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Ravensthorpe Gold Project

Project
Proponent: 
ACH Minerals Pty Ltd
Proposal description: 

ACH Minerals proposes to develop the Kundip Mine Site located approximately 17 km south-east of Ravensthorpe in the Shire of Ravensthorpe. The proposal involves the development and operation of a gold and copper mine including open cut and underground mining, processing facilities, waste rock landforms, a tailings storage facility and associated infrastructure.

The project will have an 8 year mine life and a disturbance area of 244.7 hectares including 197.8 hectares of native vegetation within a development envelope of 428.4 hectares.

Assessment Number: 
2117
Region: 
Great Southern
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Copper
Gold
Last updated: 
July 21, 2020
Current Status: 
Ministerial Statement published
Ministerial Statement published
1. Referral
Comment on this referral: 
Ravensthorpe Gold Copper Project
Comment period: 
Monday, 16 January, 2017 to Sunday, 22 January, 2017
Referral documentation: 
PDF icon Referral Form
PDF icon Supporting document to the referral form
PDF icon Appendix 1 - Kundip Waste Landform and TSF Design Concept
PDF icon Appendix 2 - Capital and Operating Cost Estimate
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Water Storage Facility Design
PDF icon Appendix 4 - Groundwater Assessment Kundip
PDF icon Appendix 5 - Geotechnical Assessment for an Evaporation Pond Myamba
PDF icon Appendix 6 - Biological Survey
PDF icon Appendix 7 - Phytophthora Dieback Assessment Kundip
PDF icon Appendix 8 - Geochemical Characterisation of Mine Waste
PDF icon Appendix 9 - Geochemical Characterisation of Process-Tailings-Slurry
PDF icon Appendix 10 - Characterisation of Mine Waste
PDF icon Appendix 11 - Characterisation of Waste Regolith
PDF icon Appendix 12 - Characterisation of Regolith Materials
PDF icon Appendix 13 - Geotechnical Assessment of Kundip Mine Site
PDF icon Appendix 14 - Geotechnical Assessment of the Myamba Mine Site
PDF icon Appendix 15 - Characterisation of Topsoils
PDF icon Appendix 16 - Surface Water Assessment Kundip
PDF icon Appendix 17 - Surface Water Assessment Myamba
PDF icon Appendix 18 - Groundwater Assessment Myamba
PDF icon Appendix 19 - Dust Monitoring Kundip
PDF icon Appendix 20 - Aboriginal Heritage Inquiry Search
PDF icon Appendix 21 - Ethnographic Survey Report
PDF icon Appendix 22 - Stakeholder Engagement
PDF icon Appendix 23 - Proposed Disturbance to Vegetation Associations
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Assess - Public Environmental Review
Extract of determination: 
PDF icon Chairman's Determination - Ravensthorpe Gold Copper Project
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Environmental Quality
Terrestrial Fauna
Hydrological Processes
Inland Waters Environmental Quality
Date published: 
Monday, 27 March, 2017
3. Assessment
Scoping
Environmental scoping document: 
PDF icon CMS16331 - Ravensthorpe Gold Project - Final ESD
Approved: 
Monday, 26 February, 2018
Environmental Review
Public submissions: 
Tuesday, 1 October, 2019 to Tuesday, 29 October, 2019
Make a submission: 
Ravensthorpe Gold Project - Public Environmental Review
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon Environmental Review Document FINAL August 2019.pdf
PDF icon App A - Environmmental Scoping Document.pdf
PDF icon App B - Register of stakeholder consultation.pdf
PDF icon App C - Biological survey Part 1.pdf
PDF icon App C - Biological survey Part 2.pdf
PDF icon App C - Biological survey Part 3.pdf
PDF icon App D - Phytophthora dieback assessment.pdf
PDF icon App E - Flora and vegetation management plan.pdf
PDF icon App F - Mine Closure Plan draft.pdf
PDF icon App G - Dieback management plan.pdf
PDF icon App H - Fauna and fauna assemblages.pdf
PDF icon App I - Phase II fauna survey.pdf
PDF icon App J - Fauna Management Plan.pdf
PDF icon App K - Topsoil characterisation Kundip.pdf
PDF icon App L - Kaolin pit geochemical assessment.pdf
PDF icon App M - Mercury content in waste streams.pdf
PDF icon App N - Geochemical assessment of tailings.pdf
PDF icon App O - Landform evolution modelling.PDF
PDF icon App P - Tailings storage facility Part1.pdf
PDF icon App P - Tailings storage facility Part2.pdf
PDF icon App P - Tailings storage facility Part3.pdf
PDF icon App Q - Surface hydrology assessment.pdf
PDF icon App R - Hydrogeological setting.pdf
PDF icon App S - Projection of pit water quality.pdf
PDF icon App T - GHG projection summary.pdf
PDF icon App U - Subterranean fauna risk assessment.pdf
PDF icon App V - Subterannean fauna.pdf
Date Published (Environmental Review documentation): 
October 1, 2019
Proponent response to submissions: 
PDF icon CMS16331 - Response to Submissions.pdf
Date published (Proponent response to submissions): 
April 22, 2020
Minor or preliminary work under s. 41A(3)
s. 41A(3) notice: 
PDF icon CMS16331- s41A - Notice of Decision.pdf
PDF icon CMS16331 - s41A - Statement of Reasons.pdf
Date of approval s. 41A(3): 
Monday, 11 June, 2018
Change to proposal during assessment under s. 43A
s. 43A notice: 
PDF icon CMS16331 - s43A - Notice of Decision to ACH Minerals 17 January 2018.pdf
PDF icon CMS16331 - Statement of Reasons - 170118
PDF icon CMS16331 - S43A Notice of Decision - 191018.pdf
Date of approval s. 43A: 
Fri, 19/10/2018
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1677
EPA Report: 
PDF icon EPA Report 1677 - Ravensthorpe Gold Project - assessment report.pdf
Key Environmental Factors: 
Social Surroundings
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Environmental Quality
Terrestrial Fauna
Inland Waters
Date published: 
Wednesday, 27 May, 2020
Appeals close: 
Wednesday, 10 June, 2020
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Monday, 20 July, 2020
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 1143

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/ravensthorpe-gold-project