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Hemi Gold Project

Project
Proponent: 
De Grey Mining Ltd
Proposal description: 

De Grey Mining Ltd proposes to construct and operate the Hemi Gold Project (the Project) located approximately 85 km south of Port Hedland, in the Pilbara Region of WA. 

The Project involves the excavation of open pits, mine dewatering, surplus water management including reinjection and controlled discharge. 

Associated supporting infrastructure includes an integrated waste landform tailings storage facility, waste rock landforms, low-grade stockpiles, airstrip, accommodation village, sealed access and haulage roads, power and pipeline corridors, wastewater treatment plant, and landfills

Proposal Content Document: 
PDF icon Proposal Content Document.pdf
Assessment Number: 
2380
Region: 
Pilbara
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Gold
Last updated: 
July 21, 2025
Current Status: 
EPA Report and Recommendations released - appeals closed
EPA Report and Recommendations released - appeals closed
1. Referral
Comment on this referral: 
Hemi Gold Project
Comment period: 
Wednesday, 5 July, 2023 to Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
Referral documentation: 
PDF icon Referral form
PDF icon Supporting document [1]
PDF icon Supporting document [2]
PDF icon Appendix 01_Groundwater and Surface Water Assessment_Geowater_2023.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 02_Hemi Deposits_Sub Surface Materials Characterisation_PFS_SRK_2022.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 03_Hemi Gold Project Kinetic Column Interim Results_SRK_2023.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 04_TSF Design Report_Hemi Gold Project_CMW_2022.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 05_De Grey_Turner River and Site Closure Flood Modelling_SWS_2022b.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 06_Conceptual Mine Closure Plan - Hemi Gold Project.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 07_Community Relations Stakeholder List and Register.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 08_Mallina Gold Project Baseline Aquatic Ecology Survey_Final Report_V1_Stantec_2022.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 09_Aquatic Ecology Flood Study Memorandum_Stantec_2023.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 10a_Hemi Gold Deposit Flora and Vegetation Studies_Umwelt_2023.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 10b_Hemi Gold Deposit Flora and Vegetation Studies_Umwelt_2023.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 10c_Hemi Gold Deposit Flora and Vegetation Studies_Umwelt_2023.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 10d_Hemi Gold Deposit Flora and Vegetation Studies_Umwelt_2023.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 11_Status of Seringia Exastia At Hemi_Letter_Umwelt_2022.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 12_Hemi Gold Project_Detailed Vertebrate Fauna Survey_WW_2023.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 13_Mallina Gold Project SRE Fauna Report_Bennelongia_2022b.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 14_Hemi Gold Project Subterranean Fauna Survey Report _Bennelongia_2022.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 15 Hemi_Materials and Landform Review_Mine Earth_2022.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 16_Hemi Project_Soil Resource Assessment_Mine Earth_2022.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 17_Hemi Gold Project_Environmental Noise Assessment_Herring Storer Acoustics_2022.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 18_Hemi Gold Project-Emissions Summary Report_V2_Energetics_2022.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 19_Hemi GHG Environment Management Plan Final_De Grey.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 20_Hemi Gold Mine Project Air Quality Assessment_V1_ETA_2022.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 21_Fauna Management Plan Hemi_ 2023.pdf
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Assess - Additional Assessment Information (public review)
Extract of determination: 
PDF icon Hemi Gold Project
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Air Quality
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Social Surroundings
Flora and Vegetation
