0723 - Coburn Mineral Sand Project South-East of Denham, Shire of Shark Bay

Information: 

Attachment 1 to Statement 723 – Change to the mining method and the location of the mine infrastructure – change to proposal approved under s45C on 16 March 2007.

Attachment 2 to Statement 723 – Change to project life and location of disturbance footprint – change to proposal approved under s45C on 21 September 2011.

Attachment 3 to Statement 723 – Removal of time restrictions for increasing rate of mining and processing as well as the estimated volume of tailings – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 10 April 2014.

Attachment 4 to Statement 723  – Modification of the:

  • disturbance footprint
  • pit design
  • mining schedule
  • infrastructure relocations to align with the optimised pits
  • access track realignments
  • project life 

Change to proposal approved under section 45C on 23 September 2020.

Attachment 5 to Statement 723 – Changes:
• To construct an intersection between the access road and the North West Coastal Highway
• Relocation of borrow pits along the access road
• Realign the access road to remove a bend
• To include a power and pipeline corridor to the Wet Concentrator Plant.

Change to proposal approved under section 45C on 9 November 2021.

Attachment 6 to Statement 723 Realign the approved disturbance footprint of 3585.5 ha to include clearing for mine infrastructure and inclusion of a development envelope of 4,014 ha. Construct and operate an aerodrome with a disturbance footprint of 55.4 ha. Change to proposal approved under section 45C on 26 October 2023.

Ministerial Statement File: 
Date of approval: 
May 22, 2006
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