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Department of Mines and Energy

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MINING MANAGEMENT PLAN (MMP)

FOR EXTRACTIVE OPERATIONS

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INSTRUCTIONS ON THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENT An Authorisation for extractive activities can only be issued on the completion and acceptance of a MMP. An MMP is required for new projects, when operations change significantly from the previous plan or on an annual report basis for each active extractive area. This Advisory Note contains instructions and some examples of Mine Management issues for consideration by extractive projects in the preparation of an MMP. Each section contains examples of issues which may be relevant to an operation. The operator should assess which are relevant to their site, or whether other factors need consideration, but are not listed here. The commitments to continuous improvement should have a defined objective and completion date placed on them so that there is a measurable time frame. The Extractive Operations MMP Structure Guide is available on the department’s website at: www.minerals.nt.gov.au/mineralsforms#mining

THIS ADVISORY NOTE AND PLAN IS NOT TO BE TAKEN AS A DEFINITIVE

RESPONSE TO THE DEPARTMENTS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS BUT SHOULD BE UTILISED BY OPERATORS AS A BASIS TO THE DEVELOPMENT

OF A PROJECT-SPECIFIC MINING MANAGEMENT PLAN (MMP) THAT INCORPORATES A PROGRAM OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

http://www.minerals.nt.gov.au/mineralsforms#mining

Department of Mines and Energy of 22

{OPERATOR/COMPANY NAME}

{YEAR}

MINING MANAGEMENT PLAN

FOR

{PROJECT/SITE}

Authorisation Number – if applicable

**(The Extractive Operations Mining Management Plan Structure Guide is available as a guide to this template)


CONTENTS

AMENDMENTS 4 1.0 OPERATOR DETAILS 5

1.1 ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE / CHART 6 1.2 WORKFORCE 6

2.0 PROJECT DETAILS 6 2.1 MAP OF SITE LOCATION AND LAYOUT 7 2.2 HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT AND CURRENT STATUS 8 2.3 PROPOSED ACTIVITIES AND MINING SCHEDULE 9 2.4 OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION 9

3.0 CURRENT PROJECT SITE CONDITIONS 10 4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 11

4.1 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND RESPONSIBILITIES 11 4.2 LEGAL AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS 11 4.3 OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS 11 4.4 IDENTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND IMPACTS 11 4.5 MANAGEMENT OF IDENTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 12 4.6 INDUCTION AND TRAINING 13 4.7 IDENTIFIED STAKEHOLDERS AND CONSULTATION 13 4.8 EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND INCIDENT REPORTING 13 4.9 ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITS AND INSPECTIONS 13 4.10 DOCUMENTATION 13 4.11 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE REPORTING 13

5.0 REHABILITATION AND CLOSURE PLAN 14 5.1 STATUS OF CURRENT REHABILITATION 15 5.2 COSTING OF CLOSURE ACTIVITIES 15

6.0 PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES 15 APPENDICES 16 ATTACHMENT A – GLOSSARY OF TERMS 17 ATTACHMENT B – SPECIFIC SITE PRACTICES 18


AMENDMENTS Section Amendment


1.0 OPERATOR DETAILS

Operator Name:

Key Contact Person/s:

Postal Address:

Street Address:

Phone:

Fax:

Email:


1.1 ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE / CHART

1.2 WORKFORCE

2.0 PROJECT DETAILS

Project Name:

Location:

Site Access:

Mining Interest/s:

Title holder/s:


2.1 MAP OF SITE LOCATION AND LAYOUT

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2.2 HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT AND CURRENT STATUS

Historical Mining ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Summary of Activities against the Previous MMP

Mining Interests (i.e. titles) EMP EMP

Amount extracted during last 12 months

Amount proposed for extraction in the last MMP

Total area (ha) cleared/disturbed during last 12 months

Total area (ha) proposed for clearing in the last MMP

Summary of Existing Disturbances and Infrastructure


Pit area (ha)

Haul roads (ha)

Stockpile areas (ha)

Sediment traps/dams (m³)

Process plant, mill, crusher area (m²)

Workshops/sheds (m²)

Offices/demountables (m²)

Fuel storage area (m²)


2.3 PROPOSED ACTIVITIES AND MINING SCHEDULE Summary of Proposed Activities and Mining Schedule


Target materials (e.g. sand, gravel)

Material reserves (tonnes)

Amount proposed for extraction in the next 12 months

Size and number of pits proposed (Length: x Width: x Depth: m)

What time of the year will extraction occur?

How long is extraction expected to occur?

Rate of extraction

Road/track clearing required (Kilometres: x Width: m)

Exploration (i.e. drill holes/costeans)

Will topsoil be removed for rehabilitation purposes?

