Tropicana Gold Project

Project
Proposal description

The proposal is the construction and operation of an open cut gold mine and associated infrastructure, located approximately 330 km east-north-east of Kalgoorlie and 200 km east of Laverton.

Assessment Number
1745
Region
Referred under EP Act
s38
Industry sector
Last updated
Current Status
Ministerial Statement published
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
3. Assessment
Environmental Review
Proponent response to submissions
4. EPA Report on assessment
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval
Post-assessment changes
s. 45C amendments

Attachment 1 to Statement 839 – implement a single cell tailings storage facility – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 19 November 2012.

Attachment 2 to Statement 839 – remove reference to ‘Mining rate’; ‘Stripping ratio’, ‘Communications’, and ‘Main power supply’; increase water supply from ‘Up to 7 gl/year’ to ‘Up to 9 Gl per year’; increase the ‘Disturbance Area’ for the water supply area from 200 to 300 hectares; and update the figures and provide a table of coordinates defining disturbance envelopes – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 17 December 2014.

Attachment 3 to Statement 839 – increase height of waste landforms from 375 mRL to 417 mRL including the rehabilitation cover; remove the TSF specifications including the tailings deposition rate, number of TSF cells, disturbance footprint of the TSF and the maximum height of the TSF; and clarify that the overburden and waste is for the disposal in the waste landforms – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 8 December 2016.

Attachment 4 to Statement 839 – Changes:

  • change in the Short Description to include underground mining methods (Table 1); and
  • correct an administrative error for the authorised extent of the Infrastructure Development Envelope from 4269 ha to 18,494 ha (Table 2, Figure 1 and Table 4).

Changes to proposal approved under section 45C on 18 April 2019.

Attachment 5 to Statement 839 – Addition of the reference to the Kamikaze borefield in the key characteristics table. – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 13 October 2020.

Attachment 6 to Statement 839 – Changes:
• Amendment to Proposal: Increase the authorised extent of the open pit voids from 400 ha to 420 ha.
• Amendment to Proposal: Remove the maximum number, length and width of pits as physical elements of the proposal.
• No amendments to implementation conditions. – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 3 June 2022.

Attachment 7 to Statement 839 – Changes:
An increase in disturbance footprint within the Operational Development Envelope, for the construction and operation of infrastructure for the Renewable Energy Project comprising wind turbines, a solar farm and Battery Energy Storage System. No amendments to implementation conditions. Change to proposal approved under section 45C on 1 September 2023.

Attachment 8 to Statement 839 – Changes:
Single cell tailings storage facility with in-pit deposition. Change to proposal approved under section s45C on 22 March 2024.

Attachment 9 to Statement 839 – Condition 11 is deleted and replaced. Change to proposal approved under section s45C on 23 August 2024.

Date of approval s. 45C
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