Subterranean Fauna
Terrestrial Fauna
Inland Waters
Date published: 
Monday, 16 October, 2023
3. Assessment
Environmental Review
Public submissions: 
Monday, 25 November, 2024 to Monday, 23 December, 2024
Make a submission: 
Hemi Gold Project - Additional Information
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon Hemi Gold Project Revised Referral Supporting Document - Assessment Number 2380_Redacted_Part1.pdf
PDF icon Hemi Gold Project Revised Referral Supporting Document - Assessment Number 2380_Redacted_Part2.pdf
PDF icon Hemi Gold Project Revised Referral Supporting Document - Assessment Number 2380_Redacted_Part3.pdf
PDF icon Hemi Gold Project Revised Referral Supporting Document - Assessment Number 2380_Redacted_Part4.pdf
PDF icon Hemi Gold Project Revised Referral Supporting Document - Assessment Number 2380_Redacted_Part5.pdf
PDF icon Hemi_Residual Impacts Significance Model Table_Nov 24.pdf
PDF icon EPA RFI Letter of Response_Final.pdf
PDF icon Hemi Gold Offsets Table_Nov24.pdf
PDF icon App_01_Environmental Management Plan_Nov 2024.pdf
PDF icon App_02_DFS Hydrogeology_Geowater_2023.pdf
PDF icon App_03_Technical Review DFS Groundwater_Jurassic_2023.pdf
PDF icon App_04_TSF Design Report_Hemi Gold Project_CMW_2022.pdf
PDF icon App_05_Sub Surface Materials Characterisation_PFS_SRK_2022.pdf
PDF icon App_06_Closure Flood Modelling_SWS_2022b.pdf
PDF icon App_07_Hemi_Conceptual MCP.pdf
PDF icon App_08_Stakeholder Engagement Register.pdf
PDF icon App_09_Tier 2 ERA Discharge_MBS_2024.pdf
PDF icon App_10_Ecotox Addendum ERA_MBS_2024.pdf
PDF icon App_11_Baseline Aquatic Ecology_Stantec_2022.pdf
PDF icon App_12_Aquatic Ecology Flood Study_Stantec_2023.pdf
PDF icon App_13_Hemi Baseline Flora and Vegetation_Umwelt_2024_Part1.pdf
PDF icon App_13_Hemi Baseline Flora and Vegetation_Umwelt_2024_Part2.pdf
PDF icon App_13_Hemi Baseline Flora and Vegetation_Umwelt_2024_Part3.pdf
PDF icon App_13_Hemi Baseline Flora and Vegetation_Umwelt_2024_Part4.pdf
PDF icon App_13_Hemi Baseline Flora and Vegetation_Umwelt_2024_Part5.pdf
PDF icon App_13_Hemi Baseline Flora and Vegetation_Umwelt_2024_Part6.pdf
PDF icon App_13_Hemi Baseline Flora and Vegetation_Umwelt_2024_Part7.pdf
PDF icon App_13_Hemi Baseline Flora and Vegetation_Umwelt_2024_Part8.pdf
PDF icon App_13_Hemi Baseline Flora and Vegetation_Umwelt_2024_Part9.pdf
PDF icon App_13_Hemi Baseline Flora and Vegetation_Umwelt_2024_Part10.pdf
PDF icon App_14_Status of Seringia Exastia_Letter_Umwelt_2022.pdf
PDF icon App_15_Gregory Land System PEC_Umwelt_2024.pdf
PDF icon App_16_Turner River Flora and Vegetation_Umwelt_2024.pdf
PDF icon App_17_Fauna and Habitat_Western Wildlife_2024.pdf
PDF icon App_18_HEMI_SRE_Survey_Bennelongia_2023.pdf
PDF icon App_19_Subfauna_Bennelongia_2023.pdf
PDF icon App_20_Hemi Targeted Stygo_Bennelongia_2024.pdf
PDF icon App_21_Sub Fauna Habitat Assessment_DeGrey_2024.pdf
PDF icon App_22_Noise Assessment_Herring Storer_2022.pdf
PDF icon App_23_Emissions Summary_Energetics_2022.pdf
PDF icon App_24_GHG EMP_De Grey_2024.pdf
PDF icon App_25_GHG Peer Review_Worley_2024.pdf
PDF icon App_26_AirAssessment_ETA_2022.pdf
PDF icon App_28_Impact Reconciliation Procedure_2024.pdf
Date Published (Environmental Review documentation): 
November 25, 2024
Proponent response to submissions: 
PDF icon APP-0000394_2025-03-25_Hemi Gold Project_s38_Response to submissions table.pdf
PDF icon 2380_Hemi_RSD_250324_Redacted_Part1.pdf
PDF icon 2380_Hemi_RSD_250324_Redacted_Part2.pdf
PDF icon 2380_Hemi_RSD_250324_Redacted_Part3.pdf
PDF icon 2380_Hemi_RSD_250324_Redacted_Part4.pdf
PDF icon 2380_Hemi_RSD_250324_Redacted_Part5.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 1 - Environmental Management Plan (De Grey, 2025).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 2 - DFS Hydrogeology (Geowater, 2023).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 3 - Technical Review DFS Groundwater (Jurassic, 2023).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 4 - TSF Design Report Hemi Gold Project (CMW, 2022).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 5 - Sub Surface Materials Characterisation (SRK, 2022).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 6 - Closure Flood Modelling (SWS, 2022).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 7 - Hemi Conceptual MCP (De Grey, 2023).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 8 - Stakeholder Consultation Register (De Grey, 2024).