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Metro MiningAppendix M - Consolidated Commitments Table

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Consolidated Commitments Table

The following table is a consolidated presentation of the commitments as outlined in each technical

chapter.

Chapter 3 – Climate

Commitments

Develop emergency response plans, including training for emergency response personnel, prior to construction.

Develop and implement a Fire Management Plan.

Develop and implement an Erosion and Sediment Control Plan.

Implement a Safety and Health Management System detailing the safety procedures to manage the health and safety of its employees in regard to natural hazards, including heat, storms and flood.

Develop a Project risk register and appropriate controls to manage any onsite natural hazards and reassess the existing risks and identify any additional mitigation measures.

Communicate potential risks and associated mitigation measures during site inductions.

Develop pre-wet season procedures to minimise risk to personnel, infrastructure and the environment from extreme natural events e.g. cyclones, flooding.

Incorporate appropriate standards into infrastructure design and construction including for tropical storms and for periodic inundation where identified.

Cooperate with Government and industry to adapt to climate change as required.

Design water management system to allow for variations in rainfall and evaporation.

Chapter 4 – Land

Geology, Topography and Soils

Commitments

A conceptual ESCP has been developed and is included as Appendix A3. A certified construction and operation ESCP will be developed and put in place prior to the commencement of construction works for all areas of the Project that may cause erosion and/or have sediment runoff from product material. This will include timing for construction works, limits on slope length and gradients and requirements for disturbance within 40m of waterways.

A Topsoil Management Plan, including a topsoil balance, collection and storage standards, monitoring and maintenance procedures will be developed in accordance with the commitments made in the EIS.

Prepare and implement and Acid Sulfate Soils Management Plan in accordance with QASSIT (1998).

Develop and implement a Spill Management Plan prior to the commencement of construction

Prepare and implement a Vegetation Clearing Plan prior to the commencement of construction.

Minimise the area of land disturbed for the mine development to the extent practicable.

Prior to construction carry out specific soil sampling at waterways where haul road crossings or other infrastructure is to occur, to identify erosion and/or PASS risk and put in place appropriate management measures.

Undertake progressive rehabilitation to reinstate similar drainage patterns to pre-mining.

Maintain riparian buffers wherever possible to assist with maintaining water runoff quality into waterways

Ensure contaminated soils and / or hazardous materials are stored in appropriately bunded areas and managed appropriately for the conditions.

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Landscape and Visual Amenity

Commitments


Rehabilitation will return the land to the same or similar environmental values, thereby returning the area to the pre-mining visual aesthetics.

Lighting for the land and water-based operations will be assessed and managed to minimise potential visual and ecological impacts, within the standards required for safe operations

Infrastructure will be designed and constructed to minimise potential visual intrusion while meeting operational requirements e.g. colours used will be chosen to blend in with the existing environment and landscaping will be used to screen infrastructure where possible.

Rehabilitation

Commitments

Develop and implement the Mine Rehabilitation Plan, as described in this EIS, in accordance with all regulatory requirements and in consultation with the Traditional Owners and land owners.

Develop and implement a Fire Management Plan ensuring rehabilitation is protected from fire until it has become fire- tolerant. The introduction of fire frequency and intensity on the Project site will need to be managed.

Develop and implement a Weed and Pest Management Plan ensuring weeds and pest animals are appropriately controlled and/or eradicated at the Project site.


The final land use that is being proposed is for a return to native ecosystems, with environmental values the same or similar to the pre-mining environment. This is deemed to be an appropriate and sustainable final land use. Any change to this proposed final land use will only occur with the approval of the Traditional Owners, land owners and relevant regulators.

Undertake monitoring for rehabilitation to ensure establishment has been successful and development is likely to meet completion criteria. Monitoring will also ensure any issues can be addressed in the early stages of ecosystem development.

Chapter 5 – Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecology

Commitments

To the extent possible, minimise all disturbance associated with the Project.

A site Rehabilitation Management Plan will be developed which incorporates rehabilitation monitoring and trials and use of native species for rehabilitation. Monitoring results will be reviewed to assess trends and rehabilitation effectiveness.

