What are Bendigo Minings plans for rehabilitation?
As part of the early planning and permitting process for the project, Bendigo Mining commissioned local company Goldfields Revegetation to devise and implement a comprehensive plan for the progressive rehabilitation of all work sites. This progressive rehabilitation program includes clearing only as required, and revegetating disturbed areas as soon as possible. Progressive rehabilitation makes good economic and environmental sense, as it ensures the final landforms are revegetated sooner rather than later thus keeping the environment disturbance to an absolute minimum. Goldfields Revegetation is using innovative methods to ensure as many indigenous species as possible are returned to the site. Seeds from over 70 indigenous species were collected prior to earth works on the site. To date, more than 80 species had been established on the mine site.
