Current Stage
Public Comment Invited on Draft Guidelines
Proposal Details
Client: MMG Australia Limited
Premises: Bobadil Heights Filtered Tailings Stack
Activity: Filtered Tailings Stack
Class of Assessment: 2C
Important Dates
Assessment Commenced: 12/3/2026
Draft Guidelines Opened for Public Comment: 9/5/2026
Draft Guidelines Closed for Public Comment: 25/5/2026
The Proposal
Proposal to construct a Filtered Tailings Stack (FTS) adjacent to the existing Bobadil TSF within Mining Lease 28M/1993, and associated filter plant, pipeline and road infrastructure to process tailings into filtered tailings for disposal within the FTS. The FTS will allow for approximately 12 years of storage at the current tailings production rate of 850,000 tonnes per annum, with the final storage capacity of up to 10.45 million tonnes of filtered tailings.
Notice of Intent

MMG Australia Limited, Bobadil Heights, Filtered Tailings Stack, Rosebery - Notice of Intent (PDF 26Mb)
Draft
EIS Guidelines and Public SubmissionsEIS Guidelines, prepared by the Board, assist
the proponent in preparing the case for assessment. The guidelines identify the
key issues which, based on the information in the Notice of Intent, are
expected to be key issues for the assessment of the proposal.
MMG Australia Limited, Bobadil Heights, Filtered Tailings Stack, Rosebery - Draft EIS Guidelines (PDF 709Kb)
Public comment on the draft
guidelines is invited from Saturday 9 May 2026 until Monday 25 May 2026.
Submissions on the draft guidelines must be
forwarded in writing to:
Chairperson
Board of the Environment Protection Authority
GPO Box 1550
HOBART TAS 7001
or by email to: Enquiries@epa.tas.gov.au
Please note that your
correspondence may be publicly disclosed unless there is legitimate commercial,
national security or environmental reason for confidentiality. If you would
like your correspondence to remain confidential, please make a statement to that
effect and indicate the basis upon which the request is made.