Lead Agency Project ProposalsNOVEMBER 2016

Lead Agency Project Proposals – 2016 1

Mining Projects – NOVEMBER 2016

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DMP LEAD AGENCY MINING PROJECTS – Projects requiring a higher level of service (Levels 2 or 3).

1 Toro Energy

Wiluna Uranium Extension Project

(Lake Way, Centipede, Lake Maitland and

Millipede)

Level 3

Graham Cobby Daniel Endacott Uranium Mining Project Proposal located south of Wiluna. The original Toro Energy Wiluna Uranium Mining project (Lake Way and Centipede) received WA State environmental approval October 2012 and Commonwealth approval on the 2 April 2013. On 20 November 2013, Toro Energy acquired the Lake Maitland resource from Mega Uranium. There are now four deposits within the Wiluna Project regional resource that make up the current economic mine plan: Lake Way, Millipede, Centipede and Lake Maitland. Toro Energy Limited proposes an extension to the Wiluna Uranium Project, which involves the mining of uranium at two locations south of the town of Wiluna. The locations are known as Millipede and Lake Maitland. On 7 April 2014, the EPA Chairman determined the Expansion Project will undergo a Public Environmental Review (PER). The PER was released for public review in November 2015 and closed 8 February 2016. The EPA Report and Recommendations was released on 6 September 2016. The EPA recommended the project be implemented subject to conditions. The appeal period closed 20 September 2016. There were 14 appeals. Decisions by Government are anticipated by the end of 2016.

2. VIMY Resources (formerly Energy and Minerals Australia)

Mulga Rock Uranium Project

Level 3

Graham Cobby Daniel Endacott Uranium mining project proposal located in the Shire of Menzies 240 km east-northeast of Kalgoorlie. The proposal includes the development of a processing plant, waste rock dumps, tailings storage facilities, roads, accommodation and an airstrip. Mining is proposed to take place through open pit methods in four separate deposits – Princess, Ambassador, Emperor and Shogun. The ore would be processed onsite over a period of approximately 16 years. Uranium oxide concentrate would be shipped through Port Adelaide.

The proposal was referred to the WA EPA August 2013 and under the EPBC Act 28 November 2013 and a Public Environmental Review (PER) level of assessment determined.

The Mulga Rock PER was released for public review on the 14 December 2015 with the comment period closing 8 March 2016. The EPA Report was released on 15 August 2016. The EPA recommended the project be implemented subject to conditions. The appeal period closed on 29 August 2016. There were 20 appeals. A decision by government is anticipated by end 2016.

Lead Agency Project Proposals – 2016 2

Mining Projects – NOVEMBER 2016

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DMP LEAD AGENCY MINING PROJECTS – Projects requiring a higher level of service (Levels 2 or 3).

3. Cauldron Energy Limited

Bennet Well Uranium Project

Level 3

Graham Cobby Daniel Endacott Pre-Submission Stage. The Bennet Well Uranium Project is located 85 km south of Onslow. Exploration results have identified a palaeochannel uranium deposit that may be suitable for in situ recovery (ISR) mining. Additional exploration activity and hydrological test work is planned to support a planned pre-feasibility study (PFS) during 2016/17.

4. Gold Road Resources Gruyere Gold Project

Level 2

Ian Mitchell David Crabtree Gold Road Resources is an emerging gold producer in the Yamarna Greenstone Belt; a newly discovered (August 2014) gold region located 150 km east of Laverton. The Gruyere deposit has a JORC Mineral Resource of 3.8 million ounces of gold. A pre-feasibility update, including metallurgical, geotechnical, environmental and mining studies, is in progress.

The proposal was referred to the EPA 2 March 2016. The level of assessment was set on 15 June 2016 as Assessment on Proponent Information (API). This indicates that the proposal is not complex and the proponent has provided sufficient information on the environmental impacts at the referral stage.

In November 2016, Gold Road announced a joint venture partnership with South African Gold Fields.