Total area (ha) proposed for clearing

Other:

Summary of Extractive Program ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2.4 OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION


3.0 CURRENT PROJECT SITE CONDITIONS

Site Conditions Description

Geology

Hydrology

Flora

Fauna

Land Use

Historical, Aboriginal, Heritage Sites


4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

4.1 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND RESPONSIBILITIES

4.2 LEGAL AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS

4.3 OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS

Objective Target

4.4 IDENTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND IMPACTS

Aspect Impact Risk Rating


4.5 MANAGEMENT OF IDENTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

Category Identified Environmental Impact/s

Management (Prevention)

Management (Remediation)

Monitoring

Water Management

Invasive Species Management

Flora and Fauna Management

Waste Management

Noise and Air Quality Management

Culture and Heritage Management

Hazardous Materials and Hydrocarbon Management


4.6 INDUCTION AND TRAINING

4.7 IDENTIFIED STAKEHOLDERS AND CONSULTATION

4.8 EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND INCIDENT REPORTING

4.9 ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITS AND INSPECTIONS

4.10 DOCUMENTATION

4.11 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE REPORTING


5.0 REHABILITATION AND CLOSURE PLAN

Disturbance/Infrastructure Rehabilitation

(Details) Schedule (Timing)

Closure Objectives /

Targets

Monitoring and

Remediation

Pits

Haul roads/tracks

Stockpile area/s

Sediment traps/dams

Workshops/sheds

Process plant/mill/crusher area

Offices/demountables

Fuel storage area

Other


5.1 STATUS OF CURRENT REHABILITATION

Mining Interest/s EMP EMP

Area opened (ha)

Area closed (ha)

Total outstanding (ha)

NOTE: Photo evidence must be provided of any rehabilitation undertaken (particularly if seeking release of security).

5.2 COSTING OF CLOSURE ACTIVITIES

Summary Table

Disturbance Type Calculated Total Cost

Infrastructure $

Extractive Workings $

Exploration $

Access and Haul Roads $

Decommissioning & Post Closure $

15% Contingency $

TOTAL COST $

NOTE: Attach details of workings showing $/units of measure used.

6.0 PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES


APPENDICES

Any other document(s) referred to in the MMP should be included in the Appendix, such as:

Copies of approvals may be included in an Appendix.

Copies of monitoring reports to meet statutory requirements may be included in an Appendix.

Copies of rehabilitation agreements.

Copies of AAPA search results


ATTACHMENT A – GLOSSARY OF TERMS

TERM MEANING

Audit Means any systematic investigation or appraisal of procedures or operations for the purpose of determining conformity with prescribed procedures.

CEO Means the Chief Executive Officer, within the meaning of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act, of the Agency administering this Act.

Contractor Means a person who under a contract performs work or supplies a service in connection with an exploration activity on a site.

Critical Incidents Means an event on a mining site that has the potential to cause a significant adverse effect on the environment.

Emergency Response A plan for the minimisation of environmental harm in the event of an emergency.

Employee Means a person employed by a company.

Environment Means land, air, water, organisms and ecosystems on a site and includes:

the well-being of humans;

structures made or modified by humans;

the amenity values of the site; and

economic, cultural and social conditions

Environmental Aspects The elements of an organisations activities or products or services that can interact with the environment.

Environmental Impacts Any change to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially resulting from an organisation’s environmental aspects.

Hazardous Material A substance having properties capable of having adverse affects on the environment.

Issues An important topic of discussion or point in question i.e. management of risk.

MMA Mining Management Act.

MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet. It is provided by manufacturer or supplier of hazardous materials, and describes the properties and nature of the material.

Operator Means the operator for a mining site referred to in Mining Management Act section 10.

Plant Includes machinery, pressure vessels, equipment, appliances, implements, scaffolding and tools, any component of the plant and anything fitted or connected to the plant.

Serious Accidents Means an event on a site that causes material environmental harm.


ATTACHMENT B – SPECIFIC SITE PRACTICES

Item to be Addressed Status Comments

1 The extractive mineral permit may be used only for the extraction, obtaining or removal of sand, gravel, rocks or soil from the natural surface of land, or of the bed beneath waters, for the purpose other than extracting, producing or refining minerals from the sand, gravel, rocks or soil, or processing the sand, gravel, rocks or soil by non-mechanical means.

Yes

No

2 All extraction operations carried out on the area shall be subject to the provisions of the Mine Management Act and the Regulations there under and to all other laws of the Northern Territory as are applicable.

Yes

No

3 The extractive permit holder shall conduct programs and other activities no closer than:

125 metres from any major road or railway,

Yes No

20 metres from any telephone, or telegraph lines and cables,

Yes No

17 metres from any power lines and cables,

Yes No

25 metres of any salt or fresh water watercourse and associated vegetation,

Yes No

and in such a way as not to interfere with

water pipelines, Yes No

dams or reservoirs, Yes No

gas, pipelines, Yes No

and the lawful activities or rights of any person on or in relation to land adjacent to the area.

