Data as at 14 September 2026 · from the Queensland EP Act public register
EPVL00520113 · FURA GEMS AUSTRALIA HOLDING PTY LTD
Minerals environmental authority EPVL00520113 (FURA GEMS AUSTRALIA HOLDING PTY LTD), Granted. 71 conditions indexed. No PRC plan.
- Status
- Granted
- Holders
- FURA GEMS AUSTRALIA HOLDING PTY LTD
- Tenures
- ML400012; ML70447
- PRC plan
- None
- How it was read
- Numbered conditions
- Register
- Register record · Instrument PDF
Conditions
71 numbered conditions read from the current instrument. Page numbers link into the register PDF.
- B6
C2 Additional Conditions to the Standard Conditions contained within the "Eligibility Criteria and Standard Conditions for Mining Lease Activities" are outlined in the table below. Standard Condition Variation Conditions
- B13
- B22 D27 - 32 Words and phrases used throughout this environmental authority are defined in the Definitions section of this authority. Where a definition for a term used in this environmental authority is sought and the term is not defined within this environmental authority, the definitions in the Code of Environmental Compliance for Mining Lease Activities and the definitions in the Environmental Protection Act 1994, its regulations and policies must be used. Permit DRAFT Environmental authority Conditions of environmental authority Schedule A: General Condition Condition Number
- A1
Exploration activities undertaken in accordance with this environmental authority on EPM25973 must comply with the `Eligibility Criteria and Standard Conditions for Exploration and Mineral Development Projects'. Only exploration activities are authorised on EPM25973.
- A2
Exploration and Mining activities undertaken in accordance with this environmental authority on ML70447 and ML400012 must comply with the "Eligibility Criteria and Standard Conditions for Mining Lease Activities" except where a variation to a standard condition or additional condition is identified in this environmental authority. Mining activities are only authorised to occur on ML70447.
- A3
If there is any inconsistency between a standard environmental condition contained in the Eligibility Criteria and Standard Conditions for Mining Lease Activities and an additional condition in this environmental authority, the additional condition prevails to the extent of any inconsistency.
- A4
This environmental authority does not authorise environmental harm unless a condition contained within the authority explicitly authorises that harm. Where there is no condition or the authority is silent on a matter, the lack of a condition or silence shall not be construed as authorising harm.
- A5
The conditions of this environmental authority are in force until a surrender of the authority is accepted pursuant to the Environmental Protection Act 1994.
- A6
The holder of this environmental authority must: a) install all measures, plant and equipment necessary to ensure compliance with the conditions of this environmental authority; b) maintain such measures, plant and equipment in a proper and efficient condition; c) operate such measures, plant and equipment in a proper and efficient manner; and d) ensure all instruments and devices used for the measurement and monitoring of any parameter under any conditions of this environmental authority are properly calibrated.
- A7
Contaminants must not be released to the receiving environment unless they are in accordance with the contaminant limits
- A8
All reasonable actions are to be taken to minimise environmental harm, or potential environmental harm, resulting from any emergency, incident or circumstance not in accordance with the conditions of this environmental authority.
- A9
Estimated Rehabilitation Cost ERC The environmental authority holder must not carry out, or allow the carrying out of a resource activity under this environmental authority unless: a) An ERC decision is in effect for the resource activity being carried out; b) The environmental authority holder has paid a contribution to the scheme fund or given a surety for the environmental authority holder under the Mineral and Energy (Financial Provisioning) Act 2018; and Permit DRAFT Environmental authority c) The environmental authority holder has complied with the requirements under the Mineral and Energy (Financial Provisioning) Act 2018 for paying a contribution to the scheme fund, or giving a surety for the environmental authority, as required from time to time.
- A10
Notification of emergencies, incidents, and exceptions The environmental authority holder must notify the administering authority and the landholder by written notification as soon as practicable and within 24 hours after becoming aware of any emergency or incident which results in the release of contaminants not in accordance, or reasonably expected to be not in accordance, with the conditions of this environmental authority.
- A11
The notification in Condition A10 must include, but not be limited to, the following: a) the environmental authority number and name of the holder; b) the name and telephone number of the designated contact person; c) the location (using GPS coordinates) of the emergency or incident; d) the date and time of the emergency or incident; e) the time the holder of the environmental authority became aware of the emergency or incident; f) where known: i) the estimated quantity and type of substances involved in the emergency or incident; ii) the actual or potential cause of the emergency or incident; iii) a description of the nature and effects of the emergency or incident including environmental risks, and any risks to public health or livestock; g) any sampling conducted or proposed, relevant to the emergency or incident; h) immediate actions taken to prevent or mitigate any further environmental harm caused by the emergency or incident; and i) what notification of stakeholders who may be affected by the emergency or incident has occurred or is being undertaken.
