Wonnerup North Project
Cristal Mining is currently conducting an environmental assessment of the Wonnerup North Project, which is located adjacent to the existing Wonnerup mine.
Approval for the Wonnerup North Project is being sought to allow for continuity of operations following the completion of mining at the Wonnerup mine and proposed Wonnerup South Project.
The proposed life of the Wonnerup North Project is approximately 5 years.
The commencement of mine development is planned for early 2017 or upon the grant of all required approvals.
The main activities associated with the development and operation of the Wonnerup North Project are expected to include:
· dry mining of the
mineral sands deposit using conventional mobile equipment
· transfer of the mined
ore to the mineral concentrator via a slurry pipeline;
· mineral processing
infrastructure, including a wet separation plant;
· HMC stockpiles and materials handling infrastructure;
· placement of sand
residues (tailings) and coarse rejects (oversize) following mineral processing
in the active mining area (behind the advancing ore extraction area);
· dewatering of fine sand
residue (clays) in a thickener, prior to pumping underflow to solar evaporation
ponds;
· development of water
storage dams, sediment basins, pumps, pipelines and other water management
equipment and structures;
· site access road,
internal access roads and haul roads;
· site power supply via
connection to existing high voltage electricity transmission lines;
· road transport of
mineral concentrates along the mineral concentrate transport route to the
Bunbury Mineral Separation Plant (MSP); and
· road transport of MSP
process waste from the Bunbury MSP to the Project.
Click below to access Wonnerup North Mineral Sands Project Preliminary Documentation:
Wonnerup North Project/Wonnerup North EPBC Act Preliminary Documentation((Appendix A)
Wonnerup North Project/Wonnerup North EPBC Act Preliminary Documentation((Appendix B)
Wonnerup North Project/Wonnerup North EPBC Act Preliminary Documentation((Appendix C)
Wonnerup North Project/Wonnerup North EPBC Act Preliminary Documentation((Appendix D)
Wonnerup North Project/Wonnerup North EPBC Act Preliminary Documentation((Appendix E)
Wonnerup North Project/Wonnerup North EPBC Act Preliminary Documentation((Appendix F)
Wonnerup North Project/Wonnerup North EPBC Act Preliminary Documentation((Appendix G)
Wonnerup North Project/Wonnerup North EPBC Act Preliminary Documentation((Appendix H)
Wonnerup North Project/Wonnerup North EPBC Act Preliminary Documentation((Appendix I)
Wonnerup North Project/Wonnerup North EPBC Act Preliminary Documentation((Appendix J)
Wonnerup North Project/Wonnerup North EPBC Act Preliminary Documentation((Main Text)