5. Sheffield Resources Thunderbird Project

Level 2

Graham Cobby David Crabtree

Brian Lloyd

Sheffield Resources is preparing to develop a globally significant high grade mineral sands deposit located on the Dampier Peninsula mid-way between Broome and Derby. It is estimated to have a mine life of 47 years. A definitive feasibility study (DFS) is in progress. The project proposal was referred to the WA EPA in Nov 2015 and assessed as a Public Environmental Review (PER) with a 4 week public review period. The project was designated a controlled action under the EPBC Act (7 April 2016). Sheffield Resources provided a project briefing on 6 April 2016 for key State agencies. A Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) is in progress and Sheffield is actively engaging with stakeholders during 2016/17. A State and Commonwealth agency site visit was conducted 30 - 31 August 2016. On 2 November 2016, Sheffield lodged a Section 35 application with the National Native Title Tribunal for a future act determination. The Thunderbird PER was lodged with the OEPA on 14 November 2016.

Lead Agency Project Proposals – 2016 3

Petroleum Projects – NOVEMBER 2016Project

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DMP LEAD AGENCY PETROLEUM PROJECTS – Projects requiring a higher level of service (Levels 2 or 3).

1. “South West Hub” CCS Project

Level 2

Dominique Van Gent Martin Burke A Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project wherein the Department of Mines and Petroleum is responsible for investigating the potential to store CO2 in the Lesueur Sandstone Formation of the Southern Perth Basin (on the Swan Coastal Plain in the Shires of Harvey and Warooa). The project has been allocated funding under the Australian Government’s CCS Flagships program to progress investigations of the suitability of the Lesueur. Activity has included a 2D seismic (2011) a stratigraphic well (February/March 2012 ), a complex 3D seismic that mapped 2115square kilometres (2014) and a further three wells in early to mid-2015. The results to date demonstrate a large injection target formation of sandstone at a depth of 1,500 metres to 3,000 metres and a shale/palaeosol complex that could act as a further containment layer. Analysis and modelling of the more than 2kilometres of core and electronic data is currently underway. A community consultative committee was established in August 2011. Comprehensive information can be found at www.dmp.wa.gov.au/ccs.

2. Thevenard Island Decommissioning

Project

Chevron Australia Pty Ltd

Level 2

Walter Law Denis Wills

Bev Bower

Chevron is responsible for the decommissioning of all offshore and onshore production; processing and export facilities on Thevenard Island (TVI) located 25 kilometres offshore from the town of Onslow, Western Australia. Following an application from Chevron Australia Pty Ltd, DMP provided consent on 22 January 2014 to the licensees to cease to operate the four licenced pipelines. Petroleum recovery operations ceased in April 2014 and all facilities are being cleaned of petroleum residue. Offshore facilities decommissioning is scheduled over 2017-18. Onshore remediation and rehabilitation is scheduled for 2018 -20 in accordance with the preliminary TVI Field Decommissioning and Rehabilitation Plan.

Lead Agency Project Proposals – 2016 4

OTHER WA RESOURCE PROJECTS – NOVEMBER 2016 Selected Department of State Development lead agency resource projects where DMP provide approval agency services.

Project Key legislation Project information

Yeelirrie Uranium Cameco Australia

State Agreement

Uranium (Yeelirrie) Agreement Act 1978

Uranium mining project – On 19 December 2012 Cameco acquired the Yeelirrie Uranium Project from BHPB. Discovered in the early 1970s, it is the largest known uranium deposit in WA. Referred to the EPA by Western Mining Corporation in 1978 and subsequently BHPB in 2009, this project proposal was re-evaluated by the EPA and set a Public Environmental Review (PER) assessment level on 15 Dec 2014. In Feb 2015, DMP, in consultation with DSD, provided advice to the EPA regarding the Environmental Scoping Document. In accordance with the State Agreement Cameco has until 30 June 2018 to submit mining proposals. A multi-agency site visit was conducted in November 2015 and an EPA Board visit was conducted in May 2016.

The PER public Review period closed on 14 December 2015. The EPA Report and Recommendations was released 3 August 2016 recommending the project not be implemented due to the risk of extinction of several species of subterranean fauna. Cameco have appealed the recommendation. There were 24 appeals. A decision by government is anticipated by the end of 2016.

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