- A12
As soon as practicable, but not more than 6 weeks following the initial notification in Condition A10, environmental monitoring must be performed and written advice of the results of any such monitoring performed, must be provided to the administering authority.
- A13
Complaints All complaints received must be recorded and include: a) investigations undertaken; b) conclusions formed; and c) actions taken. This information must be made available to the administering authority on request.
- A14
The holder of this environmental authority must for all complaints received, record the following details: a) name, address and contact number of the complainant (if not available record - not identified); b) time and date of complaint; c) investigations undertaken; d) conclusions formed; Permit DRAFT Environmental authority e) actions taken to resolve complaint; f) any abatement measures implemented; and g) person responsible for resolving the complaint. This information must be provided to the administering authority on request.
- A15
When requested by the administering authority, the environmental authority holder must undertake the relevant specified monitoring within a reasonable and practicable timeframe nominated by the administering authority to investigate any complaint of environmental harm.
- A16
The results of the investigation (including an analysis and interpretation of the monitoring results) and abatement measures implemented must be provided to the administering authority within 14 days of completion of the investigation.
- A17
Community The environmental authority holder must establish, promote and maintain easily accessible lines of communication between residents, stakeholders and landowners reasonably expected to be affected by the activities to ensure that social and cultural heritage impacts are identified and managed. This must include but not be limited to the following: a) regular meetings with all relevant stakeholders at intervals of not less than 6 months; and a) the establishment of a consultative committee with representation for all relevant stakeholders that meets at regular intervals as determined by the committee.
- A18
Tenure The environmental authority does not take effect until the grant of the tenure to the environmental authority holder, or until each environmental authority holder has become a holder, under the Mineral Resources Act 1989, of each of relevant mining tenements. Schedule B: Water Condition Condition Number
- B1
Contaminant Release Mine affected water must not be released to waters. Note: It is an offence under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 to unlawfully deposit a prescribed water contaminant (i) in waters or (ii) at another place, and in a way, so that the contaminant could reasonably be expected to wash, blow, fall or otherwise move into waters.
- B2
Stormwater and Sediment Controls The environmental authority holder must comply with each of the 'Erosion and Sediment Control' Standard Environmental Conditions contained in the Eligibility Criteria and Standard Conditions for Mining Lease Activities, and additional conditions B3 - B5.
- B3
An Erosion and Sediment Control Plan must be developed by an appropriately qualified person and implemented for all stages of the mining activities on the site to minimise erosion and the release of sediment to receiving waters and contamination of storm water.
- B4
Surface runoff must be managed where necessary to minimise sedimentation and erosion. Permit DRAFT Environmental authority
- B5
All sediment control barriers installed must be made of non-organic material to prevent the spread of weeds.
- B6
Dams The environmental authority holder must comply with each of the 'Dams' Standard Environmental Conditions contained in the Eligibility Criteria and Standard Conditions for Mining Lease Activities, and additional conditions B7-B13.
- B7
New dams must not be constructed within 1 kilometre of any Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area. Note: Dams are not considered 'new' if identified in Table 2: Areas of historic disturbance authorised for mining activities to occur on, and Figure 3: Areas of historic disturbance identified on Mining Lease 70447.
- B8
The environmental authority holder must ensure that each dam is designed, constructed, operated, and maintained in accordance with the certification of a suitably qualified and experienced person and is fit for the purpose for which it is intended.
- B9
The consequence category of each dam must be assessed by a suitably qualified and experienced person at least once per year, based on documented evidence sufficient to define or confirm the current nature and extent of environmental consequences for potential failure of that dam. Consequence category is to be determined in accordance with the `Manual for assessing consequence categories and hydraulic performance of structures', as amended from time to time.
- B10
The condition of dams must be monitored for early signs of loss of structural or hydraulic integrity, based on the advice of a suitably qualified and experienced person. The methods of monitoring and frequency of monitoring shall be as assessed by that suitably qualified and experienced person, based on the hazard category and particular circumstances of each dam.
- B11
In the event of early signs of loss of structural or hydraulic integrity, the holder of this environmental authority must immediately take action to prevent or minimise any actual or potential environmental harm, and report in writing any findings and actions taken, to the administering authority within 28 days of detection.
- B12
The holder of this environmental authority must not abandon any dam and must decommission each dam such that environmental harm is prevented.
- B13
As a minimum, decommissioning must be conducted such that each dam: a) is a stable landform, that no longer contains flowable substances, or b) is approved or authorised under relevant legislation for a beneficial use, and b) complies with the rehabilitation requirements of this environmental authority.
