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IPC Project Briefing No. 2 United Wam bo Open Cut Coal Mine Project

1 Agenda • Joint Venture and Project Overview • Response to Com m ission Review Report ◦ Noise, vibration and transition to Joint Venture ◦ Air Quality and Blasting ◦ Biodiversity ◦ Rehabilitation ◦ Final Landform ◦ Water Resources ◦ Visual Mitigation • VPA with Singleton Council • Conditions of Consent • Matters from the Meeting 6 Decem ber United W am bo Open Cut Coal Mine Project

2 Joint Venture • 50:50 production Joint Venture between United & Wam bo –25 Nov 201 4 ◦ Glencore m anager of JV • Joint developm ent of lease areas owned by Wam bo and United ◦ Excludes Wam bo UG operations to the south of the JV tenem ent area ◦ Maxim isesresource recovery by rem oving constraints from surface boundaries & stratified leases • Utilises spare capacity in Wam bo owned CHPP & train loading facilities ◦ Wam bo rem ain owner and m anager of CHPP, train loading and other Com plex site facilities –JV access via toll wash arrangem ents United W am bo Open Cut Coal Mine Project

3 Joint Venture Leases United W am bo Open Cut Coal Mine Project

4 Justification for the Project Brownfields extension providing significant benefit for minimal additional disturbance • ◦ recovering an additional 1 50M ROMt, ◦ generating additional royalties estim ated of $370 m illion ◦ increased econom ic activity in NSW equal to $2.1 billion Gross Regional Product and $3 billion Gross State Product Continued em ploym ent for 250 Wam bo em ployees, plus creating 250 additional mining jobs and • a 1 20 construction jobs during peak construction Utilisation of existing Wam bo infrastructure with m inim al additional disturbance and no increase • in approved annual throughput of CHPP and rail loop Contiguous undulating final landform m ore in keeping with natural topography with the same • number of voids as already approved –two (2) Considered m ine design from inception of project with changes being m ade along the way as a • result of the extensive consultation conducted with community and other stakeholders Predicted im pacts will be m anaged through m itigation, licencing, leading practice m anagem ent • and biodiversity offsets ‘The Department is satisfied that the benefits of the Project outweigh its residual costs and • considers that the Project is in the public interest, subject to strict conditions of consent’ United W am bo Open Cut Coal Mine Project

5 Project Overview United W am bo Open Cut Coal Mine Project

6 Project Refinem ents Project Disturbance Area reduced by 40.8 ha including 22.6 ha CEEC • Continued to expand the Biodiversity Offset Package with recent addition • ◦ South Wambo Offset - 264 ha providing a potential 1 98 ha of CEEC –1 ,885 credits Final landform design refined to provide greater detail on micro relief with incorporation of • drainage lines m ore consistent with natural topography Detailed m ine planning conducted for the economic and environmental cost of filling final • voids, inclusive of m aterial m ovem ent, rehabilitation, drainage infrastructure, em ployee costs and overheads Additional commitments have been made in response to the recommendations made by • the IPC –which have been incorporated into the draft consent conditions United W am bo Open Cut Coal Mine Project

IPC Review Response to Recom m endations United W am bo Open Cut Coal Mine Project

8 IPC Review Report IPC Review Report found ‘that the project has m erit if it can satisfactorily and genuinely address the various recom m endations contained within this review report’ IPC Report provided 47 recommendations for further review by the Project and the Dept of Planning and Environment 1 2 - noise, vibration and blasting • 9 - air quality • 9 - biodiversity • 6 - final landform and rehabilitation • 7 - water resources • 1 - visual m itigation • 3 - transition to Joint Venture • Project provided a comprehensive response to each of the 47 recommendations and provided further information and clarification to DPE to enable completion of the Final Assessment Report and development of the Consent Conditions. United W am bo Open Cut Coal Mine Project

