Southern Cross Operations Annual Environmental Report 2008 - 2009

2009 Annual Environmental ReportSouthern Cross OperationsExecutive SummaryThis Annual Environmental Report (AER) summarises the operational andenvironmental activities at St Barbara Limited’s (St Barbara) Southern CrossOperations (SXO) for the period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009. The report has beenprepared to meet the annual reporting requirements for the Department of Minesand Petroleum (DMP) and Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC). Italso serves as an information document for other key stakeholders.In order to simplify reporting over SXO’s 361 tenements, projects have beenclassified as ‘active’ or ‘inactive’. Discussion in this report focuses on activeprojects. For the reporting period, the projects listed in Table 1-1 are deemed to beactive.Table 1-1: Projects and Activities Undertaken in 2008/2009ProjectActivity UndertakenAxehandle - AchillesBronco SouthEdwards Find/Edwards Find NorthGrand NationalGreat Victoria (GVG) areaGreenmountJaccolettiMarvel LochMistral/PakistaniNevoria Group (including Kurrajong)ResurrectionRuapehuTenacious PigTransvaal GroupExplorationRehabilitationExplorationMiningRehabilitationExplorationExplorationExploration, mining, processing,dewateringMiningExploration, mining, dewatering,rehabilitation, feasibilityMining & explorationExploration & rehabilitationSterilisationExploration, mining & sterilisationDuring 2008/2009, SXO mining operations produced 2.12 million tonnes of orefrom the Marvel Loch Underground and satellite open pits. The open pit operationssourced ore from Norton, Grand National, Pakistani, Kurrajong, Resurrection, andMercury.The Marvel Loch processing plant had a throughput of 2.23 million tonnes of ore,producing 156,105 ounces of gold. Tailings were deposited into the tailings1