Annual Environmental Report 2009 Reporting Period Coyote Gold Project Tanami Gold NL February 2010 1 Tanami Gold NL Coyote Gold Project AER February 2010 Report prepared by: Jeremy Shepherdson - Principal Consultant Contact details: Ecotec (WA) Pty Ltd 3 Glenunga Way, Craigie WA 6025 ph: (08) 9401 4903 fax: (08) 9401 9107 Date: February 2010 Location: Coyote Gold Project. Tanami Desert, Western Australia. 2 Tanami Gold NL Coyote Gold Project AER February 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 8 1.1 Purpose ......................................................................................................................................................... 8 1.2 Location ........................................................................................................................................................ 8 1.3 Background ................................................................................................................................................. 10 2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................ 11 2.1 Coyote mine site and surrounds ................................................................................................................. 11 2.2 Stage 2 mine site ........................................................................................................................................ 11 3 PROJECT DISTURBANCE .............................................................................................................. 14 4 MINING, PROCESSING AND EXPLORATION ................................................................................ 16 4.1 Mining and Processing................................................................................................................................ 16 4.2 Exploration .................................................................................................................................................. 16 5 REHABILITATION ............................................................................................................................ 18 5.1 Coyote waste dump .................................................................................................................................... 18 5.2 Stage 2 waste dump ................................................................................................................................... 19 5.3 Exploration .................................................................................................................................................. 20 5.4 Airstrip borrow pit ........................................................................................................................................ 20 5.5 Original accommodation camp ................................................................................................................... 21 5.6 Vats ............................................................................................................................................................. 22 5.7 Reinjection trial site ..................................................................................................................................... 22 6 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................ 24 6.1 Environmental compliance .......................................................................................................................... 24 Non-compliance .................................................................................................................................................. 24 Annual environmental inspection ........................................................................................................................ 24 Internal environmental audits ..............................................................................................................................25 6.2 Flora and fauna management ..................................................................................................................... 25 Flora monitoring .................................................................................................................................................. 25 Weed Monitoring ................................................................................................................................................. 25 6.3 Site disturbance .......................................................................................................................................... 25 Threatened fauna................................................................................................................................................ 30 Fauna monitoring ................................................................................................................................................ 30 3 Tanami Gold NL Coyote Gold Project AER February 2010 Haul road fauna monitoring ................................................................................................................................ 34 Taxonomic revision of Dasycercus ..................................................................................................................... 36 Introduced fauna ................................................................................................................................................. 36 6.4 Surface and ground water management .................................................................................................... 36 Surface water management ................................................................................................................................ 36 Groundwater management ................................................................................................................................. 37 Groundwater monitoring ..................................................................................................................................... 37 6.5 Tailings storage facility management ......................................................................................................... 46 Design and operation .......................................................................................................................................... 46 Monitoring ........................................................................................................................................................... 49 Fauna Management ............................................................................................................................................ 49 6.6 Waste Management .................................................................................................................................... 49 6.7 Dust ............................................................................................................................................................. 50 6.8 Stakeholder communication and consultation ............................................................................................ 50 7 FUTURE WORK PROGRAM ............................................................................................................ 51 7.1 Mining ......................................................................................................................................................... 51 Coyote ................................................................................................................................................................. 51 Stage 2 ................................................................................................................................................................ 51 Processing .......................................................................................................................................................... 51 7.2 Rehabilitation .............................................................................................................................................. 51 7.3 Exploration .................................................................................................................................................. 51 4 Tanami Gold NL Coyote Gold Project AER February 2010 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1.1: Project location. ........................................................................................................................ 9 Figure 2.1: Coyote mine site. .................................................................................................................... 12 Figure 2.2: Stage 2 mine site. ................................................................................................................... 13 Figure 4.1: Tanami Gold’s exploration activity in 2009. ............................................................................ 17 Figure 6.1: Monitoring site locations. ........................................................................................................ 39 Figure 6.2: Plan view of TSF Cell 1 with spot heights. ............................................................................. 47 Figure 6.3: Plan view of TSF Cell 2 with spot heights. ............................................................................