A Significant Species Management Plan will be put in place prior to Project construction.

A Vegetation Clearing Plan will be prepared prior to the commencement of construction.

A Receiving Environment Monitoring Program will be developed and implemented and will incorporate measures to monitor water levels and quality and Big Footprint Swamp (including the monitoring of management measures to mitigate impacts from prolonged inundation of melaleuca sp.).

Develop and implement a Surface Water Management Plan.

Develop and implement a Project-specific Fire Management Plan.

Develop and implement a Project-specific Erosion and Sediment Control Plan. The conceptual ESCP is included at Appendix A3.

Develop and implement a Project-specific Pest and Weed Management Plan.

Submit a Project Biodiversity Offsets Plan to EHP a minimum of three months prior to Project commencement. The

Biodiversity Offsets Strategy Report is included at Appendix C.

Vegetation clearing for the Project will only be carried out in the dry season.

Prior to any vegetation clearing an ecological pre-clearance survey will be undertaken, and during clearing fauna spotters will be present to identify any fauna, breeding places, or relocate fauna where possible.

Where clearing of riparian vegetation or within identified wetland areas cannot be avoided, this will be minimised to the greatest extent possible including investigation of alternate siting of haul road crossings.

Include fauna crossing structures (such as culverts) in Project construction design where practicable to assist movement of fauna between habitats and reduce road mortality.

The on-site Environmental Representative will be notified of any injured native fauna and will be trained to treat these animals accordingly.


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Large, hollow-bearing trees will be selectively felled ahead of general clearing and will be relocated within the rehabilitation areas to provide immediate breeding and nesting locations for some species.

Use of fallen logs and rocks will be put into adjacent habitats to retain fauna micro-habitats in the surrounding area.

The total area of disturbance will be minimised at any particular time and progressive rehabilitation will be implemented over the life of the Project.

Maintenance of retained areas of existing vegetation surrounding Project activities to assist in providing a source of seed for mine rehabilitation works.

Speed restrictions will be imposed on the haul roads.

Buffers zones to watercourses have been mapped in accordance with the defined distances as stipulated under the

Environmental Offsets Policy 2014 for the Cape York Peninsula Bioregion. Buffers will be retained on designated sensitive

environmental areas including:

50 m for stream order 1 or 2 watercourses;

100 m for stream order 3 or 4 watercourses; and

200 m for stream order 5 or greater watercourses.

It is proposed that a minimum 100m buffer width is maintained between mining pits and designated wetlands (i.e. Big

Footprint Swamp).

Project lighting will be assessed to minimise potential impacts on native fauna, including being directed away from adjacent bushland areas and will include installation of light shields where required.

Chapter 6 – Marine Ecology

Commitments

Develop and implement a Project EMP that addresses the construction, operational and decommissioning phases of the Project, including long term marine ecology and estuarine water quality monitoring.

Develop and implement a Project-specific Acid Sulphate Soils Management Plan.

Establish Significant Species Management Plan to include worker education on local marine fauna, observation reporting procedures and exclusion zones.

A Marine Execution Plan will be developed and implemented in consultation with Maritime Safety Queensland and the Regional Harbour Master.

A Vessel Traffic Management Plan will be developed and implemented in consultation with Maritime Safety Queensland and the Regional Harbour Master.

A Ship-sourced Pollution Prevention Management Plan will be developed and implemented in consultation with Maritime Safety Queensland and the Regional Harbour Master.

An Oil Spill Response Plan will be developed and implemented in consultation with Maritime Safety Queensland and the Regional Harbour Master.

Establish an Erosion and Sediment Control Plan. This will include controls such as silt curtains during construction of marine infrastructure where required. The concept ESCP is included as Appendix A3.

Develop and implement a Marine Pest Monitoring Program in collaboration with Gulf Alumina and Ports North (refer Chapter 8).

Submit a Project Biodiversity Offsets Plan to EHP a minimum of three months prior to Project commencement (refer Chapter 5). The Biodiversity Offsets Strategy is included as Appendix C.

