Environment

Taronga Mines Pty Ltd complies with all environmental requirements. We apply best practices in all areas of compliance with the following reports guiding our commitments:

• Biodiversity Assessment
• Water Resources
• Air Quality
• Noise and Vibration
• Traffic and Transport
• Social and Economic Impact
• Waste Management
• Soil and Land
• Visual Amenity
• Hazards and Risks
• Climate Change

Taronga Mines Pty Ltd drives positive socio-economic factors locally and within the broader region by:

• Committing to locals first for employment and contracting wherever possible.
• Conducting cultural heritage assessments.
• Listening to local First Nations people and exploring employment and contracting opportunities.
• Engaging with the local community on a regular basis and particularly at critical points during the approvals process.
• Supporting the local Emmaville businesses by spending locally where possible and in accordance with Taronga Mines Pty Ltd's Procurement Policy.
• Delivering flow-on advantages derived from employment.
• Keeping the community informed through transparent information being provided on this website and through the Taronga newsletter.
• Developing a Mine Camp at a site negotiated with Glen Innes Severn Council to facilitate comfortable accommodation for workers coming from outside the local area. A bus will be provided to transport workers to the site each day to minimise traffic on the local road system.
• Taronga has a sponsorship and donations policy that will help Taronga support local community organisations through sport, the arts, education, and community and business events.
• Actively building social capital by being a good corporate citizen and part of the local community.
• Working cooperatively with Glen Innes Severn Council to identify and assist with local infrastructure projects related to the development of the mine.

As part of the regulatory requirements, we plan to offset the disturbance of native vegetation and our faunal habitat.

To protect flora and fauna, we will establish a Biodiversity Stewardship Site, in perpetuity, for the purpose of nature conservation on adjacent company-owned land.

In addition to tin being critical to the green economy, Taronga plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by building a 10-megawatt solar farm on-site for power generation.

Additionally, this removes the requirement of outside power sources (e.g. mains power) to supply the mine.

The mine may need up to 10 heavy vehicles (trucks and buses) and 20 light vehicles entering and exiting the site on any given day. This estimate could change during the construction phase.

We plan to:

• Schedule movements to avoid peak hour and school bus times.
• Advise vehicles to use Grampians Road and Gulf Road via Emmaville to access the mine site.
• Reduce light vehicle traffic on local roads by providing a bus service to move personnel between site and dedicated transport hubs.

Trucks carrying mine consumables, and light vehicles would use either Wellington Vale or Emmaville Road/Glen Innes Rd to access the mine site via Emmaville.

Trucks carrying tin concentrate from the mine site would travel to Emmaville and onto Wellington Vale Road to the New England Highway at Deepwater.

When the mine is closed we anticipate that the final land use of livestock grazing and nature conservation is in keeping with the current rural amenity.

We plan to:

• Decommission and remove all infrastructure that is not required for the approved final land use.
• Rehabilitate the Mine Site in accordance with its obligations under the development consent and its Mining Lease issued under the Mining Act.
• Demonstrate that it has met all rehabilitation completion criteria before it can relinquish its Mining Lease.