- B14
Flood Protection Levy Design requirements for the levee and adjacent mining excavation include: a) the crest level of the levee crest shall be 1.5m above the 2010-11 flood event height for the adjacent watercourses; and b) setbacks from the watercourses and mining excavation slopes adjacent to the levee must be designed such that the levee will remain stable in operation with a factor of safety of 1.5 or above based on a certification by a suitably qualified and experienced person.
- B15
The flood protection levee authorised under this environmental authority must be constructed and maintained such that: a) it does not result in increased erosion of the bank or bed of Policemen Creek; b) it does not significantly impact upon riparian or existing remnant vegetation; c) it does not significantly impact upon the Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area (Figure 1); Permit DRAFT Environmental authority d) it does not create increased flood levels upstream during operation (afflux) such that damage is caused to the property of others that would not otherwise be caused; and e) the levee itself will not erode, to the extent that the erosion may jeopardise the integrity of the levee, during any flood events up to the level of the 2010-2011 flood event.
- B16
The consequence category of each levee must be assessed by a suitably qualified and experienced person at least once per year, based on documented evidence sufficient to define or confirm the current nature and extent of environmental consequences for potential failure of that dam. Consequence category is to be determined in accordance with the `Manual for assessing consequence categories and hydraulic performance of structures', as amended from time to time.
- B17
The condition of constructed levees including the surface area between the non-creek side of the toe of the levee and the end wall crest of the open-cut mining pit should be monitored for surface cracks and must at a minimum be inspected and assessed by a suitably qualified and experienced person at least once per year between the months of May and October inclusive (i.e. during the 'dry' season and before the onset of the 'wet' season), and at any time if alarming, unusual or otherwise unsatisfactory conditions are observed.
- B18
Regulated Structures The holder of this environmental authority is not authorised to construct any regulated structures.
- B19
Groundwater The holder of this environmental authority must develop and submit to the administering authority before commencing any mining activities, a scientifically based groundwater monitoring program ('GWMP') capable of detecting changes to the levels and quality of the groundwater from the point known as "Kubota Bore".
- B20
The GWMP must include provision for the environmental authority holder to: a) accurately monitor the groundwater quarterly and report the results thereof to the administering authority, or otherwise on the request of the administering authority; b) maintain records of the testing and monitoring carried out on the groundwater; c) produce to the administering authority on request, such records and data relied on to verify the groundwater monitoring results reported by the environmental authority holder; d) notify the administering authority and the landholder within 24 hours of any significant changes detected to the groundwater levels or quality; and e) comply with the water sampling method set out in the current edition of the administering authority's Water Quality Sampling Manual.
- B21
The environmental authority holder must provide to the landholder a copy of any GWMP, and if so requested by the landholder, a copy of the quarterly monitoring results.
- B22
Any proposed change to the GWMP must first be given to the landholder. Permit DRAFT Environmental authority Schedule C: Waste Condition Condition Number
- D1
Topsoil and Overburden Management The environmental authority holder must comply with each of the 'Topsoil and Overburden Management' Standard Environmental Conditions contained in the `Eligibility Criteria and Standard Conditions for Mining Lease Activities', and additional Conditions D3 to D4.
- D2
Topsoil stockpiles must not exceed 4 metres in height.
- D3
Overburden stockpiles must not exceed 4 meters in height
- D4
The spillage of any topsoil or overburden must be controlled in a manner that prevents environmental harm.
- D5
Nature Conservation The environmental authority holder must comply with each of the 'Nature Conservation' Standard Environmental Conditions contained in the Eligibility Criteria and Standard Conditions for Mining Lease Activities except Condition 13, which is replaced by Conditions D6 to D14 of this environmental authority.
- D6
The environmental authority holder must not undertake mining activities within any Category A, Category B or Category C Environmentally Sensitive Area (Figures 1 and 2).
- D7
The environmental authority holder must not undertake any mining activities within 2 kilometres of any Category A Environmentally Sensitive Area.
- D8
The environmental authority holder must not have more than 9.75 hectares of disturbance caused by mining activities, at any one
- D9
Habitat trees must not be impacted by the mining activities.
- D10
Trees or shrubs with nests of birds of prey (raptors) whether active or not, and visibly active non-raptor bird nests must not be impacted from the mining activities Permit DRAFT Environmental authority
- D11
No clearing of mature trees is authorised except with approval of the administering authority.
- D12
Debris from clearing or felling of trees must not accumulate within two metres of any retained tree.
- D13
Burning of vegetation is not permitted.
- D14
Mining activities are permitted in areas of historic disturbance.
