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Last updated: December 19, 2022
Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines is seeking to expand the Fimiston Gold mine operations (Fimiston), located 600 kilometres East of Perth, and adjacent to the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia. The proposal is a significant amendment to the current Fimiston Gold Mine Operations Extension (Stage 2) and Mine Closure Planning, approved under Ministerial Statement 782, operated by Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines (KCGM). The proposal is for the expansion of the Fimiston operations in... Read more...Last updated: June 30, 2016
The proposal is for the operation of a gold concentrate processing plant and associated infrastructure at Gidji approximately 17 km north of the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Inquiry under s46 in regard to changing the implementation conditions of Ministerial Statement 28 and Ministerial Statement 77 . Read more...Last updated: June 17, 2015
This report provides the Environmental Protection Authority's (EPA's) advice and recommendations to the Minister for the Environment on the proposal by Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd (KCGM) to expand their Fimiston operations in Kalgoorlie by widening and deepening the Superpit by means of the Golden Pike Cutback, and to plan for mine closure. Read more...Last updated: January 8, 2008
This assessment relates to the application by Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd (KCGM) for an Approval pursuant to noise regulation 17 for its proposed Fimiston Gold Mine Operations Extension (Stage 3) and Mine Closure Planning. The Approval will enable KCGM to vary its noise levels from the prescribed standard in the noise regulations. Following the release of the EPA’s initial advice and recommendations to the Minister for the Environment, Bulletin 1271, the Minister for the... Read more...Last updated: November 12, 2007
KCGM has applied to the Minister for the Environment for an Approval pursuant to noise regulation 17 to enable it to vary its noise levels from the prescribed standard in the noise regulations, which has been triggered by the Environmental Impact Assessment of the proposed Fimiston Gold Mine Operations Extension (Stage 3) and Mine Closure Planning. In accordance with noise regulation 17, the Minister has referred the application for variation to the EPA for assessment. The basis of the... Read more...Last updated: May 17, 2006
KCGM are currently operating open pit and underground gold mines on the Golden Mile, which is an historical gold mining area adjacent to the urban area of Kalgoorlie/Boulder. The proposal involves an expansion of existing open-cut mining activities. KCGM intends to rationalize the various open-cut mining operations on the Fimiston mining leases into a single operation. This would entail incorporation of the existing open pits into two large open pits to be known as the Combined Pit and the... Read more...