Project Proponent Precious Metals Australia Limited Proposal description The proposal is for the development of a vanadium mining and processing operation 80 kilometres south-east of Mount Magnet and a coal mine near Mingenew to provide a source of energy to the vanadium operation. Inquiry under s46 regarding changes to the conditions of Ministerial Statement 283 and Ministerial Statement 472. Assessment Number 1184 Region Mid West Referred under EP Act s38 Industry sector Rare earth elements Last updated December 10, 2019 Current Status Ministerial Statement published 2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal Chair's Determination s46 request for a change to environmental conditions (not subject to appeal): Public Notification Date published Friday, 2 January, 1998 3. Assessment Environmental Review Environmental Review documentation Environmental Review document (PDF, 6.34 MB) 4. EPA Report on assessment EPA Report Number 887 EPA Report Wagoo Hills Vanadium Project Mingenew Coal Project (PDF, 1.99 MB) Key Environmental Factors Water Hydrological Processes Date published Wednesday, 1 April, 1998 5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal Ministerial Statement Date of approval Thursday, 9 July, 1998 Ministerial Statement Ministerial Statement 481.pdf (PDF, 2.01 MB) Post-assessment changes s. 45C amendments Attachment 1 to Statement 481 – Amendment of key proposal characteristics – change to proposal approved under s45C on 22 October 2007. Attachment 2 to Statement 481 – Production of iron ore – change to proposal approved under s45C on 30 August 2011. Attachment 3 to Statement 481 – Increase the ore extraction from 3,900,000 tpa to 4,500,000 tpa (increase of 600,000 tpa) – change to proposal approved under s45C on 10 December 2019. Date of approval s. 45C Monday, 22 October, 2007 Tuesday, 30 August, 2011 Tuesday, 10 December, 2019