Implement a seagrass monitoring program for the Skardon River, including the pre-construction footprint that will survey seagrass abundance, distribution and species composition biannually for the duration of the Project.

Maintenance of retained mangrove ecosystems surrounding Project activities.

Adopt Project light management strategies to minimise potential light spill on turtle nesting habitat.

Establish defined vessel access channels that avoid benthic communities and seagrass habitats, go slow zones and speed limits for Project vessels traversing the Skardon River estuary with a preference for vessel movements in the upper tidal range.

The channel offshore of the mouth of the Skardon River should be hydrographically surveyed every year (at the end of the wet season).

Piling noise during construction of the BLF will be attenuated by:

A 500 m safety exclusion zone will be established around piling works;

Observations by a suitably trained marine megafauna observer will be conducted during piling works;

All impact and vibratory piling works will adopt a soft start approach;

Marine-based pile driving activities will take place during daylight hours; and Shut-down procedures in the event of marine fauna occurring during piling. Observations of marine fauna will be recorded (including species and location) and incidences of direct interaction such as vessel strike, or near vessel strike reported to the site environmental officer.

All vessels involved with the Project will observe the National Biofouling Management Guidelines (refer Chapter 8).


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Commitments

The preferred supplier of marine support services will be required to demonstrate compliance with the relevant requirements of both of the above guidelines (refer Chapter 8).

Discharge of ballast water by Ocean Going Vessels will be completed outside of Australia’s territorial seas (12 nm of the Australian coastal baseline) in accordance with the Quarantine Act 1908 (refer Chapter 8).

Chapter 7 – Matters of National Environmental

Significance

Commitments

Develop and implement a Project Environmental Management Plan that addresses the construction, operational and decommissioning phases of the Project. The Project Environmental Management Plan will manage the overall site and refer to several specific management plans and monitoring programs including the following.

A site Rehabilitation Management Plan will be developed which incorporates rehabilitation monitoring and trials and use of native species for rehabilitation;

A Receiving Environment Monitoring Program will be developed and implemented and will incorporate measures to monitor water levels and quality and Big Footprint Swamp;

Establish a long-term ambient estuarine water quality monitoring program prior to the commencement of Project construction as part of the Project Environmental Management Plan;

Develop and implement a Project – specific Surface Water Management Plan;

Develop and implement a Project – specific Groundwater Management Plan;

Develop and implement a Project – specific Rehabilitation Management Plan;

Develop and implement a Project – specific Fire Management Plan;

Develop and implement a Project – specific Erosion and Sediment Control Plan;

Develop and implement a Project – specific Vegetation Clearing Plan;

Establish SSMP to include worker education on local threatened fauna, observation reporting procedures and exclusion zones;

Develop and implement a Project-specific Acid Sulphate Soils Management Plan should Potential Acid Sulfate Soil be designated a risk during construction; and

Develop and implement a Project-specific Pest and Weed Management Plan in coordination with the Mapoon Land and Sea Rangers, and in accordance with the Cook Shire Council Pest Management Plan.

Develop and implement a Marine Pest Monitoring Program in collaboration with Gulf Alumina and Ports North (refer

Chapter 8 – Biosecurity).

Vegetation clearing for the Project will only be carried out in the dry season.

Maintenance of retained areas of existing mangrove vegetation surrounding Project activities.

Conduct seagrass surveys within and near the Project footprint prior to any construction.

Implement a seagrass monitoring program for the Skardon River that will survey seagrass abundance, distribution and species composition biannually for the duration of the Project.

Prior to any vegetation clearing an ecological pre-clearance survey will be undertaken by an experienced environmental professional/fauna spotter.

During vegetation clearing fauna spotters will be present to identify any fauna, breeding places, or relocate fauna where possible.

Where clearing of riparian vegetation is required this will be minimised to the greatest extent possible including investigation of alternate siting of haul road crossings.

Include fauna crossing structures (such as culverts) in Project construction design to assist movement of fauna between habitats and reduce road mortality.

