The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Wafi-Golpu Project was prepared in compliance with the Environment Act 2000 (PNG) and was submitted to the Conservation and Environment Protection Agency of Papua New Guinea on 25 June 2018.
The EIS describes:
The different stages and components of the Project
The existing social and environmental conditions, including the communities who live in the area of the Project and the natural environment
How the Project may affect the environment and nearby communities
How the Project plans to avoid, minimise or mitigate any adverse impacts (changes) to the environment and communities
Visit the links below to read each section.
Executive Summary (English) (19.9MB)
Executive Summary (Tok Pisin) (20MB)
Common Questions and Answers about the Marine Environment and Oceanographic Studies (English) (10MB)
Volume 1 - Part 1
Glossary and Abbreviations (929KB)
Table of Contents (866KB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction (1.9MB)
Chapter 2 - Viability and Purpose of the Project (513KB)
Chapter 3 - Legal, Policy and Administrative Framework (803KB)
Chapter 4 - Overview of Impact Assessment Methods (538KB)
Chapter 5 - Stakeholder Engagement (954KB)
Chapter 6 - Project Description (9MB)
Chapter 7 - Assessment of Alternatives (6.4MB)
Chapter 8 - Physical and Biological Environment Characterisation (10.9MB)
Chapter 9 - Freshwater Environment Characterisation (7.9MB)
Chapter 10 - Nearshore Marine Environment Characterisation (5MB)
Chapter 11 - Offshore Marine Environment Characterisation (15.2MB)
Chapter 12 - Socioeconomic Environment Characterisation (19.3MB)
Chapter 13 - Cultural Heritage Characterisation (2.4MB)
Volume 1 - Part 2
Chapter 14 - Physical and Biological Environment Impact Assessment (7.2MB)
Chapter 15 - Freshwater Environment Impact Assessment (3.2MB)
Chapter 16 - Nearshore Marine Environment Impact Assessment (1.2MB)
Chapter 17 - Offshore Marine Environment Impact Assessment (11.8MB)
Chapter 18 - Socioeconomic Impact Assessment (2.5MB)
Chapter 19 - Health Risk Assessment (4.1MB)
Chapter 20 - Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment (2MB)
Chapter 21 - Unplanned Events (Natural Hazards and Accident Events) (460KB)
Chapter 22 - Cumulative Impact Assessment (1.3MB)
Chapter 23 - Integrated Management System (757KB)
Chapter 24 - Study Team (732KB)
Volume 2
Attachment 1 - Reconciliation with Relevant State of Papua New Guinea Guidelines (720KB)
Attachment 2 - Conceptual Closure and Rehabilitation Plan (3.9MB)
Attachment 3 - Environmental Management Plan (4.9MB)
Attachment 4 - Social Management Plan (687KB)
Attachment 5 - Cultural Heritage Management Plan (2.3MB)
Volume 3
Appendix A - Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Impact Assessment (3.8MB)
Appendix B - Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment (2.7MB)
Appendix C - Terrestrial Ecology Characterisation - Mine Area to Markham River (9.7MB)
Appendix D - Terrestrial Ecology Characterisation - Markham River to Wagang (4.5MB)
Appendix E - Mine Material Geochemistry (1.7MB)
Appendix F - Groundwater Management and Modelling of Inflows to Golpu Underground Mine (3.6MB)
Volume 4
Appendix G - Surface Water and Freshwater Aquatic Ecology Charaterisation - Mine Area to Markham River (22.2MB)
Appendix H - Surface Water and Freshwater Aquatic Ecology Charaterisation - Yalu to Wagang (2.6MB)
Appendix I - Catchment and Receiving Water Quality Modelling (31MB)
Appendix J - Density Current, Plume Dispersion and Hydrodynamic Modelling (9.3MB)
Volume 5
Appendix K - Oceanographic Investigations of the Huon Gulf (40MB)
Appendix L - Tailings Ecotoxicology and Geochemistry (10.7MB)
Appendix M - Physical, Chemical and Biological Sedimentology of the Huon Gulf (50MB)
Volume 6
Appendix N - Assessment of Metal Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification from DSTP in the Huon Gulf (2.8MB)
Appendix O - Benthic Video Characterisation (2.8MB)
Appendix P - Deep-slope and Pelagic Fish Characterisation (6MB)
Appendix Q - Zooplankton and Micronekton Characterisation (5.2MB)
Appendix R - Nearshore Marine Characterisation (7.7MB)
Appendix S - Fisheries and Marine Resource Use Characterisation (9.5MB)
Volume 7
Appendix T - Socioeconomic Baseline (13MB)
Appendix U - Cultural Heritage Baseline and Impact Assessment (7.2MB)
Appendix V - Site-wide Water and Mass Balance Modelling (1.5MB)
Volume 8
Appendix W - Human Health Risk Assessment (14.3MB)
Appendix X - Assessment of Closure Conditions and Water Management Options for the Wafi-Golpu Block Cave and Subsidence Zone (1.7MB)
Appendix Y - Freshwater Ecology Impact Assessment (3.2MB)
Appendix Z - Tailings Management Engineering Design (1.7MB)