Last updated: June 30, 1997
The initial proposal by Worsley to develop the Boddington Gold Mine approximately 12km north-west of the town of Boddington was the subject of an EPA evaluation in 1985 (EPA 1985). An Environmental Management Programme was prepared and submitted in 1987 and the mine was commissioned in July 1987. Since that time environmental approvals have been given by the Minister for the Environment for two expansions of throughput, an additional water supply reservoir, the mining of basement and supergene... Read more...Last updated: May 21, 1997
The proposal is to develop five 40ha centre pivot irrigation sites. The five centre pivot sites, in addition to an existing centre pivot site, will result in a total of six centre pivot sites on the property with a total area of 240ha. Only three of the six pivot sites will be used for horticulture at any time. The application for a groundwater licence to irrigate 80 hectares of land (two centre pivot sites) was referred to the EPA by the Water and Rivers Commission on the 29 July 1996 for... Read more...