The on-site Environmental Representative will be notified of any injured native fauna and will be trained to treat these animals accordingly.

Large, hollow-bearing trees will be selectively felled ahead of general clearing and will be relocated within the rehabilitation areas to provide immediate breeding and nesting locations for some species.

Use of fallen logs and rocks will be put into adjacent habitats to retain fauna micro-habitats in the surrounding area.

The total area of disturbance will be minimised at any particular time and progressive rehabilitation will be implemented over the life of the Project.

Monitoring of rehabilitation success will be conducted at locations representative of the range of conditions on the rehabilitating areas and reviews will be conducted of monitoring data to assess trends and monitoring program effectiveness.

Maintenance of retained areas of existing vegetation surrounding Project activities to assist in providing a source of seed for mine rehabilitation works.

Speed restrictions will be imposed on the haul roads.


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Commitments

Piling noise during construction of the BLF will be attenuated by:

A 500 m safety exclusion zone will be established around piling works;

Observations by a suitably trained marine megafauna observer will be conducted during piling works;

All impact and vibratory piling works will adopt a soft start approach;

Marine-based pile driving activities will take place during daylight hours; and Shut-down procedures in the event of marine fauna occurring during piling. Observations of marine fauna will be recorded (including species and location) and incidences of direct interaction such as vessel strike, or near vessel strike reported to the site environmental officer.

Establish defined vessel access channels that avoid benthic communities and seagrass habitats, go slow zones and speed limits for Project vessels traversing the Skardon River estuary with a preference for vessel movements in the upper tidal range.

The channel offshore of the mouth of the Skardon River will be hydrographically surveyed every year (at the end of the wet season).

Buffers zones to watercourses have been mapped in accordance with the defined distances as stipulated under the

Environmental Offsets Policy 2014 for the Cape York Peninsula Bioregion. Buffers will be retained on designated sensitive

environmental areas including:

50 m for stream order 1 or 2 watercourses;

100 m for stream order 3 or 4 watercourses; and

200 m for stream order 5 or greater watercourses.

It is proposed that a minimum 100m buffer width is maintained between mining pits and designated wetlands (i.e. Big

Footprint Swamp).

Regular watering of active mining areas, stockpiles areas and haul roads that are subject to frequent vehicle movements

Adopt Project light management strategies to minimise potential light spill on adjacent fauna habitat and turtle nesting habitat.

Establish stormwater and chemical/fuel spill management procedures and an Erosion and Sediment Control Plan (refer Chapter 8 – Biosecurity).

All commercial vessels involved with the Project will observe the National Biofouling Management Guidelines.

The preferred supplier of marine support services will be required to demonstrate compliance with the relevant requirements of both of the above guidelines.

Discharge of ballast water by Ocean Going Vessels will be completed outside of Australia’s territorial seas (12 nm of the Australian coastal baseline) in accordance with the Quarantine Act 1908

Submit a Project Biodiversity Offsets Plan to EHP a minimum of three months prior to Project commencement (refer Chapter 5 – Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecology).

Chapter 8 – Biosecurity

Commitments

A Marine Execution Plan will be developed and implemented in consultation with Maritime Safety Queensland and the Regional Harbour Master.

A Vessel Traffic Management Plan will be developed and implemented in consultation with Maritime Safety Queensland and the Regional Harbour Master.

A Ship-sourced Pollution Prevention Management Plan will be developed and implemented in consultation with Maritime Safety Queensland and the Regional Harbour Master.

Develop and implement a Waste Management Plan.

Take all reasonable steps to prevent or minimise biosecurity risks as per the Biosecurity Act 2015.

Collaborate with Ports North and Gulf Alumina in the design and implementation of a Marine Pest Monitoring Program.

Ballast waters will be managed in accordance with the Australian Ballast Water Management Requirements.

No garbage will be disposed to sea and no garbage will be transferred from the bulk carriers loading ore at Skardon River.

Ocean Going Vessels will be required to ensure adherence to the national guidelines and requirements relating to ballast water and biofouling.

Ships’ crews are required to demonstrate compliance with international, national and state standard regulations, as applicable.

