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Site overview
2.1 General 2.1.1 Project History
Mount Morgan Mine has a long history spanning from the commencement of mining operations in 1882 and was the primary reason for the establishment of the adjacent Mount Morgan township. The town of Mount Morgan was the administrative center of the Mount Morgan Shire until 2008 when it was amalgamated with neighbouring local government areas to form the Rockhampton Regional Council. Mount Morgan Limited (MML) operated the mine until its closure in November 1990. In that time, approximately 250 tonnes of gold and 360,000 tonnes of copper were extracted, generating approximately 133 million tonnes of waste rock and tailings (AARC, 2017b). Operations were a combination of underground and open cut mining. These operations resulted in impacts on environmental values at the site and the surrounding area, including the Dee River. 2.1.2 Ownership History Following cessation of production, in March 1991 the State and MML reached an agreement under which: MML would carry out decommissioning and environmental management works in accordance with an agreed rehabilitation plan; and the State would release MML from liability and obligations relating to the prior 100 years of mining. In December 1992, MML was released from all liabilities and obligations for rehabilitation and management of environmental impacts, contamination, and heritage issues. In January 1993, the State took over management of the legacy environmental and contamination issues and began its management of the site as a decommissioned mine. The State is also the primary underlying landowner. 2.2 Location and surrounding land uses The Mount Morgan mine is located near the town/location of Mount Morgan 38 kilometers south-west of Rockhampton in Central Queensland (Figure 1). The Mount Morgan mine is largely bound to the east by the Dee River and bound to the north and west by undulating hills.
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