SACOME Annual Report 2012-13

ANNUAL REPORT 2013 

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER OF MINES AND ENERGY 

VOICE OF THE RESOURCES INDUSTRY IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

CONTENTS 

President’s Report ................................................................ 04 

Chief Executive’s Report ....................................................... 06 

Our Staff ................................................................................ 08 

Voice of the Resources Industry ........................................... 10 

Committees ........................................................................... 11 

Environment & Sustainability ............................................... 12 

Community Engagement ...................................................... 14 

Land Access .......................................................................... 15 

Indigenous Relations ............................................................ 16 

Federal Election Priorities .................................................... 17 

Infrastructure ........................................................................ 18 

Work Health & Safety ............................................................ 20 

Skills & Education................................................................. 22 

Marketing & Communications.............................................. 24 

Events .................................................................................... 26 

Sponsors ............................................................................... 28 

SACOME Membership ........................................................... 30 

2012 - 2013 Annual Report 

03

“ Chamber 

> PRESIDENT’S REPORT 

As I reflected on SACOME’S 

initiatives and activities for the year 

under review, I began to wonder 

how well the Chamber’s diverse 

and multi–facetted activities are 

understood in the public arena 

and elsewhere. These activities 

encompass such a broad spectrum 

of services and issues that we tackle 

for (and on behalf) of the South 

Australian mineral and energy 

resources sector. 

I concluded that perhaps our 

overall activities are not all that well 

understood by the wider community. 

This Annual Report discusses our 

activities for the year under review 

and I will add some comments to 

demonstrate the diverse range of these. 

With all the above in mind I will begin by 

restating the Chamber’s Mission – this 

is to: 

“Support the achievement and 

promotion of a safe, enduring and 

profitable resources industry in South 

Australia.” 

The effectiveness of SACOME as a 

not-for-profit industry body is achieved 

through an engaged and passionate 

volunteer Council of approximately 

10 members. Consultation with our 

members is also an essential and 

continuous activity. Our dedicated 

Chief Executive brings all of the above 

together. 

Most Council recommended initiatives 

have developed into workable, 

permanent Chamber activities, with 

new initiatives regularly added to our 

portfolio in response to industry needs. 

One of our critical activities is the 

important lobbying we undertake 

in order to achieve acceptance by 

Governments and Regulators of 

industry issues and suggestions. 

Last year, SACOME was successful 

in regard to conditions of access into 

the large Woomera Prohibited Area 

(WPA), where we achieved a 66% 

adoption rate of our recommendations 

for changes to the draft WPA Deed of 

Access. 

Most Council recommended initiatives have 

developed into workable, permanent 

activities. 

” 

This year, extensive lobbying 

activities surrounding the industry’s 

Federal Election priorities resulted 

in a major win in regards to Federal 

Government support for the Exploration 

Development Incentive Scheme (EDI) 

which will provide taxation benefits 

to investors in legitimate exploration 

expenditure. SACOME has been a key 

proponent of the scheme for many 

years, and the sophisticated model the 

EDI is based on was developed by our 

Councillor and taxation expert Alice 

McCleary, specifically for the Australian 

Taxation System. Yet to be implemented, 

the scheme is now an official policy of 

the new Federal Government which we 

hope will apply from July next year. Well 

done to the SACOME team for years of 

persistent lobbying and many thanks to 

Alice. 

Some of the new initiatives developed 

during this past year included our 

Professional Development Program; 

our inaugural Environmental Open 

Day; collaboration on two very 

successful major State conferences; 

and establishment of a petroleum 

committee to identify and address 

the needs of our petroleum sector 

members. Increased activity in the 

petroleum industry in South Australia 

has meant an increasing role for the 

Chamber - as the only State body for the 

oil & gas industry. 

04 South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy

SACOME is involved in all five of the 

working groups to arise from DMITRE’S 

Roundtable for Unconventional Gas 

and commenced participation on these 

during the year. 

The Chamber relies heavily on the many 

committees we develop and facilitate, 

and these are described later in this 

report. 

On behalf of the Council and myself 

I thank each and every member of 

our SACOME team for another year 

of hard work and commitment under 

the excellent leadership of our Chief 

Executive – Jason Kuchel. 

I also would like to extend my sincere 

appreciation to our councillors for their 

wise advice and dedication and also to 

those who give generously of their time 

and knowledge on our committees. 

Our industry has a bright future and 

will continue to be an important part of 

South Australia’s economy. 

John Roberts 

President 


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“ 

unnoticed, 

> CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S REPORT 

As SACOME continues to grow its 

membership and service offerings, a 

simple annual report seems less and 

less able of fitting in all the things we 

do for members as well as doing justice 

to our many key activities. 

The reality is that whilst we have major 

programs and significant service 

offerings, much of the value for many 

of our members are those things we 

don’t talk about. The reason for this 

is that many of those things can’t be 

expressed publicly, although our team 

certainly likes to talk about them with 

our members at any opportunity. 

Much of our lobbying involves 

confidential information from individual 

members or from another party such as 

the Government and so the hard work 

behind the scenes often goes unnoticed 

until there is a win. And this can take 

weeks, months or even years. There 

are often wins behind the scenes with 

Government that either the Government 

or SACOME prefers not to highlight to 

the public, if for no other reason than it 

may put the issue back on the table. 

SACOME also spends a large amount 

of time with the media. Although our 

media presence is quite significant by 

any standard, we spend more time off 

air and out of the headlines educating 

and assisting the media and in general 

establishing good and responsive 

working relationships with journalists, 

reporters and presenters. 

When a story becomes a non-story 

because we provide valuable context to 

the media, our members don’t get to 

see this, which is a good thing in terms 

of public perception, but simply another 

quiet achievement for SACOME. 

We also offer a very personalised service 

to our members helping with issues 

affecting one or a small handful of 

companies. These wins usually benefit 

the whole industry, particularly new 

entrants that follow, but once again we 

are usually not in a position to shout 

these from the rooftops. What we can 

say, is that in the past year these 

issues covered such diverse topics as 

rehabilitation, royalties and approval 

processes amongst others. 

The hard work behind the scenes often goes 

until there is a win. 

” 

Anyone wanting to know more is 

welcome to ask and we would be happy 

to fill an hour or three passing on 

examples of these wins and how this 

may translate to an existing or future 

benefit for your company also. Towards 

the end of this year we have prioritised 

trying to visit all members more often to 

ensure that we are personally hearing 

from you. 

On to those things we can crow about… 

Firstly I am pleased to say that our new 

Professional Development Program 

has been extremely well received and is 

powering on to provide an even greater 

level of support to our members. The 

new Sustainability and Petroleum 

Committees have also kicked off and 

are already proving valuable. 

Much work has also been done in 

the area of communication with an 

innovative news website collaboration 

and a new outreach program to school 

children to be announced from next 

year. We will update our members as 

developments progress. 

The Federal Election this year generated 

much lobbying with a tremendous level 

of input from our members on key 

Federal Election priorities with wins 

expected on many fronts, which stand 

to boost confidence and investment into 

the resources sector. 

A combination of hard work and the 

loyalty of our increasing membership 

has seen new initiatives such as the 

Environmental Open Day become a 

great success as well as some of our 

best ever events. 


Feedback from our members rated 

this year’s Gala Dinner and Premier’s 

Awards as the best yet. 

Whilst there is more going on each year, 

our increased membership has enabled 

new services with minimum rises in 

membership fees and an excellent 

financial result of a small surplus. 

Obviously as a not for profit we don’t aim 

to make a large surplus, however the 

Council sees these surpluses as critical 

to ensure we have a strong financial 

balance sheet and the ability to access a 

fighting fund should the need arise. 

To read about our new and existing 

initiatives please read through the 

Annual Report, but if you really want to 

know more, call us or come and visit one 

of our dedicated team. 

