Original EA Amendment

12 February 2020

20137096-009 Rev A

Table of Contents

1.0 INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................................................5

2.0 BACKGROUND ..........................................................................................................................................5

3.0 DESIGN PARAMETERS AND CRITERIA..................................................................................................5

3.1 Design codes and guidelines ............................................................................................................5

3.2 Design parameters ............................................................................................................................ 6

3.3 Stability requirements ........................................................................................................................ 9

4.0 STORAGE CAPACITY .............................................................................................................................10

5.0 EMBANKMENT DESIGN .......................................................................................................................... 11

6.0 BORROW MATERIAL ..............................................................................................................................12

7.0 FOUNDATION INVESTIGATION .............................................................................................................12

8.0 EMBANKMENT STABILITY .....................................................................................................................13

9.0 PROVISONAL BILL OF QUANTITIES.....................................................................................................13

10.0 PRELIMNARY COSTING .........................................................................................................................13

10.1 Project execution basis and scope .................................................................................................14

10.2 Estimate contingency ......................................................................................................................14

10.3 Assumptions and Exclusions ..........................................................................................................15

10.4 Costing summary ............................................................................................................................15

11.0 WAY FORWARD ......................................................................................................................................16

TABLES

Table 1: Design parameters and criteria summary ..............................................................................................6

Table 2: Stability Factor of Safety guidance (ANCOLD 2012). ............................................................................9

Table 3: Tailings storage volume sin the TSF. ...................................................................................................10

Table 4 : Cumulative material quantities. ...........................................................................................................12

Table 5: Summary of Bill of Quantities. ..............................................................................................................13

Table 6: Provisional Costing Summary (Class 4) ...............................................................................................16

Table 7: Provisional Bill of Quantities. ................................................................................................................21

FIGURES

Figure 1: TSF capacity stage storage curve.......................................................................................................11

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