Copper (Cu), Gold (Au), Silver (Ag)

• Mineral lease ML 6471 (over RL 127)
• Miscellaneous purposes licences MPL 149, MPL 152, MPL 153, MPL 154 and MPL 156
• Extractive mineral leases EML 6480 to 6488

Tenement location and information can be found via the South Australia Resources Information Gateway (SARIG)

• Underground mining process called sub-level caving where the deposit is blasted then collected by loaders, crushed, and loaded onto a conveyor belt that transports the ore up to the surface
• Ore will be processed onsite to produce concentrate
• Concentrate may undergo further processing through a concentrate treatment plant

Further information is available on the OZ Minerals website

Company released resource estimates and production statistics for South Australia's developing projects are summarised in South Australia's major operating/approved mines: resources estimates and production statistics

• Mining lease proposal and miscellaneous purposes licence  management plans submitted May 2017
• Miscellaneous purposes licence - airstrip, worker's accommodation village and ancilliary infrastructure granted 5 July 2017
• Mineral lease granted 3 January 2018 for the purposes of carrying out mining operations for the recovery of copper, gold and silver
• Nine extractive mineral leases, EMLs 6480 to 6488 granted 13 July 2018
• Five miscellaneous purposes licences (MPLs) have been issued for ancillary infrastructure (water supply, accommodation facilities, and airport) associated with the mining operations

Programs for environment protection and rehabilitation (PEPR)

Program for environment protection and rehabilitation for EML 6480 to EML 6488 inclusive

• EPEPR2019/010 covering EMLs 6480-6488 (PDF 23 MB)
  EML 6480 - Mount Gunson 1, EML 6481 - Mount Gunson 2, EML 6482 - Elizabeth Creek 1, EML 6483 - Elizabeth Creek 2, EML 6484 - Bonney Bluff 1, EML 6485 - Bonney Bluff 2, EML 6486 - Yeltacowie A, EML 6487 - Yeltacowie B, EML 6488 - Midway

Program for environment protection and rehabilitation for ML 6471, MPLs 152, 153, 154, 156, and 149

• Carapateena Project program for environment protection and rehabilitation February 2020: Main document and approval letter (PDF 29 MB)
• Carapateena Project program for environment protection and rehabilitation February 2020: Appendices pages 1 to 642 (PDF 74 MB)
• Carapateena Project program for environment protection and rehabilitation February 2020: Appendices pages 643 to 1561 (PDF 54 MB)

Mining lease proposal and management plans

• Carrapateena Project Miscellaneous Purposes Licence Management Plan: Airstrip, Worker's Accommodation Village and Ancilliary Infrastructure - December 2016 (PDF 11.5 MB)
  MPL 149 granted 5 July 2017

• Carrapateena Project Mining Lease Proposal and Miscellaneous Purposes Licence Management Plans - May 2017 (PDF 56.1 MB)  
  ML 6471, MPLs 152, 153 and 154 granted 3 January 2018
  • Appendices A1 to A8 (PDF 55.6 MB)
  • Appendices B1 to B8 (PDF 58.2 MB)
  • Appendices C1 to C6 (PDF 41.3 MB)
  • Appendices D1 to D6 (PDF 8.68 MB)
  • Appendices E1 to E4 (PDF 19.7 MB)
  • Appendices F1 to F4 (PDF 1.28 MB)
• Carrapateena Project mining lease proposals for extractive minerals leases over MCs 4440 to 4448  
  Granted 13 July 2018
  • EML 6480 over MC4440 - Mount Gunson 1 (PDF 5 MB)
  • EML 6481 over MC4441 - Mount Gunson 2 (PDF 5 MB)
  • EML 6482 over MC4442 - Elizabeth Creek 1 (PDF 5 MB)
  • EML 6483 over MC4443 - Elizabeth Creek 2 (PDF 6 MB)
  • EML 6484 over Bonney Bluff 1 (PDF 8 MB)
  • EML 6485 over Bonney Bluff 2 (PDF 8 MB)
  • EML 6486 over Yeltacowie A (PDF 8 MB)
  • EML 6487 over Yeltacowie B (PDF 9 MB)
  • EML 6488 over Midway (PDF 9 MB)

• Mining lease application assessment report for ML 6471 and MPLs 149, 152, 153, 154
  • Assessment Report for the application of a mineral lease and three miscellaneous purposes licences from Oz Minerals for the Carrapateena project (PDF 13 MB)

• Miscellaneous purpose licence (MPL) application for the Northern Wellfield, including bore fields, pipelines and access roads and associated infrastructure
  • Carrapateena - Northern Wellfield MPL application (PDF 32 MB)

Compliance report

• Annual Compliance Report for Carrapateena 2020 (PDF 36 MB)

Independent third party tailings storage facility (TSF) expert audit report

Independent expert report submitted in accordance with Second Schedule Lease Conditions 4, 5, 6, 9,10 and 12 for ML 6471

• Carrapateena Mine - TSF and Decant Dam Stage 1 Construction Independent Audit Final Report (PDF 32 MB)