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Havieron Underground Mine Project

Project
Proponent: 
Newcrest Operations Limited
Proposal description: 

The Havieron Underground Mine Project (the Project) is a greenfield gold-copper deposit operated located in the East Pilbara Shire of Western Australia, and is approximately 45 kilometres (km) east of Newcrest’s Telfer Gold Mine and 450 km east south east from the town of Port Hedland.  

The Project involves the development and operation of an underground mine with transport of ore to Telfer Gold Mine for processing. The underground mine and  associated infrastructure includes; clearing of 530 ha of new disturbance and use of 200 ha of currently approved disturbance including Stage 1 (191 ha) and existing disturbance within proximity to Telfer (9 ha), development of an underground mine, construction and operation of a 50 km infrastructure corridor from Havieron to Telfer Gold Mine for the transport of ore, water, electricity and site access, continued abstraction of 2 GL per year of groundwater, and expansion of associated infrastructure.

Region: 
Pilbara
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Copper
Gold
Last updated: 
December 22, 2021
Current Status: 
Proposal withdrawn
1. Referral
Comment on this referral: 
Havieron Underground Mine Project
Comment period: 
Thursday, 16 December, 2021 to Wednesday, 22 December, 2021
Referral documentation: 
PDF icon Havieron Project Referral Form - EP Act v2.pdf
PDF icon Havieron Stage 2 Referral (Rev3) - Supporting Document.pdf
PDF icon Havieron Underground Mine Project - Proposal Content Document.pdf
PDF icon Appendix A Stakeholder Consultation redacted.pdf
PDF icon Appendix B Flora and Vegetation Reports.pdf
PDF icon Appendix C Surface Water Assessment.pdf
PDF icon Appendix D Havieron Mine Closure Plan.pdf
PDF icon Appendix E Terrestrial Fauna Reports REDACTED.pdf
PDF icon Appendix F Significant Species Management Plan.pdf
PDF icon Appendix G Subterranean Fauna Reports.pdf
PDF icon Appendix H Soil Report.pdf
PDF icon Appendix I Closure Investigations.pdf
PDF icon Appendix J H3 Hydrogeological Report - Figures 1-10.pdf
PDF icon Appendix J H3 Hydrogeological Report - Figures 11-20 (1).pdf
PDF icon Appendix J H3 Hydrogeological Report.pdf
PDF icon Appendix K Inland Waters Management Plan.pdf
PDF icon Appendix L Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report.pdf

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/havieron-underground-mine-project