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Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority (NTEPA)
The Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority (NT EPA) is an independent statutory authority and is currently assessing the environmental impacts of the Darwin Processing Facility proposed by TNG Limited at Middle Arm.
The proposal is being assessed under the Environmental Assessment Act 1982 (EA Act).
Transitional arrangements under the Environment Protection Act 2019 (EP Act) also apply.
The NT EPA’s assessment must also satisfy the Australian Government by addressing matters protected under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
On Thursday 20 May 2021, the NT EPA gave TNG Limited a Direction to Provide Additional Information considered necessary to enable the NT EPA to fully assess the potential impacts of the proposed Darwin Processing Facility and provide advice to the Minister for Environment on its environmental acceptability.
Shares in
Arafura Resources Limited(ASX: ARU) are soaring in early trade today after the company unveiled its Nolans Project’s feasibility study.
The Arafura share price is up 11.1% at the time of writing, trading at 20 cents apiece.
Nolans is a neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr) project, located in the Northern Territory. It’s 100% owned by Arafura.
Let’s take a look at the project’s feasibility.
Nolans Project
The Nolans Project will include a mine and processing plant, as well as other related infrastructure. It will mine NdPr and produce NdPr oxide on-site.
The feasibility study found Nolans has a mine life of 38 years and the ability to produce 4,440 tonnes of NdPr oxide each year.
Adventure play area with a rock slide and active climbing equipment; and a
Basketball, scooter and skate area.
The corner of the Myilly Point site is now lush and green and is ideal for community gatherings and children to play. It flows on from the work the Territory Labor Government is doing to revitalise the Darwin CBD in a place that locals and visitors enjoy.
The playground development was delivered on this site through extensive community consultation. Future work on the site will acknowledge the history of the site, including the Kahlin Compound.
Local business DTA Contractors completed the works which supported more than 20 jobs.
Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security
A 30 year Groundwater Extraction Licence has been granted to Fortune Agribusiness Funds Management Pty Ltd for its property Singleton Station.
Singleton Station is about 380 km north of Alice Springs and 150 km south of Tennant Creek.
Should the proponent achieve all the necessary legal requirements and meet its licence conditions, at full development 40,000 ML/yr of groundwater will be released in the following stages:
• Stage 1 – 12 788 ML/yr for a period of 2 years from the approval date
• Stage 2 – 22 845 ML/yr for a period of 2 years from the approval date
• Stage 3 – 31 779 ML/yr for a period of 2 years from the approval date