Research Project
Full description This project is a high-level desktop review of existing information and public data (including historical perspectives), relating to the Izok Lake Corridor Project. Expertise is integrated across UQ and UQ Collaborators in the disciplines of ESG, processing, comminution, geoscience, regional and mine planning, risk analysis and strategy to enable delivery of the Project. The Scope includes: • Analysis related to the optimisation of mining, processing and waste management and better understanding of resource potential; • Understanding the technical and environmental, social, governance (ESG) landscape; Objectives were: • A project scale analysis of all risks and underpinning assumptions contributing to feasibility. • De-risk the projects technical and ESG profile, examining the potential for a staged, "minimum viable capital cost" approach to development amongst other measures of value. • To provide regional and mine site planning perspectives on the potential community, water-related and wildlife impacts, applying ESG benchmarking and risk frameworks previously developed by COB/SMI. • To review the potential for an integrated optimisation of processing and waste management pathways and their impacts on water/energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.