- D15
Roads and Tracks The environmental authority holder must comply with each of the 'Roads and Tracks' Standard Environmental Conditions contained in the Eligibility Criteria and Standard Conditions for Mining Lease Activities, and additional Conditions D16 to D19.
- D16
Existing access and fence line tracks must be used where possible
- D17
Any new tracks are to be constructed by linking naturally cleared or disturbed areas and must be less than 5 metres in width.
- D18
Track construction involving blade clearing of established ground cover vegetation is to be minimised.
- D19
Tracks should not be used when soil is saturated and prone to displacement or erosion by vehicle movement.
- D20
Campsites The environmental authority holder must comply with each of the 'Campsites' Standard Environmental Conditions contained in the Eligibility Criteria and Standard Conditions for Mining Lease Activities, and additional Condition D21.
- D21
Campsites must not be established within 1 kilometre of any Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area.
- D22
Rehabilitation The environmental authority holder must comply with each of the 'Rehabilitation' Standard Environmental Conditions contained in the Eligibility Criteria and Standard Conditions for Mining Lease Activities, and additional Conditions D23 to D29.
- D23
The proposed mining activities must reduce historic disturbance to below 10 hectares within 9 months from the commencement of mining in accordance with the version of this environmental authority dated 20 October 2020.
- D24
Rehabilitation of areas disturbed by mining activities within 1 kilometre of any Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area must be completed as soon as practicable, but no longer than 3 months after completion of the disturbance activities.
- D25
The environmental authority holder must revegetate disturbed areas within 1 kilometre of any Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area with native plant species endemic to the area and buffel grass that will promote the same vegetation type and density of cover to that of the surrounding undisturbed areas both in and within 1 kilometre of any Category B Environmentally Sensitive Area.
- D26
All land subject to mining activities must be rehabilitated to a non-polluting, safe, stable and self-sustaining landform and in accordance with Table 3: Rehabilitation schedule. Permit DRAFT Environmental authority
- D27
An annual report must be prepared each year and submitted with each annual return. The report must: a) include details of the mining activities undertaken and details of progressive rehabilitation works completed; and b) demonstrate compliance with rehabilitation requirements of the environmental authority.
- D28
The following areas must be securely fenced by the environmental authority holder: a) all active mining areas, including mining pits, tailings dams and machinery areas; b) all areas undergoing rehabilitation; and c) all bunded areas while those areas are in the process of being vegetated, up and until the time that those areas are capable of supporting grazing.
- D29
The following areas must not be fenced, and the landowner must have free access to manage the balance lands and to graze cattle in the following areas, at all times: a) all areas not the subject of active mining; and b) all bunded areas that have been vegetated and are capable of supporting grazing. Permit DRAFT Environmental authority Definitions Key terms and/or phrases used in this document are defined in this section. Where a term is not defined, the definition in the Environmental Protection Act 1994, its regulations or environmental protection policies must be used. If a word remains undefined it has its ordinary meaning. "active birds nests" means birds are nesting or there are eggs in the nest or hollow. "authority" means environmental authority (mining lease) under the Environmental Protection Act 1994. "bed and banks" for a waters, river, creek, stream, lake, lagoon, pond, swamp, wetland or dam means land over which the water of the waters, lake, lagoon, pond, swamp, wetland or dam normally flows or that is normally covered by the water, whether permanently or intermittently; but does not include land adjoining or adjacent to the bed and banks that is from time to time covered by floodwater. "bund" see "levee". "certification" means assessment and approval must be undertaken by a suitably qualified and experienced person in relation to any assessment or documentation required by the Manual `Structures which are dams or levees constructed as part of environmentally relevant activities' including design plans, as constructed drawings and specification, construction and operation or an annual report regarding regulated structures undertaken in accordance with the Board Professional Engineers of Queensland Policy Certification by RPEQ's. `consequence category' means a category, either low, significant or high, into which a dam or levee is assessed as a result of the application of tables and other criteria in the "Manual for assessing consequence "construction" or "constructed" in relation to a regulated structure includes building a new dam or levee and modifying or lifting an existing dam or levee, but does not include investigations and testing necessary for purposes of preparing a design plan. "contaminate" means to render impure by contact or mixture. "contaminated" means the substance has come into contact with a contaminant. "contaminant" A contaminant can be - a) a gas, liquid or solid; or b) an odour; or c) an organism (whether alive or dead), including a virus; or d) energy, including noise, heat, radioactivity and electromagnetic radiation; or e) a combination of contaminants. "cover material" means any soil or rock suitable as a germination medium or landform armouring. "dam" means a land-based structure or a void that contains, diverts or controls flowable substances, and includes any substances that are thereby contained, diverted or controlled by that land-based structure or void