Metro Mining will support the objectives of the Cook Shire Council Pest Management Plan 2012 – 2016.


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Chapter 9 – Water Quality

Surface Water Quality

Commitments

Develop and implement a Project Environmental Management Plan that addresses the construction, operational and

decommissioning phases of the Project. The Project Environmental Management Plan will manage the overall site and

refer to several specific management plans and monitoring programs including the following.


Establish a long-term ambient estuarine water quality monitoring program prior to the commencement of Project construction;



Develop and implement a waste management plan including management of hazardous materials and a spill management plan;

Develop and implement a Project – specific Erosion and Sediment Control Plan;

Develop and implement a Project-specific Acid Sulphate Soils Management Plan should Potential Acid Sulfate Soil be designated a risk during construction.

Maintain compliance with all site Environmental Authority conditions.

Implement appropriate erosion and sediment control devices prior to the commencement of construction to reduce

potential impacts on surface water.

Effluent from the STP will be managed in accordance with best practice to avoid any potential impact on surface water

quality.

Implement the water management network to separate clean and dirty where practicable, including clean water

diversion drains around active mining pits.

Groundwater Quality

Commitments

Develop and implement a Project Environmental Management Plan that addresses the construction, operational and

decommissioning phases of the Project. The Project Environmental Management Plan will manage the overall site and

refer to several specific management plans and monitoring programs including the following.






Develop and implement a Project – specific Erosion and Sediment Control Plan; Develop and implement a Project-specific Acid Sulphate Soils Management Plan should Potential Acid Sulfate Soil be

designated a risk during construction.

Maintain compliance with all site Environmental Authority conditions.

Implement appropriate Erosion and Sediment Control devices prior to the commencement of construction to reduce

potential impacts on groundwater.

Adverse effects on groundwater will be managed and prevented where practicable to ensure no direct or indirect

release of contaminant to groundwater result from the Project.


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Chapter 10 – Water Resources

Commitments

Develop and implement a Project Environmental Management Plan that addresses the construction, operational and decommissioning phases of the Project. The Project Environmental Management Plan will manage the overall site and refer to several specific management plans and monitoring programs including the following.



Develop and implement the site Rehabilitation Management Plan;



Develop and implement a Project – specific Erosion and Sediment Control Plan. The conceptual ESCP is included as Appendix A3;


Develop and implement a Project-specific Acid Sulphate Soils Management Plan should Potential Acid Sulfate Soil be designated a risk during construction.

Implementation of a mine water network to manage impact to water resources.

Develop pre-wet season procedures to minimise risk to personnel, infrastructure and the environment from extreme

natural events e.g. cyclones, flooding.

Incorporate appropriate standards into infrastructure design and construction including for tropical storms and for

periodic inundation where identified.


Construction of sediment ponds sized in accordance with Department of Environment and Heritage Protection

Stormwater Guideline (2014).

Identify opportunities to recycle and reuse water resources where possible, including reuse of surface water captured

in sediment ponds, sumps and slots, where practicable.

Chapter 11 – Flooding and Regulated Structures

Commitments

The Project does not propose to construct any regulated structures. If regulated structures become required at any stage during the Project, appropriate approvals will be sought from the regulator.

Construction of pits and major infrastructure outside of the Skardon River Probable Maximum Flood inundation extents.

Construction of haul road crossings with a 2 year Average Recurrence Interval flood immunity and designed to overtop during rare to extreme flood events, in accordance with the concept ESCP included as Appendix A3.

Construction of landside port and mine infrastructure outside the 1,000 year Average Recurrence Interval inundation extents, with the exception of the BLF and RoRo facilities.

Construction of BLF and RoRo facilities with capacity to withstand flood conditions, including inundation if required.

Develop pre-wet season procedures to minimise risk to personnel, infrastructure and the environment from extreme natural events e.g. cyclones, flooding.

Incorporate appropriate standards into infrastructure design and construction including for tropical storms and for periodic inundation where identified.


Develop and implement a drainage strategy for the Project to maintain the same or similar drainage patterns to pre-mining.

