more strongly Roger Hill. oriented environmental friends and acquaintances.

23 Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 Tony Ferguson

Environmental & Social Tony previously worked in the Chemistry Department at Central Responsibility Queensland University for 20 years. Grange Resources Tasmania His Bachelor of Applied Science in Chemistry was very useful in his role It is time for mining companies to start of trying to manage acid drainage. ramping up the promotion of their environmental effort, Tony Ferguson Grange employs the equivalent of believes. four full time environmental scientists within Tasmania. Some of the other Tony has worked in Environmental environmental projects that Grange and Social Responsibility at Grange is working on or have completed Resources for 15 years. include significant weed management “As an industry we probably dropped programs, removal and treatment the ball a little on promoting our of acid flows from the Savage River environmental performance in favour such as the North Dump Drain Project of safety performance in comparison where some 15% of the legacy to 10 – 15 years ago,” Tony says. copper load was removed from the Savage River, alkalinity addition from Recently Grange personnel witnessed the Broderick Creek flow Through a white bait run right through the mine Dump and now the South Deposit reach of the Savage River. This run Tailings Storage Facility. attracted cormorants and a sea eagle to the mine reach over a period of a Since 1997 the SRRP has worked week. This is the first time that a run towards improving the health of the project has the potential to further has been seen since Grange took Savage River. Scientific investigations improve water quality through the over the Savage River Mine in 1997. showed that with the addition of addition of alkalinity. Calcium and Magnesium and “This is really exciting news,” Tony Grange Resources along with Pitt associated alkalinity the toxicity & Sherry and Shaw Contracting says. “When you consider that of Copper reduced for marine scientific reports showed that the were awarded highly commended organisms. Much of Grange’s awards at the 2011 Australian Water river below the mine was considered environmental works have focussed biologically dead in 1996 from acid Association Tasmanian Branch on adding alkalinity to the Savage Tasmanian Water Environment rock drainage and now there are fish River. Reports have shown that this such as white bait and trout travelling Merit Awards for the innovative is working and the recent white bait Hydrocarbon Separator constructed through the river again it shows you run further reinforces that the Savage the excellent progress the Savage on South Lens as part of the Pit River and especially the mine reach is Workshop Project. River Rehabilitation Project (SRRP) is now a modified but healthy river. This making.” allows migration into the untouched Early in the design phase of this Tony’s main role was to assist in upper reaches of the Savage River. project Grange identified that the new workshop facilities with transport identifying, locating and managing The South Deposit Tailings Storage acid drainage when he started at and storage of diesel could pose an Facility has the potential to do this in increased risk to the environment. Savage River 15 years ago. He still the Main Creek side of the Mine. Main has an active role in the SRRP though Right from this early planning stage Creek joins the Savage River down Grange along with the project he’s not on the committee. In the stream of the mine. Over recent years last 18 months Tony’s role has been engineers, Pitt & Sherry spent Grange has been able to reduce considerable time in investigating focused on preparing Grange for the acid impact on Main Creek through carbon tax. and designing an interceptor able to the placement of a water shedding cope with a significant spill around cover on B Dump and segregation the mine, protecting the Savage River of flows in the Main Creek valley. The from any possible impact. South Deposit Tailings Storage Facility

Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 24 Tony is supportive of mining in the The Savage River Rehabilitation Tarkine. “The Tarkine is recognised Project is a joint venture between as a very large and diverse area. The the Tasmanian Government and proposed boundary of the Tarkine Grange Resources. It has been held is an arbitrary area selected by a up nationally as leading practice group of people and include both in rehabilitation. It came about pristine and currently or previously because an historical operator mined areas. There’s room for both left an amount of money with the mining and conservation provided it Tasmanian Government to pay is properly managed,” he says. He for remediation. However, it was cites Unity Mining Henty Gold mine not enough to cover the extensive on the West Coast as an example of work. Therefore, the Government sustainable mining right near a world and subsequent operators of the heritage area. mine (now Grange Resources) have done it in partnership, using the “When the day comes that Henty mine’s equipment and environmental ceases operation, you would have scientists in a joint program that trouble identifying that anybody had both makes the money go further been there,” Tony says. and brings in broader expertise. “The extent of environmental progress It has been very successful, and is such that acid drainage, for continues. It is rare in Australia instance, should never be an issue for a government responsible for with the proposed new mines,” Tony historical environmental degradation says. “These days the identification and a current operator to be working of waste rock types receives as together in this way. However, it much attention as the identification of is held up nationally as a great ore types right from the exploration example of how things can be tackled stages through to the planning and cooperatively to extract the best mining stages. result. Tony says he gets frustrated with the misrepresentation of the Green movement. “There is no comparison between proposed mines in the Tarkine and those in the Pilbara. ” The Yandi and Yandicoogina mines in the Pilbara produce in excess of 90 million tonnes of direct shipped ore (DSO) per annum. Grange’s Savage River Mine, the biggest open cut mine in Tasmania, produces around 2.4 million tonnes of concentrate for conversion to pellet at Port Latta. “The fact is we still need mining,” Tony added. The wire and screens that make up the computers we use, the concrete and steel that forms our infrastructure and even the news papers and books we read have all had a contribution from mining.”

25 Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 Diwali

Queenstown burst with the colour and energy of one of India’s most popular ceremonies at the annual Diwali function on 26 October. The 250 staff, families and guests of Vedanta’s Copper Mines of Tasmania’s were dined and entertained with Pragya Gard performs tilak on Karen Indian traditional dance Bollywood style Mr Deepshikha Singh Aakash Bollywood dancers, Indian food, Marshall by marking her forehead. and Somani from the Bollywood dance fireworks and Indian ceremony. It is a Hindu gesture of good wishes. school in Melbourne. This is the seventh year CMT has held Diwali in honour of its Indian owners and expatriate staff. Diwali is one of the biggest festivals for Hindus, celebrated with great enthusiasm and happiness throughout India. It commemorates the return of Lord Rama from his 14 year long exile and vanquishing the demon-King Ravana. The festival is celebrated for five continuous days, where the third day is celebrated as the “Festival of Lights.” CMT expat families.

The Indian families performing Laxmi Puja, a traditional prayer.

Legislative Councillor Ruth Forrest and Marie Whitehead.

Images by Carol Maney.

Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 26 Tasmanian Minerals Emergency Response Committee

Chairman’s Report 2013

27 Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 2013 Report

The Tasmanian Minerals Emergency Captains’ and Response Committee (TMERC) was Officers’ Workshop very active in 2013, meeting five times during the year in addition to a range of Once again a 3-day Captains, Vice-Captains other events. The work of the committee and Officers / Person in Control of a Business broadly encompasses: or Undertaking (PCBU) workshop was held John Lamb, Chair in June. The workshop built on progress Occupational Health & • Communication and collaboration made in 2012 and dealt with: Safety Committee (promoting sharing and teamwork within the industry and showcasing • Mine safety legislation and its application the capability of the industry to the during an emergency response and wider community); interpretation of the NSW Mines Rescue Guidelines, adopted in Tasmania, under • Simplification and standardisation the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (removing unnecessary complexity (Tas). and making emergency response • Standardisation of captain’s reports practices and protocols familiar and and Emergency Response (ER) predictable state-wide); and team protocols, including sign-off on a • Pursuit of excellence (continuous standard captain’s folder layout improvement to ensure Tasmanian and content. Minerals Emergency Response • Development of outstanding ER team reflects industry best-practice). captains through group scenario training. Each of these main themes runs through Feedback from the event was again positive, all of the activities undertaken by the reflecting a high degree of ownership and committee. involvement with the work of the TMERC and a desire across the industry to embrace collaboration and mutual aid. Achievements & Events

Unified Emergency Number Other Achievements 2013 The committee also undertook All work was finalised in 2012 and the the following : “555” number went live throughout Tasmanian sites in early 2013. TMERC • Coordination of joint training activities submitted an entry to the 2013 Work Safe between sites including shared “rookies” Awards and although not judged a winner training courses. received favourable commentary from the • Development of Emergency Response awards committee. Team member guidelines for fitness TMERC believes that this may be the requirements and testing. first public safety award entry by an • Achievement of our long-held goal Australian minerals industry chamber and to standardise the on-site we were delighted to have facilitated this emergency phone. outstanding cooperative effort amongst • Orientation of ERT captains on other sites. Tasmania’s mining and mineral processing companies.

Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 28 Work in Progress Teams, Events and Results

Work continues on a range of All teams are to be congratulated activities including: and competed effectively and safely thoughout the two days. Ten teams took • Continuation of the orientation of part, representing Grange Resources ER team captains to all relevant (Savage River), Bluestone Tin (Renison), sites: this ensures that the first time Bell Bay Aluminium, MMG (Rosebery), a team captain visits another site is Vedanta (CMT), Unity (Henty Gold), not in an emergency situation. Cement Australia (Cornwall Coal) and • Development of a web database/ the two combined teams including online mutual aid manual for quick representatives from Railton, MMG identification and pre-qualification Rosebery, Henty, CMT and Grange of registered emergency Resources. responders. The following events were scored and included in the calculation of overall placings:

• Search & rescue 2013 Tasmanian • Rope rescue Minerals Emergency • Team Skills • Theory Response • First Aid Competition • Fire fighting • Confined Space Rescue Undoubtedly the big event in the Emergency Response calendar was In addition, Vehicle Extrication was the 2013 competition, hosted by Unity performed as a training event with Mining Ltd Henty Gold Mine, and teams either scored or coached at their held on site at Henty and at several option; while awards were also made for locations in Queenstown, allowing Best Captain and Team Safety among enhanced public access. others. The Tasmanian Minerals Council website www.tasmanianmining.com. As in 2011 and 2012, the 2013 au contains a list of results. event was a two-day combined competition for open pit, underground The element of surprise was a key and mineral processing teams. This feature with teams unsure of their next year, two combined or “mutual aid” event, its location or its precise timing teams competed, one drawn from until they received “the call” on a secure surface teams and the other from mobile phone. underground teams. While the overall winners, Cornwall Coal, are to be congratulated, a highlight this year was the closeness of the result with individual or event awards won by seven of the ten teams competing.

29 Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 Public Access

This year the firefighting, first aid, vehicle extrication and team skills events were open to public viewing and were held in various locations around Queenstown. In addition, public viewing was possible by appointment Onlookers including Cr Peter Reid, Deputy Mayor of the West Coast Council, during at events held on site at Henty Gold. the confined space event at Henty Gold.

About TMERC Thanks to sponsors Chairman’s Statement of Thanks TMERC is the peak body representing TMERC wishes to thank the emergency response across the following major sponsors of the My sincere thanks on behalf of the state’s mining and mineral processing 2013 competition for their generous Tasmanian Minerals Industry to industry. support: the men and women who serve in Emergency Response teams on It aims to promote communication, sites throughout the state, and to the collaboration and the pursuit of industry members of the TMERC who work best practice. It removes barriers tirelessly to support them. and through protocols, systems and standards it supports, facilitates and most importantly de-risks mutual aid.

Through the annual Emergency Response Competition, TMERC is effective in showcasing minerals industry emergency response to the John Lamb public. Committee Chair TMERC also thanks Unity Henty Gold Office Bearers 2013 Mine for their generosity in organising and staging the event on site and in Chair: John Lamb Queenstown. Vice-Chair: Douglas Ralph Treasurer: Jason Clarke Secretary: Andrew Hunter Asst. Secretary: Elmar Van Breda TMC Support: Jayne Roberts Natalie Johnston

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Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 30 Cornwall Coal, 2013 winners with Sponsor Anna Scroche from Drager Australia (front left), OHS Manager Louise Williams (front 2nd right), TMERC Chair John Lamb (rear right) and Host Site General Manager Matt Daly (front right). Image: Tasmanian Minerals Council.