Lastly, I want to thank my mentor and 

President John Roberts for another 

year of dedicated service to the industry 

and to SACOME. I also wish to thank 

our Councillors; our many enthusiastic 

committee members; our wonderfully 

supportive industry and service provider 

members; and last but not least our 

fantastic team members. 

I believe this past financial year can truly 

be counted as successful, particularly in 

difficult times for much of the resources 

sector, but I am excited about the 

coming year which is already shaping up 

to be bigger, better and brighter. 

Jason Kuchel 

Chief Executive 


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OUR STAFF 

Photos (from left to right) 

Back row: 

Middle: 

Front row: 

Lewis Stoll (HSEC Officer); Joel Callander (Manager Professional 

Development) 

Dayne Eckermann (Policy, Analyst Researcher); Nigel Long (Director 

Corporate Social Responsibility); Kate Fantinel (Communications Officer); 

Aleisha Sullivan (Manager Events); Margaret Donaldson (Finance Officer); 

Jonathon Forbes (Director Industry Development); Megan Andrews (Director 

Membership & Communications) 

John Cocks (Director Strategy & Governance); Emma Chesterman (Manager 

Careers Promotion); Jason Kuchel (Chief Executive); Paula LaForgia 

(Executive Assistant); Lisa Jeffery (Manager Indigenous Relations) 

Absent: 

Ewa Buscumb (Receptionist); Layla Mignone (Manager Member Relations) 

“ 

South 

Our mission: To support the achievement and promotion 

of a safe , enduring and profitable resource industry in 

Australia. 

” 



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VOICE OF THE RESOURCES INDUSTRY 

IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA 

The SACOME Council represents the 

mining, petroleum, extractive, exploration 

and service provider sectors. SACOME 

acknowledges our Councillors who 

volunteer their time and expertise to 

the important task of strengthening the 

resources sector in South Australia, 

including those who resigned over the 

financial year: Graham Ascough; Stefan 

Buys; Mark McGeough; Michael Reed; 

Hans Umlauff and Nic Clift. 

SACOME Councillors as at 30 June 2013: 

John Roberts 

Mithril Resources 

(SACOME President) 

Terry Burgess 

OZ Minerals 

(SACOME Vice President) 

Alice McCleary 

Archer Exploration 

(SACOME Vice President) 

Darryl Cuzzubbo 

BHP Billiton 

Mike Flynn 

Santos 

Jim White 

Centrex Metals 

George McKenzie 

Finlaysons 

Terry Kallis 

Petratherm 

David Cruikshanks-Boyd 

Parsons Brinckerhoff 

Guy Roberts 

Penrice Soda 

John McRae 

Senex Energy 

Steven Olsen 

Rex Minerals 

Simon Parsons 

IMX Resources 


COMMITTEES 

SACOME has many of it’s own 

committees. Staff also participate 

on a large and diverse range of 

external boards, committees 

and working groups for thorough 

engagement with decision making 

- and to ensure the industry’s voice 

is heard on each and every issue 

that impacts on the South Australian 

mining and energy sector. 

SACOME extends its gratitude to all 

of its committee participants who 

generously donate their time and 

experience. As at 30 June 2013, 

SACOME’s current committees are: 

Editorial- SA Mines & Energy Journal 

Committee 

Chaired by: Megan Andrews 

Contact: Megan Andrews 

The SA Mines & Energy Journal 

committee members include 

key members of our resources 

industry who are experienced and 

knowledgeable on various facets of 

the sector, ensuring journal content 

remains relevant, balanced and 

accurate. 

Executive Committee 

President: John Roberts, 


Contact: Jason Kuchel 

The Executive Committee is a subcommittee 

of the SACOME council 

and meets to discuss and sign off 

on high level constitutional and 

administrative issues. The Executive 

Committee also performs the 

functions of the Finance and Audit 

Committee. 

Exploration Committee 

Chaired by: Nicole Galloway Warland, 

Phoenix Copper 

Contact: Jonathon Forbes 

The Exploration Committee is a 

valuable forum to bring out the 

issues impacting on exploration 

in South Australia and highlight 

where action and policy or process 

amendments are required. These 

outputs form a valuable tool for 

guiding SACOME’s policy and 

advocacy work. 

Occupational Health & Safety 

Committee 

Contact: Nigel Long 

The Occupational Health and Safety 

Committee exists to facilitate the 

improvement of the safety and 

health of all employees in South 

Australia’s resources industry with 

the objective of an industry free of 

fatalities, injuries and occupational 

disease. 

Sustainable Development Committee 

Chaired by: Catherine Davis, 

Hillgrove Resources 

Contact: Lewis Stoll 

The Sustainable Development 

Committee assists in developing 

policy and facilitating the 

improvement of the resources 

industry in the areas of 

environmental management 

and legislation, community and 

stakeholder engagement, and 

social inclusion. 

Petroleum Committee 

Chaired by: Michael Forrest, 

Fyfe Earth Partners 

Contact: Nigel Long 

As the only South Australian 

association representing the oil 

& gas sector, SACOME plays a 

vital role in policy development. 

The Petroleum Committee was 

established during the year to 

further the interest of this key 

sector in the State by identifying 

and addressing priority issues, 

maintaining awareness amongst 

decision makers of industry 

actions and concerns, and 

identifying projects and regulatory 

change to assist the industry. 

Its key tasks will be identifying 

and addressing priority issues 

across exploration, approvals 

processes, land access, public 

awareness, Native Title, and 

energy and climate change; both 

at State and national levels. 

The committee will also provide a 

forum for the exchange of relevant 

information and resources, and 

recognise and promote leading 

practice strategies. 


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ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY 

Input into sustainability regulation 

continued to play a key role in 

day to day activities over the year 

and a new sustainability subcommittee 

was formed, ensuring 

SACOME stays well-informed 

of industry issues. SACOME 

introduced a new community event 

to its calendar, the Environmental 

Open Day, providing essential 

information whilst promoting 

the environmental initiatives of 

member companies. 

Environmental Open Day 

In August 2012 SACOME held its 

inaugural Environmental Open Day 

at the Adelaide Convention Centre, 

coinciding with National Science 

Week activities. 

Opened by the Minister for 

Sustainability, Environment & 

Conservation, this was the first event 

of its kind in South Australia. 

The day provided an excellent 

opportunity to publicly showcase 

the environmental focus and 

achievements of our resources 

companies; to promote 

environmental career opportunities 

in the sector; and to educate and 

motivate students towards further 

study and careers in science. 

Primarily focussed towards high 

school students, the event also 

attracted members of the public and 

SACOME members. 

Industry experts discussed 

environmental management 

in an engaging and interactive 

format, including presentations 

on environmental management, 

biodiversity, water, dust, vegetation 

restoration and mine site rehabilitation. 

Participating companies occupied stalls 

throughout the day where attendees 

could delve further into the presentation 

topics, acquire information on career 

pathways, and get their hands on a 

variety of interactive displays. 

Sponsors Beach Energy, Arrium Mining, 

EBS Ecology and OZ Minerals helped to 

ensure the event was a great success. 

Sustainable Farming Practices Enquiry 

SACOME provided a written submission 

and appeared before an enquiry by the 

State parliamentary select committee 

on sustainable farming practices in 

South Australia. 

The parliamentary committee was 

established to investigate and report 

on land arrangements for primary 

production, mineral resources and 

regional development, focussing on 

planning for farming sustainability. 

The process resulted in an issues paper, 

which highlighted community concerns 

of resources industry development, 

including impacts on aquifers and 

productive land and landholder’s rights. 

The responses illustrated a lack of 

understanding on how the industry is 

regulated and the industry practices in 

place to address these issues. 

