North Kiaka Quartzite Mine - Additional Information

Overview

SIMCOA Operations Pty Ltd. is proposing the North Kiaka Project, a quartzite mine approximately 15 km north of the Town of Moora, within the Shire of Moora. The revised proposal is expected to generate up to 130,000 tonnes per annum of lump quartz for downstream processing at the Kemerton Silicon Smelter, located in the Kemerton Strategic Industrial Area, 17 km north-east of Bunbury, WA. The proposal will extend SIMCOA’s operations by 18 years.

The proposal will be an open-cut mine operating above the water table, with mined ore being pre-processed (crushed and screened) at the existing Moora Quartzite Mine before being transported off-site. The proposal includes a waste rock landform, mine ore pad, topsoil & low-grade stockpile and supporting infrastructure.

The proposal will require the clearing of 17.12 hectares (ha) of native vegetation, within a 216.42 ha development envelope.

The proposal is adjoining the currently approved mine (Silicon Project, Kemerton and Mine at Moora - Revised Proposal), regulated under Ministerial Statement 813. The EPA considered the proposal a significant amendment to an existing approved proposal under s.40AA of the Environmental Protection Act 1986.

An Environmental Review Document (ERD) has been prepared by SIMCOA Operations Pty Ltd. in accordance with Environmental Protection Authority procedures and is released for public review.

The Level of Assessment was set at Referral Information with Additional Information (2 weeks public review). The additional information published for public review is required for he EPA's assessment of the potential impact on:

• flora and vegetation
• terrestrial fauna
• terrestrial environmental quality
• greenhouse gas emissions

The additional information published for public review is also required for the EPA’s assessment to align with the Commonwealth accredited process.

The ERD is available for download from North Kiaka Quartzite Mine | EPA Western Australia under 3. Assessment > Environmental Review.

The document is also available on the proponent’s website at https://www.simcoa.com.au.

Hard copies of the document may be purchased for $10 (including postage and packaging) or a USB is available free of charge from:

SIMCOA Operations Pty Ltd.

973 Marriott Road WELLESLEY  WA  6233

08 9780 6746

info@simcoa.com.au

Copies of the document will be available for examination at:

• Shire of Moora Public Library
• State Library of Western Australia.

Public submissions are to be received by the EPA by 24 April 2024.

Submissions should be made through this consultation hub.

Alternatively submissions can be

Posted to:

Chair

Environmental Protection Authority

Locked Bag 10

Joondalup DC  WA 6919.

Delivered to:

Environmental Protection Authority

Prime House

8 Davidson Terrace

Joondalup  WA  6027.

If you have any questions on how to make a submission, please contact EPA Services of the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation on 6364 7000