THE GRANITE – IRON ROAD NEWS May 2016

Stakeholder engagement

We have been asked by a few people if Iron Road is planning any events such as public meetings in the near future. It isn’t an appropriate time for us to do Emerald Grain so as we are formally in an assessment process, however we will look to organise something should In April 2016 Emerald Grain executives John Murray the proposed mine and associated infrastructure be and Adam Chilcott, together with Tim Scholz of Iron approved toward the end of the year. Road, met with staff and Councillors from both the City of and the District Council of Tumby In the meantime, Tim Scholz is always available for a Bay. chat to discuss any concerns or answer any questions you may have so please feel free to give him a call John and Adam presented Emerald Grain’s plans for (0400 756 264) or drop him an email expansion on the , including the ([email protected] or potential to export wheat out of Iron Road’s [email protected]). proposed port at .

Update on the CEIP MLP and EIS Iron Road is continuing to work on the Response Documents for the MLP and EIS respectively with the aim of submitting them in June 2016 to enable final assessment of the proposals by the Department of State Development and Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure respectively.

The main challenges or areas of concern raised in the public submissions received during the consultation process were consistent with those raised during the Cape Hardy port site – March 2016 Company’s extensive community and stakeholder engagement and include:

China Railway Group & ShanSteel • Air quality and potential impacts on crops, stock

and human health; If you haven’t seen Iron Road’s recent • Water/Groundwater announcements relating to agreements signed with • other partners seeking to advance the CEIP, have a Integrated Waste Landform th • look on our website for the ASX releases dated 5 Loss of agricultural land/impacts on adjacent and 6th April 2016. land • Noise and vibration Those documents set out information about the • Social impacts (housing, workforce, Company’s Strategic Cooperation agreement with infrastructure, safety and security) China Railway Group and a Tripartite Cooperation • Traffic/Local road network Agreement between Iron Road, China Railway Group • Economic (viability, manufacturing, local and Shandong Iron & Steel Group Co Limited procurement, employment) (ShanSteel). • Mine closure

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