What's happening at Angas Zinc? Safety - In March achieved 12 months without a Lost Highest Time Injury (LTI) recorded RL (72.34m) Emergency Response Training - new team members Hazard reporting continued to increase Increased core safety training TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Mining and Processing (Quarter 1, 2013) Underground development has advanced to over 11km Development progressing on the 360 metre level A total 93,989 tonnes of ore was processed 10,827 tonnes of zinc concentrate 4,730 tonnes of lead copper concentrate Exploration result from underground has resulted in approval of development of the 380mL TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Near Mine Exploration TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Regional Exploration Regional exploration commenced in January Results in March confirmed presence of a large copper-gold mineralisation at Pipeline Ongoing geochemical sampling continues over regional prospects TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Angas Zinc Mine Quarterly Environment Report Quarter 1: January -March 2013 M. Daniel TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Environmental and Community Activities Community Interaction - Site tours Annual Compliance Report (formally MARCR) submitted at CSIRO Double helix club requested date SACOME Mining for non-miners Waste Management Plan - SCCC and government regulators implemented, waste bays, DMITRE Industry and Manufacturing recycling tour Installation of noise curtains Green Triangle Activity Group TAFE SA Indigenous Students TSF Rehabilitation trial (soil studying mining – presentation and moisture probe vandalised, surface tour repaired in April) Sponsorships Seed Collection - 9 species CLASS throughout the quarter Rabbit fumigation TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA LIMITED Woody Weeds eradication program
Noise March Monitoring - West results (Boxcut side) TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Noise March Monitoring -East results (Mill side) Possible sledge hammer Wind Wind TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Noise Noise/vibrations concerns from one resident. Ongoing regular discussions attempting to identify and resolve these issue Analysis of noise and vibration data Consultant from a noise mitigation strategies company (Flexshield) came to site in December 2012 measuring noise around and off-site to determine the main source of noise TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Flexshield Noise Monitoring Locations a Neighbour’s Home Boundary towards Neighbour Paddock Residence 1 st Level Ball Mill – 3000mm from Mill Mine side of Grain Mill
Noise - Flexshield Monitoring Data TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Noise/ Vibration PPVmax- 0.12 mm/s Velocity (mm/s) PPVmax- 0.10 mm/s 7/5/13 06:00 7/5/13 00:00 Vibration Levels at time of Noise/vibration concern received on the 7 th of May AS2187.2 Vibration limit - 5mm/s Walking - 1mm/s Jumping - 7mm/s Average vibration for a stope blast - 1.5mm/s Max during time (00:00 - 06:00) of concern - 0.12mm/s Noise data has been forwarded to the EPA 14 TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Hi-volume samplers Exceedance on the 4th of January over the PEPR criteria SA Environmental Pollution Monitoring Services investigated the exceedance; Dust contained low lead levels Wind speed 5-10 m/s Wind direction (north to west) High levels not recorded at western unit Non-mine related dust TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Blasting No complaints regarding blasting during the quarter Monitors were calibrated during the quarter and replaced by the roving monitor All monitors are now operational No data was recorded during the 25 th and 28 th of February and the 5 th to the 13 th of March due to issues with the solar panel resulting in battery failure (roving monitor) Problem with the sensor at the Glover paddock monitor resulted in invalid data from 31 st of January till the 14 th of March SAROS are currently installing an alarm system to raise an alert when unusual data inputs occur TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Acid Mine Drainage - TSF Decant Pond RL RL - 67.39 at 16 th May 2011 2010 2012 2013 TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Acid Mine Drainage - TSF Decant Pond Surface Area Surface area- now measuring weekly through visual inspection (photo and GPS points) Current surface area - 11,807m 2 at 67.45RL on the 15 th of May Below 15,000m 2 and 68RL 7 th March 2013 TSF Western Wall 15 th 2013 May TSF Western Wall TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Acid Mine Drainage - Surface Area TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Acid Mine Drainage - TSF Decant Pond Beach survey undertaken on the 4 th of May 2013 Volume of water in the decant pond has reduced by 219,727m 3 since November 2011 RL of the tails has increased by 1 meter - at the decant chute Water depth at decant chute reduced from 8.94m on 28 th November 2011 to 2.12m on the 4 th of May 2013 Volume of Decant Total Volume of Date RL of Tails (m) Pond Water (m3) tailings (m3) Nov-11 -36.79 239,367 569,000 May-12 -35.85 149,587 606,000 Oct-12 639,830 -35.60 159,786 May-13 677,100 -34.64 19,640 TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Acid Mine Drainage - Modeled Surface Area TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Acid Mine Drainage - Management of the TSF Decant Pond Raw water management 350m 3 /day sent underground for use in the underground drill rigs Re-injection of filtered water Increased feed capacity of the filtration plant (replaced the Osmoflo UF) which can treat 100m 3 /hr compared to 40m 3 /hr Dust suppression- sprinklers and water trucks RO plants - treating small amounts for internal use TSF water management Currently an average of 445m 3 /day of water is used within the process plant Enhanced evaporation - sprinklers Paste fill V2 - contingency for high rainfall events TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Community feedback & environmental incidents 3 registered community complaints Two from one resident regarding noise at night- – noise curtains installed – house visit – noise monitoring conducted at the house Local resident complained about work conducted on Good Friday- did not leave details 2 internal environmental events recorded Turtle found in process pond Oil spill identified on road verge adjacent to the eastern paddock fenceline TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Upcoming Activities for Q2 2013 Drainage and sediment drain upgrades Continued removal of historic waste Seeding of native plants on 6ha of the eastern paddock for SEB requirements Rehabilitation of the historic landfill Further weed and pest management Vegetation maintenance and enhancement TAFE group using Angas as a training site for rehabilitation TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA LIMITED
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