SACOME’s response centred on the 

perception that the rights of exploration 

companies exceed the importance of 

food and fibre production. SACOME 

reiterated the strong regulatory 

requirements on land access by 

explorers and miners and the protection 

to farming land within mining legislation, 

environment protection in respect of 

drilling and water management, and 

the capacity of the resources industry to 

provide significant social and economic 

benefits to regions, to the benefit of 

farming. 

SACOME’s commitment to engagement 

with communities was emphasised 

through the ‘Code of Practice 

for Community and Stakeholder 

Engagement’ and the ‘Code of Conduct 

for mineral and energy explorers’. 

A Final Report of the Enquiry with any 

recommendations is expected to be 

released by the end of 2013. 

Sustainability Committee 

The SACOME Sustainable Development 

Committee was established in January 

2013 and held its inaugural meeting 

in March. Meeting bi-monthly, the 

Committee comprises both SACOME 

industry and service members and is an 

effective mechanism for canvassing a 

broad range of resources industry views 

and concerns around issues such as 

environmental management, community 

and stakeholder engagement, 

community development, environmental 

approvals and Aboriginal relations. 


Within the Committee three reference 

groups (environmental management, 

community engagement and native 

vegetation) have been established 

and tasked with undertaking specific 

projects such as the SACOME 

submission to DEWNR on SEB 

Principles and Offset Calculations. 

Submissions 

SACOME made the following 

submissions over the year in respect to 

environmental and sustainability policy: 

Select Committee on Sustainable 

Farming Practices (House of Assembly, 

SA Parliament) 

SEB Principles and Offset Calculations 

(DEWNR) 

Native Vegetation (Miscellaneous) 

Amendment Bill 2011 and Third Party 

Offsets (Native Vegetation Council) 

Amendments to the National Parks and 

Wildlife Act 1972 

Draft Management Plan 2012: Yellabinna 

Reserves (DEWNR) 

Draft Management Plans for South 

Australia’s 19 Marine Parks 

Accreditation of Environmental Approvals 

under the Environmental Protection 

and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 

(DEWNR) 

Consultation Paper: Final South-west 

Commonwealth Marine Reserves 

Network Proposal (SEWPaC) 

Signatories to SACOME’s Code of Practice for 

Community Engagement doubled over 

“the 2012/13 year. 

” 


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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 

SACOME continued to support 

members in their community 

engagement activities by providing 

tools and support over the year. 

A community focus and strong 

awareness of the complexities 

involved in shared land use 

underlies all of the organisation’s 

external communications, including 

articles in the SA Mines & Energy 

Journal, other publications, and 

media liaison. 

Landholder Engagement Workshop 

SACOME hosted a Landholder 

Engagement Workshop where members 

heard from a land owner with past 

experience dealing with resources 

companies, together with staff from Eyre 

Iron and Adelaide Resources who spoke 

of their experiences with landholder 

engagement and the practical application 

of the Code of Conduct for Mineral and 

Energy Explorers. 

Eyre Peninsula Field Days 

Code of Conduct 

In August 2012, SACOME attended the 

In June 2013, SACOME released Eyre Peninsula Field Days. The event 

an updated Code of Conduct for provided an opportunity to meet with local 

Mineral and Energy Explorers. The residents, farmers and attendees curious 

Code continues SACOME’s input to to learn more about the resources 

the challenges surrounding mineral industry and Eyre Peninsula projects and 

exploration and production on rural have their queries addressed. 

land, by providing a guide and support SACOME’s attendance provided a 

to member companies, and by valuable opportunity to canvass a 

increasing public awareness of the variety of perspectives from residents 

commitment of the sector to best and landowners within the region to 

practice community engagement. help guide organisational activities and 

Endorsed by Primary Producers SA communications. It also enabled SACOME 

(formerly the South Australian Farmers to witness the interactions of the 

Federation), the Code of Conduct acts community with Eyre Peninsula member 

as a framework for access to rural companies, facilitating an improved 

land, outlining the rights of landholder understanding of some of the issues 

and explorers, official notice of entry members need to deal with. 

requirements and exempt land 

provisions and is recognised as the Premier’s Awards for Community 

leading practice model for engagement Excellence in Mining and Energy 

between the resources industry and SACOME continued to be involved with 

landholders in South Australia. the Premier’s Awards for Community 

Excellence in Mining and Energy, now in its 

third year. 

The awards were promoted to 

members and the media, with 

SACOME on the judging panel and 

also hosting the awards ceremony at 

SACOME’s industry annual dinner in 

April. 

The awards are an excellent vehicle to 

showcase and role model best practice 

community partnerships and initiatives 

in the resources sector. 

In 2013 there were four award 

categories and six winners. Excellence 

in Leadership – Women in Resources 

was jointly awarded to OZ Minerals 

and Beach Energy for their crossindustry 

initiative encouraging 

diversity across all organisation levels 

through their ‘Leading My Career 

Program’; Excellence in Environmental 

Management was awarded to Flinders 

Logistics for the development of 

dust minimisation using groundbreaking 

technology; Excellence in 

Social Inclusion was awarded to Iluka 

Resources for successful social 

inclusion and indigenous initiatives 

including its pre-employment 

programs; and Excellence in Supporting 

Community Participation was jointly 

awarded to PepinNini Minerals for 

its long-term work in encouraging 

the participation, involvement and 

contributions from local, communities 

in their operations; and Royal 

Resources for its range of community 

participation programs raising 

awareness of mental health. 


LAND ACCESS 

Land access is a critical issue for 

SACOME. Together with policy 

recommendations and submissions 

to government, land access is 

also an integral goal of SACOME’s 

community engagement and 

Indigenous Relations activities. 

Native Title -Part 9b 

The part 9b process of the SA 

Mining Act 1971 continued to be a 

topic of high priority for SACOME’s 

Indigenous Relations activities. 

A round table meeting was convened 

at DMITRE between SA Native Title 

Services, DMITRE and SACOME 

during the year, with all parties given 

the opportunity to raise concerns and 

issues. 

The Exploration Committee 

continued to work through the 

issues, but despite SACOME’s 

persistence a consensus between 

the three parties and an official 

policy is yet to be released. 

industry and active engagement 

with Government and the Woomera 

Co-ordination office (WPACO), 

SACOME achieved a 66% adoption 

rate of our recommendations and 

amendments. 

In May 2013 WPACO released 

the final stage in the three tiered 

approach to a co-existence 

model in the WPA. The final 

phase introduced the Legislation 

necessary to develop the Rules 

to allow permitted access to the 

Woomera Prohibited Area. 

SACOME and other industry 

stakeholders provided comment 

on the Defence Legislation 

Amendment (Woomera Prohibited 

Area) Bill 2013 and Woomera 

Prohibited Area Rules 2013. 

At the end of June 2013 the WPA 

Bill was deferred to a Senate 

committee and consequently 

stalled pending the outcome of the 

Federal election. 

Woomera Prohibited Area 

In 2010, the Federal Government 

announced a review of the Woomera 

Prohibited Area (WPA), led by Dr Alan 

Hawke, eventually culminating in a 

final report to the Government by the 

Hawke WPA Review Team. 

A new deed of access aligned with 

the recommendations from the 

Hawke review was drafted, and 

through effective coordination with 

“ land 

Registered ILUA’s cover 30% of South Australian 

- or over 300,000 km 2 . 

” 


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INDIGENOUS RELATIONS 

The part 9b process of the SA Mining 

Act 1971 continued as a priority area 

for SACOME’s Indigenous Relations 

activities (see Land Access), together 

with Indigenous Land Use Agreement 

(ILUA) negotiations and consultation 

on Federal legislation. 

ILUA`s 

The SACOME Council approved 

negotiations for two minerals 

exploration ILUAs to be negotiated with 

Ngadjuri #2 (Breamer Province) and 

Kokatha Uwankara (central Gawler 

Craton). 

The Ngadjuri negotiations progressed, 

albeit slowly, with SACOME awaiting 

input from SANTS and the group in 

regards to specific terms. 

