Fimiston Gold Mine Operations Extension (Stage 3) and Mine Closure Planning

Attachment 3 to Statement 782 – Removal of different options for management of tailings in the description of the proposal; updated description of the proposal including the ‘Proposal footprint’ and ‘Mine Development Envelope’; and removal of elements that are not key proposal characteristics relevant to the environment or managed under other legislation – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 17 June 2015.

Attachment 4 to Statement 782 – Addition to pit area to enable pit remediation and removal of 2 ha from the Environmental Noise Bund area– change to proposal approved under section 45C on 12 June 2017.

Attachment 5 to Statement 782:

• Clearing of 200 hectares within the development envelope to mine two areas within the existing Fimiston open pit, referred to as Morrison and Brownhill, and develop additional supporting infrastructure;
• Addition of 4 hectares to pit area to enable mining within the Firmiston open pit; and
• Removal of 4 hectares from the Environmental Noise Bund area including updated coordinates

Change to proposal approved under section 45C on 26 June 2018

Attachment 6 to Statement 782:

• Revision of the proposal’s Development Envelope to include the Kaltails Supply Borefield
  utilised as a water supply borefield in a defined development envelope (borefield formerly
  approved under a previous ministerial statement);
• Establishment of a Managed Aquifer Recharge system (the Kaltails Managed Aquifer
  Recharge Project) utilising the existing Kaltails Supply Borefield; and
• Inclusion of 73 hectares of clearing within the revised Development Envelope to support the
  Kaltails Managed Aquifer Recharge Project (clearing formerly approved for the borefield
  under a previous ministerial statement).

Change to proposal approved under section 45C on 10 October 2018.

Attachment 7 to Statement 782 - • Changes:

• Expansion of the proposal’s Development Envelope by 272 hectares to includea two-cell paddock expansion of the Fimiston II TSF and associated infrastructure.
• Increase in the authorised extent of clearing by 295 hectares to allow the construction of the two-cell paddock expansion of the Fimiston II TSF and associated infrastructure.
• Extension of the Fimiston Open Pit to include Fimiston South.
• Change to Figure 1 and Figure 2 to detail expansion of the Fimiston II TSF, expansion of Fimiston Open Pit, change to noise bund location and Development Envelope.

Change to proposal approved under section 45C on 30 September 2020