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DISCOVERY VICTORIA’S EARTH RESOURCES JOURNAL FEBRUARY 2000 COMMERCIAL HYDRAULICS AD HERE - SEE NEW FILM INSIDE THIS ISSUE • NEW FIND AT STAWELL • DOUBLE GAS DISCOVERY • NEW EXPLORATION AREAS DISCOVERY VICTORIA’S EARTH RESOURCES JOURNAL FEBRUARY 2000 contents EXPLORATION SUCCESS AT STAWELL 2 Internet/Intranet Victoria’s biggest gold mine gets a welcome lift to its reserves ONSHORE GAS FIND 5 Intranet Two new discoveries boost gas supplies TOP MOVES 6 Solutions Major executive changes at NRE NEW GROWTH ON THE GOLDFIELDS 8 GIS Solutions Marilyn Sprague leads the mine rehabilitation battle NEW LEASES ON OFFER 10 New areas for mineral sands and petroleum exploration GAS NETWORK EXPANDS ACROSS VIC 17 cover picture Gas is piped into the Mildura region Restoring Victoria’s decimated and still shrinking GREEN GO FOR MARYVALE 18 Box-Ironbark forest areas, which once covered the Our newest coal mine gets environmental approval central goldfields region, is a passion of Marilyn Sprague, creator of the thriving Goldfields NATIVE TITLE AGREEMENT SIGNED 20 Revegetation business. Operating from a nine acre Deal clears way for project to proceed site outside Bendigo, the company has established dedicated plots where native species from specific NEW PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE MINE SAFETY 22 areas can be grown and seed collected to ensure the A review of Victoria’s safety and health legislation survival of indigenous plants. As environmental concerns have grown so too has the business of RUBBISH BLANKET MAY HIDE ORE BODIES 24 restoring Victoria’s delicate natural vegetation, devastated by a century and a half of poor farming New studies are helping local explorers and mining practices and the pressure of urban development. STORAGE GUIDELINES FOR MINE TAILINGS 27 Photograph courtesy of Perseverance Corporation New rules will help eliminate hazards and supplied by AAD Strategic Design. Move GIS from the back office and Enterprise Information Discovery integrate it with vital information DISCLAIMER: This publication may be of assistance to you, but the regular features State of Victoria and its officers do not guarantee that the publication Dryden Technologies MapXtreme is without flaw of any kind or is wholly appropriate for your particu- systems. Dryden Technologies lar purposes and therefore disclaims all liability for any error, loss or solutions gives your organization other consequence which may arise from you relying on any infor- MapXtreme solutions lets you A GREAT OPPORTUNITY 7 Minister Candy Broad is enthusiastic about Victoria’s Mineral Sands mation in this publication. data mining and analysis through a decide whether to create a complex Minerals and Petroleum Victoria acknowledges contributions made by private enterprise. Acceptance of these contributions, however, simple web browser. INDUSTRY NEWS 12 GIS for analysts or a simple Business does not endorse or imply endorsement by the Department of Natural Solutions News roundup Resources and Environment of any product or service offered by the contributors. Intelligence system for management. Easy Mapping VICTORIAN RESOURCES 14 Internet All photographs, maps, charts, tables and written information in this Maps of mineral, oil and gas resources Make simple mapping more publication are copyright under the Copyright Act and may not be reproduced by any process whatsoever without the written permis- accessible to all by using a Dryden LICENCE REVIEW 16 sion of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment. The latest news on mineral exploration licences © Minerals and Petroleum Victoria 1999. solution with MapInfo MapXtreme. HEAD OFFICE: Suite 5, 412 Toorak Road Toorak Victoria 3142 Telephone: 03 9804 7500 Published quarterly on behalf of the Minerals and Petroleum Division of the Department of Natural Resources & Environment by RBA Communications, 86 Cooloongatta Rd, Camberwell Vic 3124 Tel: (03) 9889 1094 Fax: (03) 9889 9997 EMail: [email protected] Editorial: Rex Banks. Advertising: Watts Media, 1396 Malvern Rd, Tooronga, Vic 3146 Facsimile: 03 9827 0473 Tel: (03) 9822 4461 Fax: (03) 9822 9192. Distribution enquires to Chandri Nambiar, Manager Marketing Development, Minerals and Petroleum Division, Department of Natural Resources E-mail [email protected] & Environment, Level 7, 240 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, Vic, 3002, Tel: (03) 9412 5061 Fax: (03) 9412 5155. Website: <http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/minpet/index.htm> Australia Post Print Publication PP349472/00128. ISSN Number 13282409. Internet www.drydentech.com ® MapInfo Strategic Partner 1 & Technology Partner DISCOVERY VICTORIA’S EARTH RESOURCES JOURNAL FEBRUARY 2000 contents EXPLORATION SUCCESS AT STAWELL 2 Internet/Intranet Victoria’s biggest gold mine gets a welcome lift to its