Due to a number of other matters, the 

Kokatha Uwankara negotiation was 

delayed but is expected to progress 

through 2013/14. 

It is hoped that ILUAs across these two 

active regions will streamline access 

processes for both industry and the 

claim groups. 

Legislation and Industry Consultations 

The Federal government released an 

exposure draft for amendments to 

the Native Title Act 1993 with several 

key issues for industry identified. 

These included: the need to clarify the 

meaning of ‘good faith’ and associated 

amendments to the ‘right to negotiate’ 

provisions; enable parties to agree to 

disregard historical extinguishment of 

native title in areas such as parks and 

reserves; and streamline Indigenous 

Land Use Agreement (ILUA) processes. 

SACOME, through its representation 

on the Mineral Council of Australia’s 

Indigenous Relations Working Group 

(IRWG), provided input from a South 

Australian perspective including the 

possible impacts on State legislation. 

Final submissions are due on the 19th 

of October and will be available for 

members to view after that date. 

Despite the Premiers commitment 

that the review of the South Australian 

Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 would 

be progressed by the end of 2012, 

a consultation draft Bill was not 

forthcoming during the reporting 

period. SACOME continued to express 

its frustration through government 

meetings and correspondence at the 

constant delays in the process. It is 

hoped the draft Bill will be released by 

the end of 2013. 

SACOME participated in a consultation 

meeting and subsequently provided a 

written submission to the Department 

of Premier and Cabinet, Aboriginal 

Affairs and Reconciliation Division in 

regards to a draft Bill to replace the 

South Australian Aboriginal Lands Trust 

Act 1966. Further consultation on the 

Bill and proposed amendments as a 

result of submissions is expected in the 

first half of 2013/14. 


FEDERAL ELECTION PRIORITIES 

With the Federal Election in mind, 

SACOME focussed policy work 

in the final stages of the year on 

developing and lobbying for a range 

of issues identified as most critical 

to advancing South Australia’s 

mining and oil & gas sectors. 

Lobbying commenced in the 2012/13 

year and included consultation with 

industry, partnering with other 

state chambers to reinforce united 

messages, developing a program 

around meetings with Federal, State 

and opposition leaders and many of 

media releases. 

These priorities were: 

Implementing an exploration 

tax credit scheme (exploration 

development incentive). 

SACOME has been calling for an 

exploration tax credit policy for more 

than five years. The scheme would 

allow companies who are unable to 

access tax deductions as they accrue 

- given their lack of income - to issue 

shares with these deductions ‘flowing 

through’ to investors and make 

investment in these juniors attractive. 

In addition to promoting the scheme 

with government, opposition, DMITRE, 

other associations and the media, 

SACOME took the initiative to develop 

an Australia taxation system friendly 

model and presented it to AMEC, the 

MCA and other state bodies to garner 

support. SACOME acknowledges the 

work of Councillor and taxation expert 

Alice McCleary in donating her time 

and expertise to develop this model. 

Addressing infrastructure needs for 

resources project 

These include the critical issues of 

South Australia’s lack of a cape-size 

vessel capable, multi-user port and 

the upgrade of electricity transmission 

network along the Eyre Peninsula to 

enable projects in the region to develop. 

SACOME lobbied for the use of bodies 

such as Infrastructure Australia and 

the Export Finance and Insurance 

Corporation (EFIC) to provide funding 

agreements to stimulate infrastructure 

where the market has failed to deliver 

a solution. 

Changes to the Petroleum Resources 

Rent Tax (PRRT) 

SACOME lobbied hard for changes to 

the PRRT that included amending the 

tax so that profits below $50 million 

would not apply, and the inclusion 

of contiguous licences that allow for 

exploration expenditure deductibility 

relating to the same project from an 

adjoining lease. 

Rescinding the Mineral Resources 

Rent Tax 

SACOME recommended the MRRT be 

rescinded due to the negative impacts 

upon emerging iron ore miners in 

South Australia, and in consideration of 

reports highlighting that the minerals 

industry already contributes its fair 

share to State and Federal taxes. 

Bilateral agreements 

SACOME recommended revisiting 

policy development in favour of bilateral 

agreements for the Environmental 

Protection and Biodiversity 

Conservation Act, enabling 

reductions in green tape. 

Native Title Funding 

Increased funding for the Native 

Title Tribunal and Federal Court was 

identifies among SACOME members 

and Council as a high priority to 

efficiently resolve outstanding and 

ongoing native title claims. 

Carbon tax 

SACOME recommended the move 

from Labor’s climate change policy 

to a market based mechanism to 

address climate change. SACOME 

lobbied for a set of seven detailed 

principles determined to provide a 

fairer carbon pricing scheme for the 

industry. 

Exploration expenses deductibility 

SACOME demanded the immediate 

reinstatement of immediate 

deductibility for exploration 

expenses in the event of third 

party acquisitions to encourage 

investment back into the sector. 

Retaining the diesel fuel tax credit 

scheme 

SACOME noted in its 

recommendations that the Fuel Tax 

Credit scheme must be retained. 

Fuel Tax Credits are not a “subsidy”, 

but reimburse taxpayers for tax 

paid on a key business input. The 

purpose of the scheme is to remove 

the effect of fuel tax on business 

inputs to ensure production 

decisions are not distorted. 


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INFRASTRUCTURE 

SACOME continued to place the lack 

of infrastructure to enable industry 

growth at the forefront of government 

lobbying and industry discussions. 

With the challenge now to convert 

South Australia’s mining and petroleum 

exploration projects into long term 

sustainable growth, miners, renewableenergy 

providers and oil & gas 

operators will need to share commonuser 

infrastructure, including roads, 

rail, ports, water, airstrips, energy and 

transmission lines. 

Resources & Energy Sector 

Infrastructure Council (RESIC) 

Since SACOME recommended the State 

Government establish RESIC in the 

first Resources & Energy Infrastructure 

Demand Study commissioned by 

SACOME in 2007, SACOME has had 

strong input to RESIC, with both the 

President and Chief Executive having 

seats on the Council. 

The 2011 Resources and Energy 

Infrastructure Demand Study, 

commissioned by RESIC and undertaken 

by Parsons Brinckerhoff, built on a 2009 

study to identify project infrastructure 

requirements for road, rail, ports, water, 

telecommunications, power and gas. 

The study led to RESIC making 

recommendations in February 2012, 

followed by an independent community 

consultation report to State Government 

in June 2012. 

The recommendations propose a range 

of priorities including investigating the 

development of strategic infrastructure 

corridors and utility hubs; investigating 

deep sea ports and transport 

infrastructure options; facilitating 

electricity transmission; and 

attracting investment to support the 

sector. 

The State Government has been 

supportive and is currently 

undertaking a Regional Mining and 

Infrastructure Planning Project 

(supported through $1.5 million of 

Commonwealth funding) to identify 

opportunities for collaboration 

and joint investment in delivering 

significant infrastructure projects 

across three regions: 

• Eyre and Western 

• Far North 

• Yorke and Mid North/Braemar 

SACOME will continue its involvement 

and influence determining which 

projects will be identified as 

possessing the greatest ability to 

deliver wide-ranging benefits to 

South Australia, and when - and 

most importantly how – this may be 

accomplished. 

Funding for a Bulk Commodities Port 

SACOME has extensively lobbied over 

the past five years for a deep sea, 

cape-size vessel capable port at Port 

Bonython. 

In March 2012 the Minister for 

Planning declared the Port Bonython 

Bulk Export Port development a 

‘major development’ under the 

Development Act 1993 (SA). SACOME 

has continued to lobby both State 

Government and the Opposition to 

consider underwriting tonnages for 

the first five years of operation to 

attract investment. 


Without such a facility, the emerging 

iron-ore province in the north of the 

State goes without a cost-effective 

means of export. 

