Application for a site-specific Environmental Authority for the Big Vein South Gold Project
Strategic Minerals Corporation has applied for a site-specific Environmental Authority under the Queensland Environmental Protection Act 1994 for the Big Vein South Gold Project, located approximately 100 km north of Richmond in North West Queensland.
This page provides access to the EA application documents, including the Environmental Assessment Report, the Progressive Rehabilitation and Closure Plan, technical appendices, and responses to the Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation (DETSI) information request.
The application is open for public comment from [start date] to [end date] (inclusive, Queensland time). Submissions can be made directly to DETSI following the link in the notice.
Statutory Notices
Information Request Response - August 2026
Environmental Assessment Report (EAR) — Main Volume
- Executive Summary
- Section 1 - Introduction
- Section 2 - Regulatory Framework
- Section 3 - Project Description
- Section 4 - Scoping of Environmental Assessment
- Section 5 - Groundwater
- Section 6 - Surface Water
- Section 7 - Terrestrial Ecology
- Section 8 - Aquatic Ecology
- Section 9 - Air Quality
- Section 10 - Noise and Vibration
- Section 11 - Visual Amenity
- Section 12 - Socio-Economics
- Section 13 - Traffic and Transport
- Section 14 - Cultural Heritage
- Section 15 - Non-Mining Waste Management
- Section 16 - References, Glossary, Abbreviations and Study Team
EAR - Technical Appendices
(Includes the Progressive Rehabilitation and Closure Plan (PRCP) and Technical Appendices – Appendix J)
- Appendix A - Geochemistry Report
- Appendix B - Soils Report
- Appendix C - Groundwater Report
- Appendix D - Surface Water Report
- Appendix E - Terrestrial Ecology Report
- Appendix F - Aquatic Ecology Report
- Appendix G - Air Quality Report
- Appendix H - Noise and Vibration Report
- Appendix I - Non-Indigenous Heritage Report
- Appendix J - Progressive Rehabilitation and Closure Plan (PRCP)
- Appendix K - Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems Report
- Appendix L - Greenhouse Gas Assessment Report