9 IPC Review Report –Recom m endations Noise Noise Impacts and Monitoring Im pact on Properties: 7 in Acquisition, 1 9 in Mitigation, 1 0 in Managem ent • No significant construction, road traffic or rail noise is predicted as part of the Project • The Project has identified that the existing 4 Wam bo noise m onitors are appropriate to • effectively m onitor the im pacts from the Project The Project has proposed 5 attended noise m onitoring locations to assess com pliance with • noise criteria Existing noise m onitors will be used to provide trigger alarms as is currently in use at Wam bo • In the event of an alarm being received, United will implement a noise TARP and respond to • the alarm by undertaking a review of the operations and m odifying and suspending operations as required United W am bo Open Cut Coal Mine Project

1 0 IPC Review Report –Recom m endations Noise and Vibration Mitigation and Acquisition rights The original NIA has a PSNL of 41 /40/37 for the Moses Crossing area, with R43 (Carm ody) in • acquisition DPE PAR adjusted the PSNLs to 40/35/35 based on short term m onitoring presented in the • NIA, change to PSNLs added R50C (Gee) into acquisition and R44 (Murphy) into m itigation Additional background m onitoring was com pleted in response to DPE’s adjustm ent of the • background levels, DPE am ended the final PSNLs in the AR for Moses Crossing to 41 /40/38 – sam e as the original NIA except that the night has been revised from 37 up to 38 Noise Mitigation Property Inspections –1 2 properties com pleted, 2 declined, 2 rescheduled, 3 • tem porary dwellings; Property 1 9 • Property Ow ner EIS DPE PAR DPE FAR SSD 71 42 R43 Carm ody Acquisition Acquisition Mitigation Acquisition R44 Murphy - Mitigation - - R50a (Shed) Gee Mitigation Mitigation Mitigation Mitigation R50b Gee Mitigation Mitigation Mitigation Mitigation R50c Gee Mitigation Acquisition Mitigation Mitigation R56 Skinner Mitigation - - - R1 33 (Shed) Skinner Mitigation - - - United W am bo Open Cut Coal Mine Project

1 1 IPC Review Report –Recom m endations Transition to Joint Venture Phase 1 A Phase 1 B • Cultural heritage salvage and clearing • Continued developm ent of water m anagem ent • Erosion and sedim ent control system , power line and Golden Highway • Construction of tem porary m ining and realignm ent construction infrastructure area • Com m encem ent of m ining operations at • Realignm ent of power lines and Golden United Highway • W am bo continue operating open cut, • Construction water m anagem ent system underground and coal processing facilities • Extraction from borrow pit • Construction haul roads and access roads United W am bo Open Cut Coal Mine Project

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1 5 IPC Review Report –Recom m endations Noise Noise Monitoring During Transition Phase 1 –Wam bo operate under existing criteria • with updated daytim e noise lim its, United operate under Project noise lim its without the extra allowance for construction noise Noise Protocol developed to assist in assessing • com pliance, especially in Phase 1 Phase 2 –Wam bo UG and CHPP operate under • revised (reduced) noise lim its and United Wam bo operate under Project noise lim its In Phase 2, m ajority of noise will be open cut • related, com pliance will be assessed based on norm al operations at Wam bo UG, sound power testing and m odelling if required United W am bo Open Cut Coal Mine Project

1 6 IPC Review Report –Recom m endations Air Quality Air Quality Update No air quality issues except at Property 1 9 which is currently in the process of being purchased • by the Joint Venture Consolidation of all Air Quality assessm ents and reviews and update to the contem porary • Approved Methods for the Sam pling and Analysis of Air Pollutants in New South Wales 201 6, the SEARs specified the Approved Methods 2005 – no material changes United will undertake an assessm ent and trial of potential m ethods for monitoring post blast • fume , including the use of fixed and m obile gas m onitoring equipm ent ◦ the assessm ent and trial will be com pleted within two years of the com m encem ent of m ining activities, any changes to the fum e m onitoring system will be im plem ented within this sam e tim efram e United will provide tenants with the option to vacate penalty free at any tim e during the • tenancy should they determ ine that m ining im pacts are unacceptable United W am bo Open Cut Coal Mine Project