SACOME also strongly supports the 

development of at least one other 

cape-size vessel capable port in South 

Australia to service the needs of the 

expanding iron ore industry on the Eyre 

Peninsula and upper North regions. 

This topic has formed the basis for 

discussions with State and Federal 

Ministers and in media liaison 

throughout the year and will continue to 

rank highly on SACOME’s agenda until a 

solution is realised. 

Cooper Basin Infrastructure 

The unconventional gas potential of 

the world class Cooper Basin resource 

is inviting increased exploration in the 

region. Still at a very early stage of 

development, as with mining, much 

of the extensive leg work in realising 

the potential of this resource is 

being conducted by smaller oil & gas 

companies. 

SACOME has representation on the 

DMITRE led working group to address 

the need for shared infrastructure 

in the Cooper Basin. Consultation 

and discussions surrounding the 

need for smaller companies to share 

infrastructure (such as airstrips, service 

hubs and facilities) to enable their 

activities to grow and investment in the 

Cooper to expand, have commenced. 

SACOME will continue to act as a united 

voice for the South Australian petroleum 

industry in lobbying at a State and 

Federal level in regards to these needs. 


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20 South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy 

The 2013 Emergency Response 

Competition at Prominent Hill

WORK HEALTH & SAFETY 

SACOME kept on top of regulatory 

changes to WH&S over the 2012/13 

year, ensuring members were up to 

date with critical changes through 

seminars and various member 

communications. 

New WH&S Legislation 

The new Work, Health and Safety Act 

and Regulations commenced on 1 

January 2013, aligning South Australia 

with the other states and territories 

who have implemented the model WHS 

legislation. 

SACOME held a number of seminars 

to assist members understand and 

work within the new workplace 

safety framework and kept members 

informed of issues and requirements 

as they made the transition to the new 

arrangements. 

SA Mines Emergency Response 

Competition 

SACOME held it’s fourth South 

Australian South Australian Emergency 

Response Competition in collaboration 

with a team of dedicated volunteers. 

The competition’s goal is to promote 

and continuously improve resource 

sector workplace safety skills, with 

an added benefit of providing a 

venue for relationship building -and 

friendly rivalry- between sites. 

A wide range of skills were applied 

by each team as they negotiated 

their way through a host of 

accident scenarios at OZ Minerals’ 

Prominent Hill mine. In addition 

to the practical scenarios, each 

team completed a problem-solving 

exercise which required innovative 

thinking, leadership and teamwork. 

In a closely fought contest between 

Olympic Dam, Prominent Hill, 

Cooper Basin ERT (Santos) and 

Perilya Resources, individual 

category awards were shared evenly 

amongst competing teams. 

The Olympic Dam Emergency 

Response Team was the overall 

winner of the 2013 competition. 

“ 

Emergency 

SACOME held it’s fourth South Australian 

Response Competition 

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SKILLS & EDUCATION 

SACOME broadened its skills and 

education activities over the year 

to include a new Professional 

Development program, following 

a report commissioned to identify 

sector training gaps. 

The careers program was extended 

to include additional regional visits, 

the Treasure Hunt was another 

sell out success, and SACOME 

commenced its representation on an 

oil & gas working group to address 

skills requirements. 

Careers Program 

The Careers Promotion Program 

continued to deliver its message to 

primary and secondary students across 

the state. Workshops and presentations 

delivered as part of the program are 

booked by primary and secondary 

school teachers to compliment units 

of work currently being studied. The 

program gives teachers access to 

resources and specialist knowledge 

that allows them to tackle earth science 

or resource industry careers as part 

of the curriculum. Many thousands of 

students have been reached this year in 

both metropolitan and regional South 

Australia. 

Iluka sponsored three separate trips 

to the Far West Coast during Term 1 

as part of an ongoing relationship to 

take the Careers Promotion Program 

to schools in the area of the Jacinth- 

Ambrosia Mine on a biennial basis. 

Joint presentations were delivered to 

schools in Ceduna, Penong, Koonibba 

and Yalata. 

OZ Minerals supported SACOME to 

visit secondary schools in the Upper 

Spencer Gulf. Joint presentations with 

OZ Minerals and the Resources and 

Engineering Skills Alliance (RESA) 

were delivered to high school students 

at Whyalla High School, Port Augusta 

Secondary School and John Pirie High 

School highlighting careers in the 

industry and giving insights into lifestyle, 

locations and salaries. 

The Eyre Peninsula Mining Alliance 

partnered with SACOME in its second 

year of running a careers road show 

across the Eyre Peninsula. The objective 

was to provide information on the 

diversity of direct and indirect jobs which 

would be created through a mining 

industry on the Eyre Peninsula and the 

education and training pathways available 

to qualify for those positions. Over 450 

people attended across the week. 

Other initiatives included supporting the 

Royal Institute of Australia with their 

STEM Careers initiative by organising 

filming opportunities with Hillgrove 

Resources (Kanmantoo Operation) and 

the University of Adelaide and presenting 

to first year mining engineering 

students. 

SACOME acknowledges RESA for its 

generous sponsorship of the careers 

program. 

Professional Development 

In its first year, the SACOME 

Professional Development Program ran 

11 successful courses with attendance 

of nearly 150 attendees. Along with 

providing in house training, the program 

seeks to identify skill and training gaps 

within the sector and encourages local 

Registered Training Organisations 

(RTO’s) to provide timely, appropriate and 

cost effective solutions. 

Some of the courses conducted over the 

year included: 

Mining for non-Miners: A two day course 

aimed at introducing individuals to the 

fundamentals of mining operations, 

including an understanding of current 

locations, an overview of legislative 

requirements, exploration, feasibility and 

exploitation techniques, right through to 

mine closure. The course concludes with 

a field trip to a working mine - which, 

with the support of Terramin’s Angas 

Zinc and Hillgrove’s Kanmantoo sites - 

was the highlight for many. 

Cultural Awareness: SACOME ran 

courses on Indigenous Culture and 

working with (and in) China, throughout 

the year. Focussing on diversity and 

inclusion, these were designed to bring a 

level of transparency and understanding 

in dealing with stakeholders from 

diverse cultural, economic, and social 

backgrounds. 

Resource Leadership Series: The 

Resource Leadership Series was 

designed to support key areas of 

leadership in the resources sector by 

providing both accredited and nonaccredited 

training in strategic areas of 

influence. Commercial Acumen centred 

on teaching leaders to focus on budgets 

and procurement models in their 

activities. The Workforce Strategies for 

the Next Decade Seminar brought in key 

leaders in areas of workforce planning, 

attraction and retention, culture, and 

development of staff. With assistance 

from Santos, the University of South 

Australia and the University College of 

London, SACOME introduced a resourcespecific 

MBA that includes a Graduate 

Certificate in Energy and Resources. 


Emma Chesterman with students on a 

regional visit in 2013 

Discussions commenced with the 

Resources and Energy Skills Alliance 

(RESA) to run collaborative courses 

over the 2013/14 year including 

Diploma and Advanced Diplomas in 

areas such as Management, Project 

Management, and WH&S. 

Treasure Hunt 

The SACOME Treasure Hunt aims 

to inspire and educate children on 

resources. The 2013 event took 

place in April on the University of 

Adelaide campus with 233 parents 

and children (aged 9-11 years) 

attending. DMITRE, the University 

of Adelaide, Robogals and the 

Gemmological Association of South 

Australia delivered geosciencebased 

and engineering workshops 

to the participants with a sausage 

sizzle provided at the conclusion of 

the hunt. 

Careers DVD project 

SACOME identified a need to update 

the careers promotional material 

for the sector in South Australia. 

With support from DMITRE, RESA 

and industry, filming is currently 

underway to produce material 

for use by SACOME, Government 

and schools to promote career 

opportunities. Aimed at younger 

high school students, footage will 

feature young people explaining how 

they obtained work and what it’s like 

to be part of a growing and exciting 

industry. 

