Mount Peake Project Annual Report 13 March 2017 to 12 March 2018 EL 30483

Abstract

EL 30483 was granted to Enigma Mining Limited (Enigma) on the 13 March 2015. Enigma is a wholly owned subsidiary of TNG Ltd. The licence forms part of TNG's Mount Peake Project together with EL 27069, EL 27070, EL 27941, EL 29578 and EL 31389, along with ELR 29627 and MLA 28341, MLA 29855, MLA 29856 and MLA 30686. It is not part of the group reporting or expenditure project area due to its distance from the other licences. The licence is located at the termination of the planned haul road and the rail siding facility for the proposed Mount Peake minesite. Following submission of the Supplement to the EIS submitted in early 2017, the NTEPA determined that further work was required with particular focus on areas that had not been adequately surveyed for Greater Bilby, Great Desert Skink and Brush-tailed Mulgara. Biodiversity study transects were completed across the Mount Peake project area including six within EL 30483. No sightings of the relevant species were encountered during the study, however the area within EL 30483 is considered appropriate habitat for the Great Bilby.