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 9 - Short Term Reinjection Trial Memo (De Grey, 2025).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 10 - Hemi Pit Lake Memo (De Grey, 2025).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 11 - Conceptual Closure Drawdown (De Grey, 2025).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 12 - Tier 2 Ecological Risk Assessment (MBS, 2024b).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 13 - Ecotox Addendum ERA (MBS, 2024).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 14 - Baseline Aquatic Ecology Study of the Yule and Turner Rivers (Stantec, 2022).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 15 - Baseline Aquatic Ecology Survey of the Turner and Yule Rivers, Flood Study Memorandum (Stantec, 2023).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 16 - Hemi Gold Deposit Flora and Vegetation Studies (Umwelt, 2024)_Part1.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 16 - Hemi Gold Deposit Flora and Vegetation Studies (Umwelt, 2024)_Part2.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 16 - Hemi Gold Deposit Flora and Vegetation Studies (Umwelt, 2024)_Part3.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 16 - Hemi Gold Deposit Flora and Vegetation Studies (Umwelt, 2024)_Part4.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 16 - Hemi Gold Deposit Flora and Vegetation Studies (Umwelt, 2024)_Part5.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 16 - Hemi Gold Deposit Flora and Vegetation Studies (Umwelt, 2024)_Part6.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 16 - Hemi Gold Deposit Flora and Vegetation Studies (Umwelt, 2024)_Part7.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 16 - Hemi Gold Deposit Flora and Vegetation Studies (Umwelt, 2024)_Part8.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 16 - Hemi Gold Deposit Flora and Vegetation Studies (Umwelt, 2024)_Part9.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 16 - Hemi Gold Deposit Flora and Vegetation Studies (Umwelt, 2024)_Part10.pdf
PDF icon Appendix 17 - Status of Seringia Exastia at Hemi (Umwelt, 2024).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 18 - Gregory Land System PEC Buffer Memo (Umwelt, 2024).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 19 - Flora and Vegetation Assessment of the Turner River (Umwelt, 2024).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 20 - Hemi Gold Project - Detailed Vertebrate Fauna Survey 2021-2024 (Western Wildlife, 2024).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 21 - Mallina Gold Project Short-range Endemic Fauna Report (Bennelongia, 2023).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 22 - Hemi Gold Project Subterranean Fauna Survey Report (Bennelongia, 2023).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 23 - Targeted Stygofauna Survey Memo (Bennelongia, 2024).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 24 - Subterranean Fauna Habitat Assessment (De Grey, 2024).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 25 - Environmental Noise Assessment - Hemi Gold Project (Herring Storer, 2022).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 26 - Hemi Gold Project - Emissions Estimates Report (Energetics, 2023).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 27 - Hemi Gold Project Greenhouse Gas Management Plan (De Grey, 2023).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 28 - GHG Management Plan Peer Review (Worley, 2024).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 29 - Hemi Gold Project - Air Quality Assessment (ETA, 2022).pdf
PDF icon Appendix 31 - Impact Reconciliation Procedure (De Grey, 2025).pdf
Date published (Proponent response to submissions): 
April 11, 2025
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1785
EPA Report: 
PDF icon EPA Report 1785 Hemi Gold Project.pdf
Key Environmental Factors: 
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Social Surroundings
Flora and Vegetation
Subterranean Fauna
Terrestrial Fauna
Inland Waters
Date published: 
Monday, 30 June, 2025
Appeals close: 
Monday, 21 July, 2025
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Wednesday, 29 April, 2026
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 1270

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