The works included a desktop assessment of cropping history and landscape units across the site followed by field validation, which involved a soil and landscape survey, subsurface investigations and chemical and physical analysis of soil samples.
The project assessed soil types across the site and focused on factors affecting development of mine infrastructure including top soil depth and erosion potential. The assessment also determined whether soils at the site met SCL criteria.
The assessment carried out by the EESI team facilitated the planning approval for the development of the mine. As a result of ensuring adherence to SCL guidelines and legislation, EESI assisted the client in maintaining soil quality and agricultural suitability, both during mine operation and after closure.
The Environmental Earth Sciences International Group acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