Photos by: Jayne Roberts & John Lamb, Tasmanian Minerals Council.

31 Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 32 2013 Financials

33 Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 Tasmanian Minerals Council Ltd

Statement of Comprehensive Income For the Year Ended 31 July 2013 2013 2012 $ $

Interest Income 18,232 36,076 Membership Subscriptions 448,720 434,386 MEG Secretariat Income 5,000 10,000 CEO Forum 15,000 - Seminars & Conferences 55,788 57,821 Sponsorship 37,092 30,818 Rental Income - 6,036 Total Income 579,832 575,137 Less: Expenses Accounting & Audit Fees 12,985 13,200 Amortisation 800 800 Bank Charge 1,415 2,738 Consultants 25,810 102,439 Depreciation 12,118 15,282 Education Associated Costs - 16,530 Interest Expense - 196 Insurance 10,668 9,116 Loss on Disposal of Motor Vehicle - 995 Meeting Expenses 2,991 4,833 Office Supplies & Miscellaneous 22,261 29,839 Promotional Expenses 25,155 26,566 Rent & Ongoing 127,060 123,395 Seminars & Conferences 50,643 46,329 Staff Costs 308,644 253,461 Superannuation 31,351 56,958 Sundry Expenses 527 2,758 Telephone & Postage 14,437 13,819 Travel & Motor Vehicle 26,459 31,670 Total Expenses (673,324) (750,924) Surplus/(deficit) (93,492) (175,787) Other comprehensive income - - Total Comprehensive Income for the Year (93,492) (175,787)

A full version of the Financial Report has been distributed to members and is available from the Secretariat. This extract from the annual financial statements should be read in conjunction with the full version of the report.

Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 34 Tasmanian Minerals Council Ltd

Statement of Financial Position As at 31 July 2013 2013 2012 Note $ $ ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS Cash & Cash Equivalents 3 701,009 710,662 Trade & Other Receivables 4 70,754 146,417 Other Assets 5 12,287 4,273 TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 784,050 861,352 NON-CURRENT ASSETS Property, Plant & Equipment 7 36,534 44,222 Intangible Assets 6 2,400 3,200 TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS 38,934 47,422 TOTAL ASSETS 822,984 908,774 LIABILITIES CURRENT LIABILITIES Trade & Other Payables 8 54,941 51,150 Provisions 9 119,550 85,758 Other Liabilities 10 266,800 283,973 TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 441,291 420,881 NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES Provisions 9 - 12,708 TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES - 12,708 TOTAL LIABILITIES 441,291 433,589 NET ASSETS 381,693 475,185 EQUITY Retained Earnings 381,693 475,185 TOTAL EQUITY 381,693 475,185

35 Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 Crowe Horwath Tasmania is a member of Crowe Horwath International, a Swiss verein. Each member firm of Crowe Horwath is a seperate independent legal entity.

Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 36 Crowe Horwath Tasmania is a member of Crowe Horwath International, a Swiss verein. Each member firm of Crowe Horwath is a seperate independent legal entity.

37 Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 Board of Directors

Wayne Bould - President

Wayne is the Managing Director of Grange Resources and the Bonney Group. He was previously Grange’s Chief Operating Officer, and Newmont Mining Corporation’s Director, Business Excellence for its global business operations. Prior to joining Newmont, he had considerable experience as the principal of a management consulting company, in the downstream oil industry with Shell Australia Ltd, and in the manufacture and distribution of timber products with Auspine Ltd.

Scot Clyde – Vice President

Scot has been the General Manager at Vedanta Copper Mines of Tasmania for nine years. He has 28 years experience in the mining industry in Australia, Africa and Latin America and has previously held Mine Manager and General Manager’s positions in gold and base metal operations.

Greg Hannan - Vice President

Greg is the General Manager of BHP Billiton TEMCO. He was previously the TEMCO Production Manager. Greg is a Chemistry graduate of the University of Tasmania and has had more than 30 years experience in the Tasmanian smelting industries. He has held the General Manager’s position at TEMCO for the last nine years.

