Cadia East Project Approval

On 6 January 2010, the Minister for Planning, the Honourable Tony Kelly, granted approval for the Cadia East Gold/Copper Project.

This project was classed as a State Significant Development and was assessed under Part 3A of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979.

Approval under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, 1999, was granted on 18 February 2010.

The project has undergone a number of modifications since it was originally approved in 2010. Each modification is listed below with accompanying documents including the application, Environmental Assessment (EA), which later became Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and determination.

The EA or EIS considers the potential impacts of the Project in accordance with the NSW Department of Planning’s Environmental Assessment Requirements.