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LAND AND BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT
During FY2015 there was no new land disturbance at the Long Operation.
During FY2015 , within the area of the operating mine, Jaguar Operation carried
out no new land disturbance but successfully completed 0.65 ha of progressive
rehabilitation. IGO’s exploration drill program in the areas around the Jaguar
Operation resulted in the disturbance of 0.43 ha. Of this, 0.36 ha of the
exploration-disturbed area has been rehabilitated.
As IGO’s Stockman Operation is currently in the approvals stage, no land
clearing has occurred.
IGO’s regional exploration operations around Australia created a disturbance
footprint of 190 ha. Generally, all land disturbance is rehabilitated within six
months of the initial disturbance occurring.
During the 2014 calendar year, 384.5ha of land was cleared at the Tropicana
Operation JV, primarily for the expansion of the waste rock dump, open pits,
growth medium stockpiles, haul roads and marginal ore stockpiles. During
the same period, an area of 7.72 ha was identified for rehabilitation and the
majority of the planned earthworks were completed. This brings the site’s total
rehabilitated land area to 101 ha which constitutes 4.1% of Tropicana Operation
JV’s total disturbance footprint.
Numerous
species and habitats
of significance