Matt Daly

Matt is the General Manager of Unity Mining Limited – Henty Gold Mine. Matt is a mining engineer with 35 years experience, including the last 25 years in senior management roles in Australia. His experience is across both underground and open pit operations.

Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 38 Board of Directors

Kim Denwer

Kim is the Principal Exploration Geologist at MMG and has been in this position for 18 months. He has 27 years exploration experience for a variety of commodities and mineralisation styles in a range of countries and environments. Kim is a Tasmanian geologist and has explored in and around many of the West Coast Tasmanian mines.

Jeremy Kouw

Jeremy is the General Manager at Nyrstar Hobart. He has 29 years experience in mining, mineral processing and recycling industries in Australia, China and Europe. Jeremy holds a Bachelor of Applied Science – Metallurgy, RMIT (1983).

John Lamb

John is the CEO Bonney Group Logistics Solutions. Previously he was Chief Executive of Shaw Contracting; former General Manager at the Rosebery mine in Tasmania and the Century mine in Queensland. His career of 25 years includes senior mining roles in Tasmania, WA and Queensland (both underground and open pit) in gold and base metals as well as civil construction; and he has held various directorships since 1991. John is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Chartered Professional Member of the AusIMM and holds degrees in business, IT and surveying.

Florian Lindner

Florian is the Operations Manager Gladstone (ex Cement Australia, Railton). He has worked in metals, gas and mineral processing industries in Europe and Australia for 15 years. Florian obtained a Graduate Diploma Mechanical Engineer in Austria in 1996 and was awarded the professional title “Ingenieur”/ Engineer (Federal Government, Austria 2003).

39 Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 Board of Directors

Ben Maynard

Ben is the General Manager of Operations at Grange Resources. He joined Grange in 2009 having worked with the Savage River mine for over 15 years. His operational experience covers management responsibilities in geology, information technology, business improvement and technical services. Ben holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) from the University of Tasmania, a Graduate Diploma in Computing and is a recent graduate of the Tasmanian Leaders Program.

Ray Mostogl

Ray is currently the General Manager of Bell Bay Aluminium, part of the Rio Tinto Group. Ray has over 30 years experience in the metals industry, which included roles with Rio Tinto in New Zealand and Queensland and before this for BHP Steel and BHP Engineering. Ray holds an Advanced Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (Newcastle 1983).

Miles Naude

Miles Naude, former General Manager MMG Rosebery, is the General Manager - Kinsevere; MMG’s copper operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He has 22 years in mining experience - 17 years in platinum mining in South Africa and five years in hard rock mining in Australia. Miles has tertiary qualifications in metallurgy, an MBA from the University of Wales, Cardiff and is currently completing his Masters in Mining Engineering at the University of New South Wales.

Megan Scholz

Megan Scholz is the Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer for Bluestone Mines Tasmania Joint Venture Pty Ltd (Renison Tin Mine). She has 11 years experience in the mining industry in both Tasmania and Western Australia, working for Gold Fields and Newmont prior to working in Tasmania. Megan is a member of CPA Australia and holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting).

Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 40 Board of Directors

John Stanton

John is in his 39th year working for Atlas Copco Construction and Mining. He has worked in his current position as Regional Manager Vic/ Tasmania- for over 25 years. John is a member of AusIMM the Mineral Institute Tasmanian Branch and President of the Institute of Quarrying Australia.