reserves ONSHORE GAS FIND 5 Intranet Two new discoveries boost gas supplies TOP MOVES 6 Solutions Major executive changes at NRE NEW GROWTH ON THE GOLDFIELDS 8 GIS Solutions Marilyn Sprague leads the mine rehabilitation battle NEW LEASES ON OFFER 10 New areas for mineral sands and petroleum exploration GAS NETWORK EXPANDS ACROSS VIC 17 cover picture Gas is piped into the Mildura region Restoring Victoria’s decimated and still shrinking GREEN GO FOR MARYVALE 18 Box-Ironbark forest areas, which once covered the Our newest coal mine gets environmental approval central goldfields region, is a passion of Marilyn Sprague, creator of the thriving Goldfields NATIVE TITLE AGREEMENT SIGNED 20 Revegetation business. Operating from a nine acre Deal clears way for project to proceed site outside Bendigo, the company has established dedicated plots where native species from specific NEW PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE MINE SAFETY 22 areas can be grown and seed collected to ensure the A review of Victoria’s safety and health legislation survival of indigenous plants. As environmental concerns have grown so too has the business of RUBBISH BLANKET MAY HIDE ORE BODIES 24 restoring Victoria’s delicate natural vegetation, devastated by a century and a half of poor farming New studies are helping local explorers and mining practices and the pressure of urban development. STORAGE GUIDELINES FOR MINE TAILINGS 27 Photograph courtesy of Perseverance Corporation New rules will help eliminate hazards and supplied by AAD Strategic Design. Move GIS from the back office and Enterprise Information Discovery integrate it with vital information DISCLAIMER: This publication may be of assistance to you, but the regular features State of Victoria and its officers do not guarantee that the publication Dryden Technologies MapXtreme is without flaw of any kind or is wholly appropriate for your particu- systems. Dryden Technologies lar purposes and therefore disclaims all liability for any error, loss or solutions gives your organization other consequence which may arise from you relying on any infor- MapXtreme solutions lets you A GREAT OPPORTUNITY 7 Minister Candy Broad is enthusiastic about Victoria’s Mineral Sands mation in this publication. data mining and analysis through a decide whether to create a complex Minerals and Petroleum Victoria acknowledges contributions made by private enterprise. Acceptance of these contributions, however, simple web browser. INDUSTRY NEWS 12 GIS for analysts or a simple Business does not endorse or imply endorsement by the Department of Natural Solutions News roundup Resources and Environment of any product or service offered by the contributors. Intelligence system for management. Easy Mapping VICTORIAN RESOURCES 14 Internet All photographs, maps, charts, tables and written information in this Maps of mineral, oil and gas resources Make simple mapping more publication are copyright under the Copyright Act and may not be reproduced by any process whatsoever without the written permis- accessible to all by using a Dryden LICENCE REVIEW 16 sion of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment. The latest news on mineral exploration licences © Minerals and Petroleum Victoria 1999. solution with MapInfo MapXtreme. HEAD OFFICE: Suite 5, 412 Toorak Road Toorak Victoria 3142 Telephone: 03 9804 7500 Published quarterly on behalf of the Minerals and Petroleum Division of the Department of Natural Resources & Environment by RBA Communications, 86 Cooloongatta Rd, Camberwell Vic 3124 Tel: (03) 9889 1094 Fax: (03) 9889 9997 EMail: [email protected] Editorial: Rex Banks. Advertising: Watts Media, 1396 Malvern Rd, Tooronga, Vic 3146 Facsimile: 03 9827 0473 Tel: (03) 9822 4461 Fax: (03) 9822 9192. Distribution enquires to Chandri Nambiar, Manager Marketing Development, Minerals and Petroleum Division, Department of Natural Resources E-mail [email protected] & Environment, Level 7, 240 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, Vic, 3002, Tel: (03) 9412 5061 Fax: (03) 9412 5155. Website: <http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/minpet/index.htm> Australia Post Print Publication PP349472/00128. ISSN Number 13282409. Internet www.drydentech.com ® MapInfo Strategic Partner 1 & Technology Partner SPECIAL FEATURE Exploration success at Stawell 1992 has added 1.2 million ounces of gold FIGURE 1: Magdala Mine Cross Section resources at a discovery cost of $8.60 oz. Stawell Gold Mines is now producing more than 90,000 oz of gold per year and has proved and probable reserves to sustain a further five years of underground mining. Long-term studies incorporating current inferred resources from underground and recently delineated surface resources suggest the possibility of a mine life in excess of 10 years. Ore from Magdala is produced from a series of sub-parallel lodes hosted by faults/