Design of drainage structures and scour protection to be consistent with relevant guidelines and in accordance with the Erosion and Sediment Control Plan included as Appendix A3.


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Chapter 12 – Air Quality

Commitments

Maintain compliance with the site Environmental Authority.

Achieving effective dust management during Project operation through appropriate dust mitigation measures.

All equipment utilised onsite will be maintained in an efficient and effective manner.

Where practicable limit vegetation and soil clearing to minimise the area of exposed soil that may generate dust.

Where practicable reuse cleared vegetation during the rehabilitation phase of the Project to minimise burning and

implement progressive site rehabilitation and revegetation, where possible.

Investigate and address all complaints and keep a register of complaints.

A range of energy minimisation and energy efficiency strategies, pursuant to the relevant legislation and policies such

as the Clean Energy Act 2011 (Cth) and the ClimateQ: Towards a Greener Queensland strategy, will be developed for

both the construction and operational phases.

Develop and implement dust management and greenhouse gas management controls as required.

Chapter 13 – Noise and Vibration

Commitments

Maintain compliance with the Environmental Authority.

Attenuate noise from machinery and operations, where practicable, to minimise potential noise related impacts from occurring.

Develop and implement noise and vibration management controls as required.

Implement a noise monitoring program upon receiving a complaint in accordance with the Environmental Authority.

Chapter 14 – Waste Management

Commitments

Develop and implement the Project Waste Management Plan, using the principles of the waste management hierarchy, for the construction, operational and decommissioning phases of the Project. Refer to Section 7 of the EMP, included in Appendix K. This will incorporate storage, handling, management and disposal of all Project waste streams, including regulated wastes.

Develop and implement a Wastewater Treatment Facility Operational Procedure.

Develop and implement a Garbage Management Plan for declared marine vessels.

Develop and implement a Spill Management Plan.

Maintain waste tracking records which include the characteristics and movement of all relevant material to, around and off the site.

Work with relevant councils to determine the current landfill capacities and accepted waste types and ensure wastes generated from the Project can be accommodated at existing facilities.

Encourage the procurement of pre-fabricated materials where practicable and minimise packaging and waste generation through procurement.

Encourage employees and contractors, via inductions and through procurement contract procedures, to minimize waste generation and to reuse and recycle, wherever possible.

Consult and encourage local businesses to take advantage of opportunities for reuse and recycling, if available, if unavailable regularly review the Waste Management Plan including the marketability of wastes and the results of waste audits to improve waste management and Project efficiency.

Identify opportunities to reduce, reuse, recycle and minimise waste materials across the Project operations.

Trial onsite composting to turn compostable and organic wastes into beneficial product for rehabilitation.


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Chapter 15 – Cultural Heritage

Commitments

Maintain compliance with the signed Ancillary Agreement, incorporating the Cultural Heritage Management Plan requirements.

Continually engage and negotiate with the Ankamuthi People, Northern Cape York Group #1 and Old Mapoon Aboriginal Corporation in accordance with the Cultural Heritage Management Agreement.

Develop and implement procedures, including pre-clearance surveys, to identify and manage any areas or items of Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultural heritage significance.

Identify, assess and record Indigenous and non-Indigenous heritage sites, including appropriate induction of relevant Project personnel.

Chapter 16 – Social and Economic

Commitments

Preparation and implementation of a Stakeholder Engagement Strategy for the Project construction, operation and decommissioning phases.

Seek to utilise local businesses and employ local staff where possible.

Encourage local business opportunities, particularly Indigenous business opportunities, and look for ways to form partnerships that provide good social and economic outcomes.

Community participation will continue across the Project lifecycle.

Access to the site for Traditional Owners parties will be established and implemented through the relevant Cultural Heritage Management Agreements i.e. the signed Ancillary Agreement.

Regular stakeholder communications, covering updates on the Project, will be undertaken as part of the stakeholder engagement.

Seek to develop a positive working culture and fly-in fly-out roster that maximises employee satisfaction.

Consult with the relevant agencies to ensure appropriate management actions are included in the Project’s Emergency Response Plan.