Geoscientist Assistance Program (GAP) 

SACOME successfully applied for the 

extension of the GAP program. Funded 

by the State Government, the program 

provided companies with salary 

subsidies and training grants to employ 

and retain geoscientists within the 

State. 33 people were placed into roles 

as a result. 

Petroleum Skills Needs 

Arising from the release of the 

‘Roadmap for Unconventional Gas 

Projects in South Australia’, DMITRE 

established five working groups to focus 

on high priority issues. One of these 

focusses around skills and developing 

a regional hub for training. SACOME 

commenced its participation on this 

group, and is represented on all five of 

the working groups. 

SACOME’s Careers Promotion program visited 80 

schools accross the state over the financial year, 

“reaching approximately 3,200 students. 

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MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS 

SACOME promotes the industry 

and it’s benefits to the community 

through a wide range of initiatives. 

These include the annual 

Environmental Open Day, Treasure 

Hunt and careers promotion 

activities, together with a presence 

at regional field days and various 

external events. 

SACOME also promotes the mining 

and energy sector through regular 

stakeholder communications and by 

being always available to the media 

and maintaining a strong media 

presence. 

SA Mines and Energy Journal 

The SA Mines and Energy Journal, 

SACOME’s official publication, continues 

to be valued by a diverse readership 

including SACOME members, people 

working in the public sector and 

government, and interested members of 

the community. 

Content for the journal is sourced with 

the assistance of an editorial committee 

comprising SACOME members from 

the mining, exploration and oil and gas 

industry sectors. Stories are researched 

and written by SACOME staff, Solstice 

Media (who publish the journal) and 

members. SACOME retains strong 

control over the publication through the 

magazine’s Editor, SACOME’s Director 

of Membership & Communications. 

A wide range of articles of interest to 

the magazine’s diverse readership 

were published over the year. These 

included updates on the mining and 

energy sector in South Australia 

together with case studies on various 

aspects of local mining and energy 

projects and articles focussed on 

regulation, unconventional oil & gas, 

community engagement, land access, 

sustainability, business and finance, 

innovation; procurement; workforce; 

Indigenous issues; education and 

many other topics. 

E-news 

SACOME’s fortnightly newsletter 

was renamed Mining and Energy SA 

to reflect its focus on local mining 

and energy industry information 

and events. It continued to disburse 

valuable information to members on 

sector regulation, issues, consultation 

and events. SACOME also established 

a Professional Development 

newsletter during the year to share 

information on its new Professional 

Development program. 

External Media 

SACOME’s media relations have 

strengthened in recent years, with 

Chief Executive Jason Kuchel 

regularly contacted for comment on a 

wide range of sector issues. SACOME 

maximised this opportunity by 

increasing its media release output to 

24 releases over the 2012-13 financial 

year - up from 14 in the prior year. 

Every story released over the year 

was picked up by a variety of regional, 

State and national media. 

Media releases focussed on a range of 

topics, including: 

- Promotion of the industry - 

including external research 

supporting mining’s positive effect 

on communities and the economy, 

extensive sector investment in 

training, recognition of community 

excellence through the Premier’s 

mining and energy awards, and the 

sector’s emphasis on workplace 

health and safety. 

- SACOME events to share 

information and promote the 

sector – such as the Treasure 

Hunt, Environmental Open Day, 

Emergency Response competition, 

annual dinner and lunch events 

- SACOME initiatives - including the 

new Professional Development 

program, Geoscientist Assistance 

Program and signing of a new MOU 

with China. 

- Lobbying messages – to ensure 

the industry’s voice is pushed to 

the media for coverage on a range 

of Federal and State policies, 

regulation and submissions. 


Jason Kuchel and Federal Labor Minister 

for Resources and Energy, Gary Gray 

SACOME also provided articles 

to various external publications 

including the Stock Journal and 

Advertiser on a range of issues. 

SACOME’s Chief Executive spends 

much time developing and 

maintaining relationships with the 

media to ensure a positive industry 

message can be put forward at every 

opportunity. 

Social Media 

SACOME increased its use of 

twitter; tweeting numerous times 

a week to its 1,678 followers which 

include a large number of members, 

politicians and the media. Tweets 

included new member introductions, 

comment on sector issues, events 

and news, and our ‘fun facts’ Friday. 

SACOMETV 

SACOME expanded its You Tube 

channel to cover more events, with 

plans underway for more diverse 

additions over the coming year. 


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EVENTS 

The corporate events program 

continued to deliver valuable 

information and opportunities to 

SACOME’s membership and other 

industry stakeholders in 2012/13. 

Breakfast Briefings 

Attendance at breakfast briefings 

remained steady with an average of 

165 guests attending each breakfast. 

Representatives from South Australia’s 

most prominent industry companies 

provided members with insights into 

their operations, future plans and 

potential procurement opportunities, 

along with valuable networking 

opportunities and time to ask 

questions. 

Annual Resources Industry Dinner 

This year’s annual resources industry 

dinner saw around 560 guests 

celebrate Our Gifted State; themed 

with various gifts and fabulous 

entertainment. 

In a first for SACOME’s annual dinner, 

the focus was clearly on celebration 

and the only formalities of the evening 

were the presentation of The Premier’s 

Awards for Community Excellence in 

Mining and Energy, which is now in its 

third year. This year there were four 

award categories and 6 winners – see 

page 14 for details of all the winners. 

Lunch series 

Attendance at SACOME lunches 

remained strong over the past 12 

months with an average of 257 guests 

at each lunch. 

The financial year kicked off with Dr. 

Paul Heithersay providing an industry 

overview from DMITRE; Beach Energy’s 

Reg Nelson provided a great insight into 

the future of the company in August; Libby 

Lyons from WA based Atlas Iron focussed 

on Community Relations and Atlas’s 

experiences moving from exploration into 

production; Dr. Ian Gould AM, Chancellor 

of the University of South Australia spoke 

candidly about the year that was, together 

with his opinion on the outlook for 2013. 

The 2013 events calendar commenced 

with the Hon Tom Koutsantonis MP 

covering a range of topical industry 

issues, including access to the WPA and 

addressing the RESIC recommendations 

released late last year, rounding out 

the financial year in May saw Nigel 

McBride from Business SA give a thought 

provoking and animated presentation on 

Our State at a Cross Road. 

Seminars 

SACOME held a range of seminars and 

workshops over the 12 months including 

topics on the Mining Act and Regulations; 

Managing Risks and Liabilities; WHS 

Legislation; Chinese relations; SACOME’s 

Code of Practice and Maximising 

business potential. All were well attended 

and provided topical information and 

networking time. 

Conferences: 

Collaboration continued on two high 

value conferences during the year. 

SACOME continued its prominent role 

assisting with the organisation and 

administration of the South Australian 

Exploration and Mining Conference 

held in December at the Adelaide 

Convention Centre. This conference 

is put together by volunteers from 

industry associations SACOME, 

AusIMM, GSA, AIG, ASEG together with 

DMITRE and the University of Adelaide 

with the sole purpose of sharing 

share information on the mining and 

exploration activities of the year. The 

2012 event attracted a record number 

of delegates at 560. 

SACOME joined together with Global 

Maintenance USG to bring the 

SACOME/GMUSG Resource Industry 

Conference and Trade Expo – the first 

ever conference that SACOME has 

co-convened. The regional conference, 

held in Whyalla, was a sell-out success 

with 380 delegates registered. The 

conference’s focus is on exploring, 

developing and profiting SME’s within 

the Upper Spencer Gulf region. 

