S45C changes to proposal

Attachment 1 to Ministerial Statement 986 - Revise the development envelope boundaries; and update Figures and reference to coordinates - change to proposal approved under section 45C on 12 April 2017.

Attachment 2 to Ministerial Statement 986 - Installation and operation of an Ore Sorting Circuit, resulting in higher radionuclide concentrations in sorted ore, intermediate process streams and the long-term storage of low-level radioactive waste (tailings). Change to proposal approved under section 45C on 4 September 2020.

Attachment 3 to Ministerial Statement 986 - Increase the disturbance footprint from 711 ha to 771 ha (8.4% increase) and an increase in the development envelope from 2,590 ha to 4,384 ha. Realignment of the development envelope and expansion of the borefield. Change to proposal approved under section 45C on 26 August 2024.

Attachment 4 to Ministerial Statement 986 - Inclusion of an alternative access road.  Increase in the development envelope from 4,384 ha to 4,753 ha (8.4% increase)  Increase in the disturbance footprint from 771 ha to 841 ha (9.1% increase). Change to proposal approved under section 45C on 24 April 2026.

First Attachment to Statement 584 - Production rate increase 25 mega tonnes per annum to 30 mega tonnes per annum - change to proposal approved under s45C on 3 Oct 2005.

Second Attachment to Statement 584 - Change to mine infrastructure and disturbance areas - change to proposal approved under s45C on 19 Sep 2006.

Third Attachment to Statement 584 - Increase in the area of rail corridor disturbance - change to proposal approved under s45C on 31 Oct 2006.

Attachment 1 to Statement 584 - Increase in project clearance disturbance area from 1,600 hectares to 1,850 hectares, and updating of Key Characteristics Table - change to proposal approved under s45C on 14 Jul 2009.

Attachment 2 to Statement 584 – Increase to approved disturbance area and redefinition of Project Area – change to proposal approved under s45C on 6 Sept 2010.

Attachment 3 to Statement 584– Remove Weeli Wolli Spring supplementation limit in Schedule 1 – change to proposal approved under s45C on 20 Apr 2012.

Attachment 4 to Statement 584 – Removal of ore mining rate and expansion of disturbance footprint – change to proposal approved under s45C on 28 Aug 2012.

Attachment 5 to Statement 584 – Annualise Mine Pit Dewatering Rate – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 7 November 2013.

Attachment 6 to Statement 584 – Increased proposal lifetime and development envelope – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 20 April 2026.

Attachment 1 to Statement 1203 - Figure 5 updated to include the expanded development envelope to reflect amendments. Change approved under s45c on 27 March 2026.

Attachment 1 to Statement 1027 - Amend the development envelope to include an additional 1246.5 ha. Change to conditions approved under s45c on 27 March 2026.

Attachment 1 to Statement 993 - Change to area of Slurry Corridor Development Envelope; additional clearing for an Aerodrome in the Infrastructure Corridor; addition of Aerodrome to elements in the Infrastructure Development Corridor; and change to area of Infrastructure Corridor Development Envelope - changes to proposal under s45C approved on 22 August 2016.

Attachment 2 to Statement 993 - An increase in groundwater abstraction from the Water Corridor Development Envelope from 14 gigalitres per annum (GL/a) up to 20 GL/a, an increase of 6 GL/a, from the current authorised extent. - changes to proposal under s45C approved on 8 March 2019.

Attachment 3 to Statement 993 - Changes:

• Decrease in the size of the Infrastructure Corridor Development Envelope (ICDE) from 5,154 ha to 4,950 ha; and
• Corresponding increase in the Mine Development Envelope (MDE) from 4,970 ha to 5,174 ha.
• Addition of water return pipeline to elements in the Slurry Corridor Development Envelope (SCDE) and ICDE.
• Addition of ‘associated infrastructure’ to elements in the ICDE.
• Correction of the wording ‘transmission pipelines’ with ‘transmission lines’ to elements in the ICDE listed in Table 2.
• Administrative change to the title of the ICDE within Table 2 from Infrastructure Development Corridor to Infrastructure Corridor Development Envelope. 

Changes to proposal under s45C approved on 2 December 2019.

Attachment 4 to Statement 993 - Changes:

• Increase in the Infrastructure Corridor Development Envelope (Infrastructure Corridor DE), to allow for revised access to the aerodrome (from 4,950 ha to 5,226 ha);
• Increase in the Water Corridor Development Envelope (Water Corridor DE), to allow the change in location of groundwater abstraction and water monitoring infrastructure (from 28,696 ha to 31,126 ha);
• Increase in the Slurry Corridor Development Envelope (Slurry Corridor DE), to allow for the revised pipeline alignment that enters the port area on the western side of FMG rail infrastructure, and to widen the envelope around heritage sites (from 2,781 ha to 3,314 ha); and
• Increase in the Mine Development Envelope (Mine DE) (from 5,174 ha to 5, 276 ha), to allow the accommodation of the toe of the rock walls for the tailing storage facility (TSF) and access tracks required to the TSF. The design batter angle currently pushes the toe outside the north eastern boundary. The boundary has been adjusted north and east of the TSF.
• Addition of dewatering of 4.5 Gigalitres per annum (GL/a) below the water table from the mine pit within the Mine Development Envelope (Mining DE) to ensure that the pit is dry during operation.

Changes to proposal under s45C approved on 22 September 2020.

Attachment 5 to Statement 993 - Increase in the clearing permitted within the Slurry Corridor Development Envelope (SCDE) from no more than 315 hectares (ha) to 435 ha. - change to proposal under s45C approved on 24 December 2021

Attachment 1 to Ministerial Statement 1062 - Expand the Mine Development Envelopment (MDE) from 36,602 ha to 37,061 ha (an increase of 459 ha) to cater for the creation of three separate groundwater supplementation areas (Collectively referred to as the Groundwater Supplementation Area (GSA)). Increase the authorised extent of clearing within the Railway Development Envelope (RDE) from 2,174 ha to a revised total of 2,324 ha (an increase of 150 ha). Allow water supply for the Lower Fortescue Borefield to be abstracted from within the RDE. Change to proposal approved under s. 45c on 7 June 2023.

Attachment 2 to Ministerial Statement 1062 - Change to the existing proposal description to account for the construction and operation of power generation facilities including a solar photovoltaic (PV) farm. Change in the indicative disturbance footprint within the authorised Development Envelope. Change to proposal approved under s. 45c on 04 March 2026.

Attachment 1 to Statement 1215 - Administrative changes to correct unintentional errors (cross-referencing) in:
• condition B4-4 to reference condition C4 instead of C5
• condition C4-1 to include reference to condition B4-4
• condition C5-1 to remove reference to condition B4-4.
Changes to conditions approved under s.45C on 20 February 2026.

Attachment 1 to Ministerial Statement 1249 - Amendment in order to correct a clerical mistake or unintentional error or omission in condition B4 Social surroundings (Noise): · To change condition (1) to condition B4-1. Change to proposal approved under s.45C on 18 February 2026

Attachment 1 to Statement 1085 - change to conditions approved under S45c 14 March 2022.

Attachment 2 to Statement 1085 - Administrative change to correct a misdescription to and to the format of implementation condition 8 that does not alter the obligations of the proponent. Change to conditions approved under S45c on 3 February 2026.