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Mulga Rock Uranium Project

Project
Proponent: 
Vimy Resources Limited
Proposal description: 

The proposal is to mine four poly-metallic deposits containing commercial concentrations of uranium and to produce uranium oxide concentrate and other metal concentrates including copper, zinc, nickel and cobalt, approximately 240km east-northeast of Kalgoorlie.

The proposal also includes the construction of associated mine infrastructure consisting of mine dewatering and reinjection infrastructure (including borefields and pipelines), non-mineralised overburden landforms, run of mine stockpile areas, transport corridors, processing facilities, an above-ground Tailings Storage Facility, in-pit Tailings Storage Facilities, offices, maintenance workshops, laydown areas, ancillary infrastructure, accommodation facilities, airstrip, roads, fuel and chemical storage, and a diesel or gas fired power station.

Assessment Number: 
1979
Region: 
Goldfields Esperance
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Uranium
Last updated: 
December 16, 2016
Related EPA Media Statement: 
New uranium mine recommended for approval: Report 1576
Current Status: 
Ministerial Statement published
Ministerial Statement published
1. Referral
Comment on this referral: 
Mulga Rock Uranium Project
Comment period: 
Wednesday, 14 August, 2013 to Wednesday, 21 August, 2013
Referral documentation: 
PDF icon Proponent Referral Form
PDF icon 1 Figure 1 Mulga Rock Project Regional Location Plan.pdf
PDF icon 2 Figure 2 Mulga Rock Project Project Tenure and Development Envelope.pdf
PDF icon 3 Figure 3 Mulga Rock Project Conceptual Layout Plan with Disturbance Footprint.pdf
PDF icon 4 Ninox Fauna Survey 2010.pdf
PDF icon 5 Mattiske Flora and Vegetation Survey July 2013.pdf
PDF icon 6 Martinick Flora Fauna Radioecology Survey 1986.pdf
PDF icon 7 Rockwater Hydrogeology and Assessment of Dewatering Requirements and Water Supply Sources July 2013.pdf
PDF icon 8 Groundwater Resource Consultants Lake Minigwal Uranium Prospect Study 1984.pdf
PDF icon 9 Groundwater Resource Consultants Mulga Rock Stage 2 Hydrogeological Investigation 1985.pdf
PDF icon 10 Groundwater Resource Consultants Report on Groundwater Exploration 1986.pdf
PDF icon 11 CSIRO Geochemistry Mineralogy and Hydrogeology March 1993.pdf
PDF icon 12 Radiation Advice Solutions Radiation and Occupational Hygiene June 2010.pdf
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Assess - Public Environmental Review
Extract of determination: 
PDF icon Chairman's Determination - Mulga Rock Uranium Project
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Social Surroundings
Human Health
Flora and Vegetation
Subterranean Fauna
Terrestrial Fauna
Hydrological Processes
Inland Waters Environmental Quality
Date published: 
Monday, 2 September, 2013
3. Assessment
Scoping
Environmental scoping document for public comment: 
PDF icon Environmental Scoping Document - Mulga Rock Uranium Project
Public comment on Environmental Scoping Document: 
Monday, 8 December, 2014 to Monday, 22 December, 2014
Comment on this ESD: 
Mulga Rock Uranium Project – Environmental Scoping Document
Environmental scoping document: 
PDF icon Environmental Scoping Document - Mulga Rock Uranium Project (Final)
Approved: 
Thursday, 26 February, 2015
Bilateral assessment (EPBC Act): 
2013/7083
Environmental Review
Public submissions: 
Monday, 14 December, 2015 to Tuesday, 8 March, 2016
Make a submission: 
Public Environmental Review - Mulga Rock Uranium Project
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon Mulga Rock Uranium Project - PER (PART 1)
PDF icon Mulga Rock Uranium Project - PER (PART 2)
PDF icon Mulga Rock Uranium Project - PER (PART 3)
Package icon Mulga Rock PER Appendices - A1-2.zip
Package icon Mulga Rock PER Appendices - B1-B4.zip
Package icon Mulga Rock PER Appendices - B5-6.zip
Package icon Mulga Rock PER Appendices - B7-8.zip
Package icon Mulga Rock PER Appendices - C1-2.zip
Package icon Mulga Rock PER Appendices - D1-2.zip
Package icon Mulga Rock PER Appendices - D3-7.zip
PDF icon Appendix D7 Physicochemical Characteristics of Tailing from the MRUP.pdf
PDF icon Appendix D8 Tailings Seepage Analysis.pdf
PDF icon Appendix D10 Results of Solute Transport Modelling for In-pit Tailings Storage.pdf
PDF icon Mulga Rock PER Appendix E
Package icon Mulga Rock PER Appendices - F1-3..zip
Package icon Mulga Rock PER Appendices - G1-5.zip
PDF icon Mulga Rock PER Appendix H1
PDF icon Mulga Rock PER Appendix H2
PDF icon Mulga Rock PER Appendix H3
PDF icon Mulga Rock PER Appendix I1
PDF icon Mulga Rock PER Appendix J1
PDF icon Mulga Rock PER Appendix K1
PDF icon Mulga Rock PER Appendix L1
PDF icon Mulga Rock PER Appendix L2
Proponent response to submissions: 
PDF icon Response to Submissions.pdf
Minor or preliminary work under s. 41A(3)
s. 41A(3) notice: 
PDF icon Minor and Preliminary Works - EPA Approval - From OEPA to Vimy - 22 September 2016.pdf
Date of approval s. 41A(3): 
Thursday, 22 September, 2016
Change to proposal during assessment under s. 43A
s. 43A notice: 
PDF icon 13280-s43A Notice of Decision.pdf
Date of approval s. 43A: 
Fri, 04/12/2015
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1576
EPA Report: 
PDF icon 1576 - Mulga Rock Uranium Project
Key Environmental Factors: 
Social Surroundings
Human Health
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Environmental Quality
Terrestrial Fauna
Inland Waters Environmental Quality
Date published: 
Monday, 15 August, 2016
Appeals close: 
Monday, 29 August, 2016
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Friday, 16 December, 2016
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 1046

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/mulga-rock-uranium-project