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Title: Short Term MPL


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Short Term MPL Western AreaPCCG Meeting3rd
December 2008

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Background
  • SA Government recognises Penrice operations
    provide important economic benefits to the State
  • No current viable alternatives in SA to high
    grade limestone
  • Short term constraints to overburden storage
    options (schist and aggregates)
  • Long term overburden storage options yet to be
    resolved
  • Important that the process of consultation on
    issues MOP/MARP continues

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Why is the MPL needed now?
  • Removal of overburden schist is required in the
    short term to maintain supply of L/Stone to
    Osborne ABC
  • PIRSA has concluded that there is an urgent short
    term need for additional overburden storage area
  • Short term mine operational constraints
  • OB removal rates much greater than OB aggregate
    sales
  • Current in pit storage already used for low grade
    limestone
  • Production constraints (mining cycle, grade
    control)
  • Crusher location
  • Water storage
  • Unreasonable to expect Penrice to store schist in
    pit in short term prior to mining
  • Substantial rehandling costs 4-5 million
  • Will add to the constraints for operation of pit
  • Need space for LG limestone storage
  • The impacts of storage on an MPL managed

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Goals for interim arrangement
  • Investigation and justification of long term
    overburden storage options to be completed.
  • Discussion and resolution of environmental issues
    including visual impact of current operations
    needs to be concluded.
  • Environmental performance of current operations
    to be improved
  • Development of agreed MOP/MARP for whole site
  • Ongoing compliance monitoring
  • Supply of Osborne Stone to ABC and Osborne must
    continue

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How will goals be achieved?
  • Provide Penrice with limited MPL
  • Setting rigorous regulatory framework, conditions
    on all tenements, rehabilitation bond.
  • Ongoing operation of community consultation

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PIRSAs proposal
  • Will be limited compared to original application
  • reduced area (south side of Jaeckeli Creek only,
    approx ½ original area)
  • limited term (end September, 2009, usually for
    minimum of 7 years)
  • limited volume (2 million tonnes, original
    application was for about 8 million tonnes)
  • Will also revise conditions for existing MPL and
    ML

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Reduced Area
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Proposed licence conditions
  • First schedule
  • general conditions for all licences
  • Second Schedule
  • environmental outcomes to be achieved
  • Some specific limitations and requirements

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First schedule
  • Limits activities to overburden storage
  • Requires an approved MARP to operate
  • Requires immediate and annual reporting of
    compliance
  • Allows independent auditing of compliance
  • Requires 20 million public liability insurance
  • Ensures public access to key documents (MARP and
    MARCR)

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Second Schedule- Environmental Outcomes
  • Visual amenity
  • final rehabilitated landform and vegetation must
    integrate and harmonise with surrounding
    landscape
  • Must be self sustaining
  • Link to Barossa Development Plan
  • Noise, dust no nuisance
  • Unauthorised access prevent injuries to public
  • Protection of aboriginal heritage

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Second Schedule- Environmental Outcomes (Contd)
  • Native vegetation
  • No clearance in Jaeckeli Creek
  • Must develop a management plan to enhance
    Jaeckeli creek habitat
  • Soil- must preserve all existing topsoil
  • Stormwater - must manage runoff

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Second Schedule- other conditions
  • Limits total overburden storage to 2 million
    tonnes
  • Validates PCCG
  • Must address public complaints
  • Requires that a study of overburden storage
    options be completed within 3 months

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Next Steps
  • MPL offer subject to receiving and considering
    advice from Planning Minister (expected week
    commencing 15 Dec)
  • Mining Minister decides whether to grant MPL
  • Penrice have requested this happen before
    Christmas to permit commencement of operations
    early 2009
  • If MPL granted, Penrice must, before operations
    commence
  • prepare MARP for the site (criteria to measure
    outcomes)
  • gain MARP approval from PIRSA
  • pay rent in advance
  • pay rehabilitation bond
  • Review of MOP/MARP for whole site will continue
  • MOP reviews required by Mining Act
  • MARP review provided by license/lease condition

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