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Tropicana Gold Project

Project
Proponent: 
Tropicana Joint Venture
Proposal description: 

The proposal is the construction and operation of an open cut gold mine and associated infrastructure, located approximately 330 km east-north-east of Kalgoorlie and 200 km east of Laverton.

Assessment Number: 
1745
Region: 
Pilbara
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Gold
Last updated: 
November 25, 2024
Current Status: 
Ministerial Statement published
Ministerial Statement published
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Assess - Public Environmental Review
Extract of determination: 
PDF icon Chairman's Determination - Tropicana Gold Project
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Environmental Quality
Terrestrial Fauna
Hydrological Processes
Date published: 
Monday, 23 June, 2008
3. Assessment
Environmental Review
Proponent response to submissions: 
PDF icon Response to Submissions Tropicana Gold
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1361
EPA Report: 
PDF icon Report 1361 - Tropicana Gold Project
Proponent documents: 
PDF icon Appendix 1 Conservation Significance
PDF icon Appendix 2 Species Supplementary Memorandum
PDF icon Appendix 3 Survey Oportunistic Flora
PDF icon Appendix 4 Molecular Assesment Mallees
PDF icon Appendix 5 Habitat Assesment
PDF icon Appendix 6 Survey
PDF icon Appendix 7 Additional Information
PDF icon Appendix 8 Sandhill Dunnarts Differentiation
PDF icon Appendix 9 Fragmentation of Marsupial Mole Habitat
PDF icon Appendix 10 Troglo Fauna Survey
PDF icon Appendix 11 Troglo Fauna Summary
PDF icon Appendix 12 Environmental Monitoring Strategy
PDF icon Appendix 13 Draft Offset Strategy Document
Key Environmental Factors: 
Flora and Vegetation
Subterranean Fauna
Terrestrial Environmental Quality
Terrestrial Fauna
Water
Hydrological Processes
Date published: 
Monday, 19 July, 2010
Appeals close: 
Monday, 2 August, 2010
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Friday, 24 September, 2010
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 839.pdf
Post-assessment changes
Section 46 inquiry: 
Tropicana Gold Project (s46) [2490]
s. 45C amendments: 

Attachment 1 to Statement 839 – implement a single cell tailings storage facility – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 19 November 2012.

Attachment 2 to Statement 839 – remove reference to ‘Mining rate’; ‘Stripping ratio’, ‘Communications’, and ‘Main power supply’; increase water supply from ‘Up to 7 gl/year’ to ‘Up to 9 Gl per year’; increase the ‘Disturbance Area’ for the water supply area from 200 to 300 hectares; and update the figures and provide a table of coordinates defining disturbance envelopes – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 17 December 2014.

Attachment 3 to Statement 839 – increase height of waste landforms from 375 mRL to 417 mRL including the rehabilitation cover; remove the TSF specifications including the tailings deposition rate, number of TSF cells, disturbance footprint of the TSF and the maximum height of the TSF; and clarify that the overburden and waste is for the disposal in the waste landforms – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 8 December 2016.

Attachment 4 to Statement 839 – Changes:

  • change in the Short Description to include underground mining methods (Table 1); and
  • correct an administrative error for the authorised extent of the Infrastructure Development Envelope from 4269 ha to 18,494 ha (Table 2, Figure 1 and Table 4).

Changes to proposal approved under section 45C on 18 April 2019.

Attachment 5 to Statement 839 – Addition of the reference to the Kamikaze borefield in the key characteristics table. – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 13 October 2020.

Attachment 6 to Statement 839 – Changes:
• Amendment to Proposal: Increase the authorised extent of the open pit voids from 400 ha to 420 ha.
• Amendment to Proposal: Remove the maximum number, length and width of pits as physical elements of the proposal.
• No amendments to implementation conditions. – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 3 June 2022.

Attachment 7 to Statement 839 – Changes:
An increase in disturbance footprint within the Operational Development Envelope, for the construction and operation of infrastructure for the Renewable Energy Project comprising wind turbines, a solar farm and Battery Energy Storage System. No amendments to implementation conditions. Change to proposal approved under section 45C on 1 September 2023.

Attachment 8 to Statement 839 – Changes:
Single cell tailings storage facility with in-pit deposition. Change to proposal approved under section s45C on 22 March 2024.

Attachment 9 to Statement 839 – Condition 11 is deleted and replaced. Change to proposal approved under section s45C on 23 August 2024.

Attachments: 
PDF icon Attachment 7 - Notice of Decision.pdf
Date of approval s. 45C: 
Monday, 19 November, 2012
Wednesday, 17 December, 2014
Thursday, 8 December, 2016
Thursday, 18 April, 2019
Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
Friday, 3 June, 2022
Friday, 1 September, 2023
Friday, 22 March, 2024
Friday, 23 August, 2024

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