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Monitoring
and assessment of rehabilitation for the closure of Kidston gold mine
The CMLR has been closely involved in rehabilitation projects at Kidston
for a number of years. Operations ceased in mid-2001 and all infrastructure
has now been removed, but assessment of the performance of the developing
vegetation communities on both waste rock dumps and the tailing dam has
continued. Rehabilitation assessment using LFA has been included as a
component of the monitoring program at many sites across the mine and
background woodland areas. Information on soil-borne fungi and bacteria, as
well as invertebrate assemblages also is being collected and used to provide
increasing confidence over time about the future sustainability of the
reconstructed ecosystem as final closure and lease relinquishment
approaches.
Sponsor: Kidston Gold Mines Limited |
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