41 Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 2013 Tasmanian Minerals Council Members

The members of the Minerals Council Cominex Maydena Sands Pty Ltd comprise companies and organisations www.maydenasands.com.au Corporate & Industrial Safety Services involved in mining, minerals MHM Metals Limited Cromarty processing, exploration and supply of www.mhmmetals.com/ services to the industry. www.cromarty.com.au MMG Minerals & Metals Group Dan O’Toole & Associates Pty Ltd The Tasmanian Minerals Council Rosebery www.mmg.com represents the views of the industry on De Bruyn’s Transport Net Sea Freight Tasmania Pty Ltd a range of issues to Government - State www.dbtrans.com.au and Federal and the public. Nyrstar Hobart Pty Ltd Doug Hagen (Hagen Oil) The Tasmanian Minerals Council’s www.nyrstarhobart.com/ Edrill Pty Ltd membership benefits include Orica Mining Services www.edrill.net.au access, discounts and sponsorship www.oricaminingservices.com/au opportunities to all the main industry Finlease Tas Pty Ltd PBE Australia II Pty Ltd and promotional events. Annual www.finlease.com.au/ events include a two day conference, www.pbeusa.com/ Gerathy & Madison Communication a business forum, an emergency Pitt & Sherry www.gerathyandmadison.com.au response competition and Annual www.pittsh.com.au/ General Meeting and members’ GHD Pty Ltd Raygill Quarry & Mining Supplies dinner. There is also the opportunity for www.ghd.com/australia www.raygill.com.au/products.html members to seek industry advice from GIS/Database Geologist at O.M.I. the council. Rio Tinto Alcan Bell Bay Aluminium Pty Ltd www.bellbayaluminium.com.au Membership is open to individuals Global Resources Solutions Australia and organisations. Applications are Rogers Exploration Services www.grsconsultants.com submitted to the Tasmanian Minerals Ron Gregory Prospecting Council Board for consideration. Goanna Energy Consulting Pty Ltd www.goannaenergy.com.au Sandvik Mining and Construction Alpha Electrics www.miningandconstruction.sandvik.com/ www.alphaelectrics.com.au Gradco Pty Ltd www.gradco.com.au/ SEMF Pty Ltd Atlas Copco Australia Pty Ltd www.semf.com.au/ www.atlascopco.com.au/auus Grange Resources Limited www.grangeresources.com.au/ Shaw Contracting Pty Ltd BHP Billiton TEMCO www.shawcontracting.com.au/ www.bhpbilliton.com Injury Prevention and Management www.ipmsafety.com.au/ Shree Minerals Ltd BIS Industries Limited www.shreeminerals.com www.bislimited.com Irrigation Tasmania www.irrigationtas.com.au/ Sinclair Knight Merz Bluestone Mines Tasmania JV Pty Ltd www.globalskm.com/ www.metalsx.com.au John Pemberton Skills Council DMC Boart Longyear K C Morrison Pty Ltd www.skillsdmc.com.au/ www.boartlongyear.com/ Lester Franks Spaulding Drillers Pty Ltd Caterpillar Underground Mining www.lesterfranks.com.au/ www.spauldingdrillers.com.au/ www.cat.com/home Lloyds North Pty Ltd Stellar Resources Limited Cement Australia Group www.lloydsnorth.com.au/ www.stellarresources.com.au/ www.cementaustralia.com.au Mancala Pty Ltd Coffey Mining www.mancala.com.au/ www.coffey.com/

Tas Minerals Annual Report 2013 42 Strata Products Life Members www.strataworldwide.com/australia/ news.htm Mr Bob Calvert Tamar Gold Mr Roger Martin www.tamargold.com.au/ Mr Harry Stacpoole Tas Gas Networks www.tasgas.com.au/networks/ Tasmania Magnesite NL Honorary Members Tasmanian Advanced Minerals Pty Ltd www.tasam.com.au/ Mr Ron Bugg TasTAFE Mrs Barbara Willson, Rallinga Mining www.tastafe.tas.edu.au/ Tasrail www.tasrail.com.au Tasports www.tasports.com.au/ The Cornwall Coal Company Pty Ltd www.cementaustralia.com.au TNT Mines Limited www.tntmines.com.au Unity Mining Limited – Henty Gold Mine www.unitymining.com.au/ activities/henty/ Vedanta Copper Mines of Tasmania www.cmt.com.au Veolia Mining www.veolia.com.au/ Venture Minerals Ltd www.ventureminerals.com.au/ William Adams Pty Ltd www.williamadams.com.au

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