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Gabanintha Vanadium Project

Project
Proponent: 
Technology Metals Australia Limited
Proposal description: 

Technology Metals Australia are looking to develop the Gabanintha Vanadium Project. 

The Gabanintha Vanadium Project is located within WA’s Mid-West region, approximately 615 km north-east of Perth and 40 km south-east of Meekatharra, adjacent to the Meekatharra-Sandstone Road.  

The proposal includes development of multiple vanadium deposits (Far North, North, and Central) via open pit mining.  Supporting infrastructure for the Project includes waste rock landforms (WRLs), mineralised waste stockpile, processing plant, run of mine, integrated waste landform (incorporating tailings storage facility), calcine storage area, mine dewatering infrastructure, workshops, accommodation camp, borefields and associated infrastructure administration buildings and roads.

Proposal Content Document: 
PDF icon Gabanintha - Proposal Content Document.pdf
Assessment Number: 
2190
Region: 
Mid West
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Rare earth elements
Last updated: 
March 5, 2024
Current Status: 
EPA Report and Recommendations released - appeals closed
EPA Report and Recommendations released - appeals closed
1. Referral
Comment on this referral: 
Gabanintha Vanadium Project
Comment period: 
Friday, 14 December, 2018 to Thursday, 20 December, 2018
Referral documentation: 
PDF icon Referral form.pdf
PDF icon Supporting Information Part A.pdf
PDF icon Supporting Information Report Part B (1).pdf
PDF icon Supporting Information Report Part B (2).pdf
PDF icon Supporting Information Report Part B (3).pdf
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Assess - Environmental review - No public review
Extract of determination: 
PDF icon Gabanintha Vanadium Project
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Flora and Vegetation
Subterranean Fauna
Terrestrial Environmental Quality
Inland Waters
Date published: 
Friday, 11 January, 2019
3. Assessment
Scoping
Environmental scoping document: 
PDF icon CMS17518-Approved ESD-221019.pdf
Approved: 
Tuesday, 22 October, 2019
Environmental Review
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon Gabanintha Environmental Review Document Rev 5 Final.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Figure Part 1.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Figures Part 2.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix A - Mine Closure Plan Rev 4 .pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix B1 - Environmental Management & Monitoring Plan Rev 6 Final.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix B2 - Gabanintha Inland Groundwater and Subfauna Rev 6.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix B3 - Gabanintha GHG Management Plan Rev 7 Final.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix B4 - Rehabilitation and Revegetation Management Plan Rev 4.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix C1.a - TMAL Environment-Policy.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix C1.b - TMAL Environmental Social and Governance Policy.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix C2 - Climate Change and EmissionsPolicy.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D1.A - Biologic. Gabanintha Detailed Flora and Vegetation Survey Report_Final.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D1.B - ISPL. Gabanintha Vegetation Units Desktop Review.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D1.C - ISPL Desktop Biological Assessment - Borefield Expansion Area.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D2.A - Hydrologia Surface Water Study - Phase 2.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D2.B - Hydrologia Ephemeral Pools Water Balance.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D3 - AQ2. Dewatering and Final Void Assessment_Final.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D4 - ISPL Water_Supply Area Consolidated Hydrogeological Report Rev 1.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D4.A - AQ2. Water Supply Hygrogeology_Final.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D4.B - PSM Independent Review & Conceptual Borefield REV6.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D4.C - PSM Hydrolgeology Cumulative Impact Assessment sm.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D4.D - GHD Peer Review of Hydrologeological Reports.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D5 - ISPL Soil-Landform Desktop and field Assessment_Revised Final.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D6.A - WWL. Erosion Assessment of Waste Landforms_Final.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D6.B - Mine Geotech Gabanintha Open Pit Geotechnical Study_Final UN.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D6.C Part 1 - CMW Geosciences Geotechnical and Borrow Investigation_Final-2.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D6.C Part 2 - CMW Geosciences Geotechnical and Borrow Investigation_Final-4.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D6.C Part 3 - CMW Geosciences Geotechnical and Borrow Investigation_Final-5.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D6.D - Red Rock Geotech. Gabanintha TSF Stability Analysis.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D7 - Pendragon. Acid Sulfate Soils Desktop Assessment_Final.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D8 - Pendragon. Site Contamination Assessment_Final.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D9 - ES. Processing Waste Characterisation Report_Final.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D10.A - ISPL. Waste Rock Materials Characterisation with Fibrous Minerals_Final.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D10.B - Gneiss Results - Review of NORMs in Gabbros V2.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D11.A - Golder. Seepage Plume Modelling for Processing Facility_Final.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D11.B - WSP TSF-IWL Design Report sm.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D12 - Health and Hygiene Hazard Assessment_Final.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D13.A - Biologic.Subterranean Fauna Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D13.B - Biologic. Subfauna Impact Assessment Memo.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D13.C - Biologic Review of Impacts to subfauna From 2023 PSM WSA H20 Modelling.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D14.A - Biologic. Gabanintha Detailed Vertebrate Fauna Survey Report_Final.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D14.B - Vertebrate Fauna Assessment of an Alternative Access Corridor_Final.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D14.C - ISPL. Desktop Review on Night Parrot Preferred Habitat.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D14.D - ISPL. Desktop Review Long-tailed Dunnart Potential Habitat.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D15 - Biologic. Gabanintha SRE Invertebrate Fauna Survey Report_Final.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D16 - ETA. Gabanintha Revised Air Emissions Desktop Assessment_Ver1.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix D17 - ISPL GHG Emission Calculation and Methodology for the GVP ERD Rev11.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix E - IBSA Proof of Lodgement all surveys.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix F - Gabanintha ESD 22Oct2019.pdf
PDF icon Gabanintha ERD Rev 5 Appendix G - Proposal Content Document v5.pdf
PDF icon 20231201_Xodus Best Practice Review Gab GHG Management Plan.pdf
Date Published (Environmental Review documentation): 
December 1, 2023
Change to proposal during assessment under s. 43A
s. 43A notice: 
PDF icon CMS17518 - S43A Notice - 200120.pdf
PDF icon CMS17518 - S43A Notice - 060521.pdf
PDF icon CMS17518 - s. 43A Notice - 080722.pdf
Date of approval s. 43A: 
Fri, 08/07/2022
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1755
EPA Report: 
PDF icon Gabanintha Vanadium Project_Final EPA assessment report.pdf
Key Environmental Factors: 
Social Surroundings
Flora and Vegetation
Subterranean Fauna
Inland Waters
Date published: 
Monday, 12 February, 2024
Appeals close: 
Tuesday, 5 March, 2024
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Friday, 10 January, 2025
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 1242

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/gabanintha-vanadium-project