1 - Attendees at SACOME’s Art of Networking Seminar 

2 - Gavin Hobart & Ron Hardman, Arrium Mining, at the 15 February 2013 lunch 

3 - Greg Clothier, St John SA, Renee Preece, BP, and Ray Bliske, Morton Philips 

4 - Layla Mignone, SACOME & Wayne Hutton, Statewide Super at the May 2013 lunch 

5 - Loreto students at SACOME’s Environmental Open Day 

6 - Jason Kuchel with Premier Jay Weatherill at the GMUSG SACOME Conference 

7 - McMahon Services Ryan Brown and Atlas Iron’s Libby Lyons at the 12 October 2012 lunch 

8 - Premier Jay Weatherill presenting the Women in Resources award to Carly Taylor, OZ 

Minerals & Rachel Kennett, Beach Energy, at the Annual Dinner 

9 - RFDS raffle at the Annual Resources Industry Dinner 2013 

10 - Marc Twining, Rex Minerals, presenting at the SA Exploration & Mining Conference 

11 - Tim Pillion, Big Sky, Peta Conley & Chris Rowe (KSB Australia) at the June 2013 breakfast 


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SPONSORS 

SACOME members have the 

option to support SACOME’s 

corporate lunch series and other 

events via sponsorship. With 

an outstanding reputation for 

promoting and connecting the 

resources industry, SACOME 

provides Sponsors with targeted 

industry exposure. 

SACOME expanded and improved 

the sponsorship offering on 

the previous year by presenting 

innovative packages and tailoring 

solutions. SACOME is very 

appreciative of the support from its 

valued sponsors. 

DIAMOND SPONSOR 

Bureau Veritas 

PLATINUM SPONSORS 

Iron Road, 

KJM Contractors 

GOLD SPONSORS 

Basetec Services, 

Finlaysons, PWC, 

Street Fleet 

SILVER SPONSORS 

ADT Security, Aggreko, 

Aquenta Consulting, 

Lend Lease (previously 

Baulderstone), Investigator 

Resources, McMahon 

Services 

COPPER SPONSORS 

Alexander Symonds, Golder 

Associates, O’Loughlins, 

Oz Minerals, Piper 

Alderman, Rex Minerals 

EVENT SPONSORS 

The following member 

companies have sponsored 

SACOME on an event basis 

during the 2012-2013 

membership year. 

Aggreko 

Arrium 

Ashurst 

Basetec Services 

Beach Energy 

DMITRE 

EBS Ecology 

Fyfe 

Hitachi Construction 

Machinery Australia 

IronClad Mining 

Leibherr 

Maloney Field Services 

Migration Solutions 

Minotaur Exploration 

ODT Australis 

OZ Minerals 

Serafino 

SRA Information 

Technology 

Statewide Super 

ZIRCON SPONSORS 

BP, Lincoln Minerals 


SACOME thanks its 2013 Annual Sponsors: 

DIAMOND SPONSOR 

PLATINUM SPONSORS 

GOLD SPONSORS 

SILVER SPONSORS 

COPPER SPONSORS 

ZIRCON SPONSORS 


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SACOME MEMBERSHIP 

SACOME’s membership is made up 

of organisations that either work 

directly as mining, exploration, 

extractive or energy companies in 

the South Australian minerals and 

energy sectors, or provide services 

to the industry. 

As at 30 June 2013, SACOME had 365 

financial members, comprising 74 

industry members and 275 service 

providers, with associate members 

totalling 16. 

SACOME industry members either 

have exploration or production projects 

in South Australia or own tenements 

or acreage in the State. Exploration, 

production and processing projects can 

encompass, minerals, petroleum, gas, 

renewables and energy production. 

Tenements and acreage held may or 

may not be active at present. 

Service provider members include 

companies committed to servicing 

and supporting the South Australian 

resources and energy sector. Service 

companies are essential to the State’s 

resources industry and are highly 

valued SACOME members with voting 

rights and representation on the 

SACOME council. 

Membership Categories 

Core industry members 

Level 1A: Global Revenue >$50bn 

Level 1B: Global revenue >$10bn - $50bn 

Level 1C: Global revenue >$2bn - $10bn 

Ind Level 1D: Global revenue >$500m - $2bn 

Ind Level 1E: Global Revenue >$100m - $500m 

Ind Level 1F: Global Revenue >$50m - $100m 

Ind Level 1G: Global Revenue >$20m - $50m 

Ind Level 1H: Global Revenue >$0m - $20m 

Level 2: Explorer or early production with production outside of SA 

Level 3: Early production 

Level 4: Junior explorer or extractive

SACOME Members 

Industry Members 

Adelaide Brighton Limited 

Adelaide Resources 

Ahava Resources Pty Limited 

Alinta Energy 

Alliance Resources Limited 

Altona Energy/Arckaringa Energy Pty 

Limited 

Arafura Resources Limited 

Archer Exploration Limited 

Areva Resources Australia 

Argonaut Resources NL 

Arrium Mining 

Barrick (Australia Pacific) Limited 

Beach Energy Limited 

BHP Billiton 

BioSyngas Limited 

BP Developments Australia Pty 

Limited 

Carpentaria Exploration Limited 

Centrex Metals 

Chevron Australia Pty Ltd 

Cooper Energy 

Drillsearch Energy Ltd 

Epic Energy 

Exco Resources 

Eyre Iron Pty Limited 

Gypsum Resources Australia 

Havilah Resources NL 

Heathgate Resources 

Hillgrove Resources 

Iluka Resources 

IMX Resources Limited 

Investigator Resources Limited 

Iron Road Limited 

IronClad Mining Limited 

Kingsgate Consolidated Limited 

Linc Energy Limited 

Lincoln Minerals Limited 

Marathon Resources Limited 

Marmota Energy 

Maximus Resources Limited 

Metals X Limited 

Minotaur Exploration 


Mungana Goldmines Ltd 

Murray Zircon Pty Ltd 

Musgrave Minerals Limited 

Nyrstar Port Pirie Smelter 

OZ Minerals 

Penrice Soda Products Pty Limited 

PepinNini Minerals Limited 

Petratherm Limited 

Phoenix Copper Limited 

Polymetals Group Pty Limited 

Renaissance Uranium 

Rex Minerals Limited 

Rio Tinto 

Royal Resources Limited 

Santos Limited 

Senex Energy Limited 

Sinosteel PepinNini Curnamona 

Management Pty Limited 

Straits Resources Limited 

Strike Energy Limited 

Sundance Energy Australia Limited 

Tarcila Resources 

Tasman Resources NL 

Teck Australia Pty Limited 

Terramin Australia Limited 

Thor Mining PLC 

Toro Energy Limited 

Torrens Energy 

Trafford Resources Limited 

Uranium Equities Limited 

Uranium One Australia 

UraniumSA Limited 

WPG Resources 


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Service Provider Members 

Adelaide Airport Limited 

Adelaide Control Engineering 

ADT Security 

Advanced Projects 

Adventure 4WD 

AEC Environmental Pty Limited 

AECOM Australia Pty Limited 

Aggreko 

Ahrens 

Alere 

Alexander & Symonds 

Alliance Airlines 

AMC Consultants 

Ancorloc Earth Systems 

ANZ 

APB Modular 

Aquamate 

Aquenta Consulting 

ARUP Pty Ltd 

ASC Training & Development Pty Ltd 

Ashurst 

Asiaworld Shipping Services 

Atlas Copco Mining and Rock 

Excavation Australia 

Atsys Pty Ltd 

Aurecon Australia Pty Ltd 

Ausco Modular 

Ausenco Services 

Auspace 

Australian Camp Services 

Australian Civil & Mining Training 

Australian Cultural Heritage 

Management 

Australian Groundwater Technologies 

Australian Industrial Rental 

Australian Mines and Metals 


Association 

Australian Saltworks (Previously 

Mulgundawa Salt) 

