Rehabilitation Methods

Rehabilitation of mined areas will be completed within 4 years after initial disturbance of each mining cell. The overarching rehabilitation strategy will be to recover as much soil from the effective rooting zone as practicable and to separate the upper soil horizons from the lower, more hostile units.

Sand tailings will be deposited into the mined cell to a depth of approximately 3 m from the surface. After drying, the tailings will be covered with overburden, subsoil and finally topsoil. The topsoil will be seeded with a broadacre agricultural crop.

The rehabilitated landform must be stable, sustainable and in line with the agreed end land use. There will be no stockpiles or voids left upon completion of mining. Rehabilitation will be considered complete when all rehabilitation objectives/criteria are met. The final landform will be commensurate with the surrounding areas and the pre-mining landscape.