4 Unless otherwise approved in a plan of operation:

all costeans and sampling pits shall be backfilled on completion of sampling, or within thirty (30) days of opening,

Yes No

each borrow area shall be confined to an area of not more than one (1) hectare. Natural vegetation strips not less than twenty-five (25) metres in width shall separate each borrow area from an adjacent area,

Yes No

after clearing of vegetation - the top layer of not less than ten (10) centimetres of material shall be removed and stockpiled and

Yes No



no extraction or carting of material shall take place on Sundays and Public Holidays nor before 7 am and after 7 pm on any other day.

Yes No

extraction should not exceed two metres on an Extractive Mineral Permit. An Extractive Mineral Lease is required if extraction is to exceed two metres.

Yes No

5 Vegetation clearing from the extractive area shall be either.

Stockpiled in a clear area (not amongst surrounding vegetation) for re-spreading on completion of activities or

Yes No

Pushed to the middle of the clear area for burning

Yes No

Burnt material is to be stockpiled with the top-layer in a clear area (not amongst surrounding vegetation) for re-spreading on completion of activities.

Yes No



6 Where extraction takes place in a stream bed or watercourse:

material shall not be removed from within a distance of two hundred (200) metres upstream or downstream of any bridge, culvert, road invert, recognised crossing or authorised pipeline or gauging stations,

Yes No

material shall not be removed from the vicinity of any steep bank which is likely to erode or in a manner liable to cause erosion or destruction to the watercourse,

Yes No

the whole area underlying the branches of any tree shall be left in an undisturbed state, and where trees form a clump, the undisturbed area shall be defined as being within straight lines joining the outside limits of the branches of adjacent trees,

Yes No

the banks formed by excavation shall be battered to a gradient not steeper than one vertical to two horizontal,

Yes No

access ramps shall be kept to a minimum number,

Yes No

bunds and/or drainage structures shall be constructed across all access ramps to prevent channelling and erosion and where there is a completion or suspension of operations, prior to the Wet, or machinery is removed from the site.

Yes No

7 Where dredging takes place in a watercourse:

all operations shall be in accordance with and subject to the Mine Management Act and Regulations, material shall not be removed from within a distance of two hundred (200) metres upstream or downstream of any bridge, culvert, road invert, recognised crossing or authorised pipeline or gauging station,

Yes No

material shall not be removed from the vicinity of any steep bank in a manner which is likely to erode, or liable to cause erosion or destruction to, the watercourse,

Yes No

the whole area underlying the branches of any tree shall be left in an undisturbed state, and where trees form a clump, the undisturbed area shall be defined as being within straight lines joining the outside limits of the branches of adjacent trees,

Yes No



access ramps shall be kept to a minimum number,

Yes No

prior to each Wet season during the term of this Permit and on completion of mining operations, bunds and/or drainage structures shall be constructed across all access ramps to prevent channelling and erosion,

Yes No

the holder shall ensure that discharge from the dredge or any fluid or material used on or in conjunction with the dredge, does not pollute the watercourse, and

Yes No

where sand is being stockpiled and drainage run off is onto steep slopes, water shall be diverted into settlement ponds before being conveyed by pipeline or trough arrangement back into the river or onto grassed waterways to minimise erosion; and where water intersects a roadway it shall be via a pipeline constructed beneath the roadway.

Yes No

8 Along the access road to the extracting site, a sign shall be erected in a prominent position at the boundary of the area and shall indicate in letters not less than fifteen (15) centimetres in height:

“DANGER – EXTRACTION SITE – KEEP OUT”

Yes No

9 The holder shall erect warning signs "Trucks Entering" or similar, either side of the access road on the main road i.e. 150m before the entrance as per Australian Standard AS 1742.2-1994 W5-22C for major highway and AS 1742.2-1994 W5-22B for minor roads.

Yes No

10 The holder shall minimise the creation of mosquito breeding habitats. Yes No

11

Boundary Lines

Metal post or cairn of stones shall be erected at each corner of application area a minimum of 1m in height

Yes No

Boundary directions should be indicated using a lock spit (rocks or trenches), the two arms of which are not less than 1m in length and 150mm in height.

Yes No



The boundary lines between each metal post or cairn of stones shall be cleared to a width of not more than 1m to provide a clear line of site between each metal post or cairn of stones. If mature trees are present in the proposed cleared area they should be flagged.

Yes No

Additional metal posts or cairns of stones shall be used where there is no clear line of site over the complete boundary length.

Yes No

A metal plate clearly specifying title, date and time of marking out, size of area, subject of application and full name and address of applicant shall be affixed to the datum post.

Yes No

Boundary posts or cairns of stones shall be maintained in good order and condition.

Yes No

12 The holder shall minimise the creation of noise and dust and will apply the guidelines of the Waste Management and Pollution Control Act to disturbances at the lease boundary.

Yes No

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