Australian Satellite Communications 

Pty Ltd 

Australian Training Alliance 

Australian Water Environments 

Austwide Mining Title Management Pty 

Limited 

Aztec Analysis 

B.L. Shipway & Co 

BankWest Business 

Basetec Services 

Battery World 

Baulderstone - Engineering 

BDO 

Big Sky Building Society 

Bonacci Group Pty Ltd 

Brown and Pang 

BRS 

Bureau Veritas Minerals 

Buschutz Engineering Pty Limited 

Caledonia Scaffolding 

CAPS Australia Pty Limited 

Career Employment Group 

Cavill Power Products 

Chandler MacLeod 

Chinese Language and Cultural Advice 

Coffey 

Color On Demand 

Colour Tech Copying 

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 

Community Engagement Group 

Australia Pty Limited 

Complete Personnel 

Connexion Australia Pty Limited 

COOE (Care of Our Environment) 

Cor Cooling 

Corporate Conversation 

Corporate Protection Australia Group 

Corporate Traveller 

CQR 

CRC Care Pty Ltd 

Cryogenic Blasting Solutions 

Cummings Optical 

D.J. Coughlan Drilling 

Dalkeith Plastics 

Datanet Asia Pacific Pty Ltd 

David Moss Corporation 

Deep Exploration Technologies CRC 

Degremont 

Dialight ILS Australia 

Direct Workshop Supplies 

Dixon Partnering Solutions 

DMAW Lawyers 

Doconade Legal & Migration 

Doherty Remote Trade Services 

Downer EDI Mining 

Draeger Safety Pacific Pty Limited 

DriForce 

E & A Limited 

EBS Ecology 

Ecology and Heritage Partners 

Electranet 

EMAC Systems 

Emeco International Pty Limited 

Enterprise Connect Resources 

Technology Innovation Centre 

Environmental Projects 

EQAS Business Development 

Ernst & Young 

Evans & Peck 

Exact Mining Services Pty Ltd 

Finlaysons 

Fire Safe Services Pty Ltd 

FirecorpSA Pty Limited 

Flight Safety Foundation 

Flinders Port Holdings Pty Ltd 

FMG Engineering 

Fox Tucker Lawyers 

Frazer- Nash Consultancy 

Fugro Spatial Systems 

Fyfe Pty Limited 

Genesee and Wyoming Australia 

Geofabrics Australasia 

Georg Fischer Piping Systems 

GHD Pty Limited 

GLH Contracting 

Golder Associates Pty Limited 

Government Relations Australia 

Advisory Pty Limited 

Government Relations Solutions Pty 

Ltd (GR Solutions) 

Grundfos Pumps Pty Limited 

Hallett Concrete Pty Ltd 

Hawker Britton Group 

Health Safety Environment Australia 

Pty Limited 

Hender Consulting 

Hills Holdings Limited 

Hitachi Construction Machinery 

Australia Pty Limited 

Hughes Public Relations & 

Communication Counsel 

Hunt & Hunt 

Icon Recruitment 

Vative 

Integral Triple Bottom Line Leadership 

& Results 

Integrity Sampling 

Intract - Indigenous Contractors 


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Ironbark Heritage & Environment 

J & H Williams Holdings Pty Ltd 

Jardine Lloyd Thompson 

Jean Cannon Consulting 

JM Gilligan Consulting 

John Nitschke Drilling 

Joie Creative 

Kadego 

Kelly & Co 

Kempe Fluidpower & Engineering 

Services 

Kerry Logistics 

KJM Contractors 

KPMG 

KSB Australia Pty Limited 

Lawson Risk Management Services 

Pty Limited 

Leadership Management Australia - 

Bettcher 

Leske Transport Pty Ltd 

Lester Franks Survey & Geographic 

Pty Limited 

LHD Group Australia P/L 

Liebherr Australia Pty Limited 

LogiCamms 

LR & M Constructions Pty Limited 

Lucas Earthmovers Pty Limited 

Macmahon Holdings 

Macquarie Drilling 

Maloney Field Services 

Maritime Constructions Pty Limited 

Marlow Communications Pty Limited 

MAV Media Pty Limited 

Max Crane & Equipment Hire 

McConnell Dowell 

McDonald Steed McGrath Lawyers 

McMahon Services 

Mental Illness Fellowship of SA 

(MIFSA) 

Migration Solutions 

Mine & Quarry Service Co Pty Ltd 

Minecorp 

Mining & Construction Safety 

Specialists 

Mining One 

Mining People International 

Mining, Energy & Engineering 

Academy 

Minter Ellison Lawyers 

Modular Building Systems 

Momentum Partners 

Morton Philips 

National Australia Bank 

Nedrill Blasting Contractors 

Nextgen Networks 

Normet Asia Pacific Pty Limited 

Nova Systems 

OAMPS Insurance Brokers 

ODT Australis Pty Limited 

O’Loughlins Lawyers 

Opposite Lock Adelaide 

Osmoflo 

OTEK Australia 

Outback Ecology 

Parsons Brinckerhoff 

Paydirt Media Pty Limited 

Peter Kittle Motor Company 

Phoenix Project Management Pty 

Limited 

Phoenix Society Inc. 

Piper Alderman 

Port Adelaide Football Club 

Port of Melbourne 

Powranna Consulting Pty Limited 

Priority Management South Australia 

PT Hydraulics Australia Pty Ltd 

PwC Services 

(PricewaterhouseCoopers) 

Qube Logistics (SA) Pty Ltd 

Qube Ports & Bulk Division Pty Ltd 

Red Appointments Pty Limited 

Red Earth Training Solutions 

Red Mulga 

Rema Tip Top 

Renfrey Plant Hire Services 

Resources & Engineering Skills Alliance 

(RESA) 

Revenue by Design 

Rexco People Pty Limited 

Ripple Recruitment 

Rob Savory Environmental Audits 

Robin Johnson Engineering Pty Ltd 

Roxby Serviced Offices 

RPS Aquaterra 

Rural Solutions SA 

SA Power Networks 

SCF Group Pty Limited 

Sharp Airlines 

Sims Metal Management S.A. 

Sinclair Knight Merz 

Sitemed (O.T. Private Pty Ltd) 

SJ Cheesman 

Skills DMC 

Slade Industries Pty Ltd 

SLC Pty Limited 

SME Gateway SA/NT 

SMEC Australia Pty Ltd 

Smith & Georg 

Southwick Goodyear 

Sparke Helmore Lawyers 

SRA Information Technology 

St John Ambulance Australia SA Inc 

Statewide Financial Management 

Services Limited 

Stramech Engineering 


Street Fleet Pty Ltd 

Telstra 

The University of Adelaide Faculty 

of Engineering Computer and 

Mathematical Sciences 

Thiess Pty Limited 

Thinc Projects 

Thrifty 

Tingira Pty Limited 

Tonkin Consulting 

Training Materials Consultancy 

Training Prospects 

Trainway 

TRILITY Pty Limited 

UCL School of Energy and Resources, 

Australia 

UNE Partnerships Pty Ltd 

University of South Australia 

URS Australia Pty Ltd 

Value Adviser Associates 

Vipac Engineers & Scientists Pty Ltd 

Watpac Civil and Mining Pty Limited 

Watsons Lawyers 

Wattyl Industrial Coatings 

Wave Rider Energy Pty Limited 

Wealth on Track 

Wendy Perry & Associates Pty Limited 

Westpac Banking Corporation 

Whitham Media Australia 

Willis Australia Ltd 

Wilson People Management 

WorkPac Central Pty Limited 

WorleyParsons 

Xceptional Recruitment Pty Limited 

Yaran Business Services Pty Limited 

York Resources Pty Limited 

ZEN Commercial Energy System 

Zinfra Pty Ltd 


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South Australian Chamber Of Mines & Energy 

Mines & Energy House 

290 Glen Osmond Road Fullarton, SA 5063 

Telephone +61 8 8202 9999 

Fax +61 8 8202 9900 

Email sacome@sacome.org.au 

www.sacome.org.au

SACOME Annual Report 2012-13

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