CAVAL RIDGE COAL MINE HORSE PIT EXPANSION PROJECT

Construction of a new pit including relocating of equipment and infrastructure across to the new pit, with various electrical, water, transport and storage facilities to also be constructed, to allow Caval Ridge to continue to produce coal at a rate of about 15Mtpa. Works to be undertaken as part of the planned Horse Pit extension would include relocation of some enabling infrastructure such as an earth moving equipment build pad, blasting compound, access roads and powerlines. It would require development of an out of pit dump and an extension of the haul road to access the proposed dump, including the construction of a bridge over Horse Creek. The extension would also require construction of two flood levees, relocation of mine water dams and pipelines as mining progresses, expansion of sediment dam capacities and construction of new sediment dams, extra drains, and relocation of the Peak Downs Highway dragline crossing.