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Cooljarloo Mineral Sands Project – Osprey Expansion

Project
Proponent: 
Tronox Management Pty Ltd
Proposal description: 

Tronox Management Pty Ltd are proposing to expand the existing Cooljarloo Mineral Sands Project by mining a satellite pit named Osprey. The project is located approximately 20 kilometres northwest of Cataby.

The Osprey Expansion has a disturbance footprint of 61 hectares (ha) of which 59.14 ha is native vegetation. 

Dredge mining will be used to avoid pit dewatering. Water for mining and concentrating will be sourced from existing licenced bores.

The final mine void will be backfilled above the groundwater table and rehabilitated.

Assessment Number: 
2502
Region: 
Wheatbelt
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Mineral sands
Last updated: 
June 23, 2025
Current Status: 
Decision on whether to assess has been published
Decision on whether to assess has been published
1. Referral
Comment on this referral: 
Cooljarloo Mineral Sands Project – Osprey Expansion
Comment period: 
Monday, 12 May, 2025 to Sunday, 18 May, 2025
Referral documentation: 
PDF icon Referral form
PDF icon Proposal Content document
PDF icon Supporting Document
PDF icon Appendix_A_EnvironmentalManagementProgramme_Tronox_2013.pdf
PDF icon Appendix_B1_CLWPhytophthoracinnamomioccurrenceassessment_Glevan_2012.pdf
PDF icon Appendix_B2_WetlandsWatercoursesandGDE_Syrinx_2013.pdf
PDF icon Appendix_B3_CLWFloraandVegetationAssessment_Woodman_2014.pdf
PDF icon Appendix_B4_ConservationSignificantFloraRiskAssessment_WoodmanEnvironmental_2015.pdf
PDF icon Appendix_B5_OspreyBaselineFloraandVegetation_Umwelt_2024.pdf
PDF icon Appendix_B6_OspreyTargetedFloraandVegetation_Umwelt_2024.pdf
PDF icon Appendix_B7_CLWSubterraneanFaunaDesktopStudy_Bennelongia_2013.pdf
PDF icon Appendix_B8_CLWShortRangeEndemicFauna_Bennelongia_2013.pdf
PDF icon Appendix_B9_CLWPilot-ScaleStygofaunaSurvey_Bennelongia_2013.pdf
PDF icon Appendix_B11_Level1FaunaandTargetedBlackCockatooAssessmentoftheLoneSouthandOspreySurveyAreas_Bamford_2025.pdf
PDF icon Appendix_B12_AboriginalHeritageSurveyforProposedCooljarlooMineExpansion_DortchCuthbert_2024.pdf
PDF icon BEC_Cooljaloo West subfauna desktop_16iv25_FINAL.pdf
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Assess - Additional Assessment Information (public review)
Extract of determination: 
PDF icon Cooljarloo Mineral Sands Project – Osprey Expansion (Section 40AA significant amendment...
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Fauna
Inland Waters
Date published: 
Monday, 23 June, 2025

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/cooljarloo-mineral-sands-project-%E2%80%93-osprey-expansion