Essential services (water, sewage and electricity) will be contained to the Project site and will not draw on public infrastructure or supply.

The existing informal camp ground at the mouth of the Skardon River will not be directly impacted.

Work in conjunction with Gulf Alumina to avoid or limit potential cumulative impacts from the projects.

Develop workforce management strategies.

Recruitment to be focussed on residents in the local area with preference given to Traditional Owners and local Indigenous people, followed by other residents from the Northern Cape York area.

Committed to maximising Project employment opportunities for women and people with disabilities.

Advertise for goods and services in the region, giving preference to local contractors when they are able to meet the tendering requirements and are competitive with other suppliers. Preference will favour, in order of priority, suppliers from: (i) the Northern Peninsula (Bamaga), Mapoon and Weipa area, (ii) Cape York Region/North Queensland, (iii) the rest of Queensland, and (iv) elsewhere in Australia.

Develop and implement a Local Content Strategy that aligns with the Queensland Resources and Energy Sector Code of Practice for Local Content.


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Chapter 17 – Transport

Commitments

General

Transport hazardous substances in accordance with specific Australian Codes for Transport of Dangerous Goods.

Air

The Project will operate in accordance with all aviation safety and regulatory requirements.

Metro Mining will consult with the relevant airport authorities about the proposed charter flights and any requirements the various airport may have to service these flights.

In the event that the existing Skardon River airstrip is unable to sustain the increase in flight numbers Metro Mining will discuss upgrading the strip with Gulf Alumina.

Land

The Project does not currently propose to utilise land access to the site for any regular operations. Metro Mining will consult with the appropriate Local and State Government agencies if road access becomes a requirement of the Project.

Metro Mining will consult with the various emergency services in regard to establishing emergency procedures for emergencies requiring vehicle attendance at site.

Work with Gulf Alumina to ensure existing public access routes to recreational areas are maintained.

Sea

Develop and implement an oil spill response plan in consultation with Maritime Safety Queensland and the Regional Harbour Master.

A marine execution plan will be developed and implemented in consultation with Maritime Safety Queensland and the Regional Harbour Master.

A vessel traffic management plan will be developed and implemented in consultation with Maritime Safety Queensland and the Regional Harbour Master.

An aids to navigation management plan will be developed and implemented in consultation with Maritime Safety Queensland and the Regional Harbour Master.

A ship-sourced pollution prevention management plan will be developed and implemented in consultation with Maritime Safety Queensland and the Regional Harbour Master.

Metro Mining and its contractors will comply with all maritime safety regulations.

Metro Mining will consult with relevant representative bodies for commercial and charter boat fisheries about managing any potential interaction between Project activities and fishing activities.

Comply with all maritime safety regulations and consult with any representative bodies for commercial and charter boat fisheries about managing any potential interaction between Project activities and fishing activities.

Monitor river depth and tidal stages at its loading location and at all critical locations between the loading facility and downstream through the mouth of the Skardon River as part of its vessel management system.

Limit load on 7,000 t barges during low tidal phases to maintain sufficient under keel clearance.

Navigation channel will be charted and checked regularly, particularly following each wet season and extreme weather events.

Appropriate navigation aids will also be established in consultation with Maritime Safety Queensland and the Regional Harbour Master, and in collaboration with Gulf Alumina.

Details of navigation aids and procedures will be disseminated via navigation charts and ‘Notices to Mariners’.

The design and implementation of a vessel traffic service system will be discussed with the Regional Harbour Master.

Ships will not refuel while loading offshore of the Skardon River and shallow draft barges will have no need for fuel.

Construction of the refuelling site (for small crafts and tugs), at the barge loading facility, will be undertaken in accordance with applicable standards of design and construction for refuelling facilities, and refuelling will be undertaken in accordance with appropriate operating procedures

Barge movements into the Skardon River will be coordinated with tide levels such that no bed-levelling or dredging of the river is required.

No garbage will be disposed to sea and no garbage will be transferred from the bulk carriers loading ore at Skardon River.

