Technical assessments completed to support the Mining Lease Application have assessed potential impacts associated with the project and provided mitigation and management measures as
necessary. Technical assessments to be undertaken for the project include:
- Social Impact Assessment
- Traffic and Transport Assessment
- Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment Report
- Air Quality Technical Assessment
- Biodiversity Technical Assessment
- Rehabilitation and Mine Closure
- Groundwater Impact Assessment
- Surface Water Impact Assessment
The Native Vegetation Clearance footprint (or disturbance Footprint) for the Project is around 2,000ha. Most native vegetation clearance will be in the proposed Atacama Mining Lease.
The open pit voids will be progressively rehabilitated, filled with overburden and soil material up to the elevation level of the existing swales. Rehabilitation success will be monitored.
Around an additional 300ha of already disturbed and cleared land at J-A will be needed as part of the Atacama project. Following the completion of operations at the site, all open pit voids would be
progressively rehabilitated, infilled with overburden and soil material up to the elevation level of the existing swales, and revegetated. Rehabilitation progress and success will be monitored following mine closure.
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