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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 27, 2022
Marda Operations Pty Ltd propose to develop a gold mining project, approximately 140 kilometres north of the town of Southern Cross within the Shire of Yilgarn. The proposal will include mining below the groundwater table by conventional open cut methods and ore will be transported offsite for processing. The proposal also includes a waste rock landform, mine ore pad, topsoil and low grade stockpiles and supporting infrastructure. The proposal is adjacent to the proposed Die Hardy Range... Read more...Last updated: May 30, 2022
The Bellevue Gold Project is a historic gold mining operation located approximately 40 kilometres north of Leinster in the Northern Goldfields region. The proposal is for the recommencement of operations at the Bellevue Gold Project and involves extensions to existing mines and excavation of new open pits, associated mine dewatering, onsite processing and waste disposal. The proposal requires a disturbance of 363.2 hectares (ha) within a development envelope of 1,030 ha. The proposed life of... Read more...Last updated: November 8, 2021
The proposal is for the dewatering of up to 1 gigalitre per annum from the existing underground component of the Bellevue Gold Mine, to allow safe access for exploration drilling. This will occur on mining leases M36/24 and M36/25, 40km NW of Leinster. Read more...Last updated: April 18, 2018
Gold Road Resources Limited propose to develop a gold mine know as the Gruyere Gold Project located approximately 200 km north-east of Laverton. The proposal includes clearing of no more than 2,260 ha of vegetation and groundwater dewatering for mining and processing. Read more...Last updated: December 30, 2016
The proposal is to expand existing open-cut and underground gold mining developments within a defined project area on the surface of Lake Lefroy, approximately 20 kilometres south east of Kambalda. The proposal includes the discharge of dewatering to the lake’s surface and the construction of associated mining infrastructure (including open pits and waste rock dumps). Read more...Last updated: December 8, 2016
Southern Cross Goldfields Limited proposes to develop an open pit gold mine operation and gold processing plant 150 kilometres north of Southern Cross. The proposal would involve mining 1.6 million tonnes (Mt) of ore and 8.2 Mt of waste rock over a life of 2.5 years at three pit locations; Marda Central, King Brown and Golden Orb. The processing plant, tailings storage facility, and two out of four of the waste rock landforms would be located at Marda Central. The remaining two waste rock... Read more...Last updated: December 7, 2016
The proposal referred to the Environmental Protection Authority is the Hidden Secret underground Mine. Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd (KCGM) proposes to mine for gold at the Hidden Secret ore body. Hidden secret is an underground ore body located east of Williamstown, 350 metres east of the Mt Charlotte underground mine. The Mt Charlotte Underground Mine is operated by KCGM and is located adjacent to the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, approximately 600 kilometres east of Perth. Mining... 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: December 6, 2013
Proposed Gold Mining at Lake Lefroy. Inquiry under s46 to amend Ministerial Statement 548 . Read more...Last updated: December 15, 2009
The Red October Gold Project is located on the western shore of Lake Carey, 80km south of Laverton. The proposal is to mine approximately 16 million tonnes of ore and associated waste material over a two year period involves development of an open cut gold mine and waste rock dumps on the lake bed and construction of mine infrastructure and borrow pits on Anglefish Island adjacent to the mining pit. 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...Last updated: March 28, 2006
The proposal is for the developing of mining operations at the areas of Trilogy and Kundip, construction of a haul road, construction and operation of a processing plant, and disposal of tailings at the RAV 8 site. Read more...Last updated: August 9, 2000
Proposal to develop the Wallaby Gold Mine. Located on the shore of Lake Carey, a naturally occurring saline wetland approximately 27 km south-west of Laverton. The Wallaby Gold Mine Project includes development of an open cut gold mine, waste rock dumps and infrastructure to support mining on the northern shoreline of the lake. Gold ore produced at the mine will be transported via overland conveyor to an existing processing plant with tailings placed in both an extended and a new tailings... Read more...Last updated: July 13, 2000
The proposal includes gold mining developments within a defined project area on Lake Lefroy a naturally occurring salt lake approximately 7 kilometres south-east of Kambalda. Thirteen sites have already been identified for development of open-cut gold mining pits, some with underground portals and mining. Additional sites may be identified within the defined project area. Waste rock dumps, access infrastructure and mining support facilities such as workshops and contractor's compounds will... Read more...Last updated: May 31, 1999
Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines (KCGM), operator of Mt Charlotte underground gold mine in Kalgoorlie, proposes to mine two pits adjacent to Mt Charlotte. These pits will uncover the floor pillars of the Reward and Northern orebodies closest to the surface. the underground portions of these orebodies have already been mined as far as possible from underground. Read more...Last updated: December 7, 1993
The proposal is for Stage 2 of the Kanowna Belle Gold Mine, comprising the construction and operation of a sulphide concentrate oxidation plant (roaster) within the existing mine site infrastructure. Stage 2 will provide the necessary facilities to further treat high sulphide containing ores to remove the gold that is not extracted in the Stage 1 plant. Stage 2 will include the addition of a vacuum filter, storage tanks, a roaster, gas train and stack, and additional cyanidation tanks. Read more...