Shallow draft barges will not hold any oil.

Vessel navigation and safety will be managed under the existing protocols.

Consult with Maritime Safety Queensland, the Regional Harbour Master and Ports North on detailed navigation design (including required navigation aids), pilotage requirements, marine operations systems, vessel management, and pollution controls.

Ocean Going Vessels will be required to ensure adherence to the national guidelines and requirements relating to ballast water and biofouling.

Ships’ crews are required to demonstrate compliance with international, national and state standard regulations, as applicable.


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Vessel speeds will be restricted where needed within the Skardon River and the Ocean Going Vessels anchorage/transhipment area.

Anchoring and bauxite unloading activities will not occur when weather conditions present an unacceptable risk.

Chapter 18 – Hazards and Safety

Commitments

Develop an Emergency Response Plan in consultation with emergency service departments and the Weipa Town Authority, prior to construction.

Develop a Fire Management Plan.

Implement a Safety and Health Management System detailing the safety procedures to manage the health and safety of its employees. Prepare an Integrated Risk Management Plan for both the construction and operational phases prior to the commencement of construction.

Develop a Project risk register and appropriate controls to manage any onsite hazards and reassess the existing risks and identify any additional mitigation measures.

Communicate potential risks and associated mitigation measures during site inductions.

Self-sufficient initial onsite emergency response, including spill and fire response and first aid.

Chapter 19 – Coastal Environment

Commitments

Develop and implement a Project Environmental Management Plan that addresses the construction, operational and decommissioning phases of the Project. The Project Environmental Management Plan will manage the overall site and refer to several specific management plans and monitoring programs. Those with relevance to the coastal environment include: A site Rehabilitation Management Plan will be developed which incorporates rehabilitation monitoring and

trials and use of native species for rehabilitation; A Receiving Environment Monitoring Program will be developed and implemented and will incorporate

measures to monitor water levels and quality and Big Footprint Swamp; Establish a long-term ambient estuarine water quality monitoring program prior to the commencement of

Project construction; Develop and implement a Project – specific Surface Water Management Plan; Develop and implement a Project – specific Groundwater Management Plan; Develop and implement a Project – specific Erosion and Sediment Control Plan; Develop and implement a Project-specific Acid Sulphate Soils Management Plan should Potential Acid Sulfate

Soil be designated a risk during construction; and Develop and implement a Project-specific Pest and Weed Management Plan in coordination with the Mapoon

Land and Sea Rangers, and in accordance with the Cook Shire Council Pest Management Plan.

The Draft EMP is included as Appendix K. Section 9 of the Draft EMP includes specific Marine Monitoring and Management requirements for marine habitats, PASS management, marine fauna, marine water quality, underwater noise and vibration, lighting, shading, marine pests and fisheries.

Implement a Marine Monitoring Program including water quality, river bank stability, sediment and benthic ecosystem monitoring around all relevant marine infrastructure and transhipping routes.

Implement a vessel traffic management plan.

Utilise defined shipping routes.

The channel will not be used during the peak of the wet season.

Maintenance of retained areas of existing mangrove vegetation surrounding Project activities.

Conduct seagrass surveys within and near the Project footprint prior to any construction.

Implement a seagrass monitoring program for the Skardon River that will survey seagrass abundance, distribution

and species composition for the duration of the Project.

Establish a long-term ambient estuarine water quality monitoring program prior to the commencement of Project

construction as part of the Project Environmental Management Plan.

Establish defined vessel access channels that avoid benthic communities and seagrass habitats, go slow zones and

speed limits for Project vessels traversing the Skardon River estuary with a preference for vessel movements in the

upper tidal range.


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Commitments

The channel offshore of the mouth of the Skardon River should be hydrographically surveyed every year (at the end

of the wet season).

Establish stormwater and chemical/fuel spill management procedures and an Erosion and Sediment Control Plan.

Submit a Project Biodiversity Offsets Plan to the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection a minimum of

three months prior to Project commencement (refer Chapter 5). The Project Biodiversity Offsets Strategy is included

as Appendix C.

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