Environment
We encourage a strong culture of sustainable development across all of the company’s activities and promote sound environmental practice.
Promoting sound environmental practice
At Waratah Minerals, we recognise that responsible environmental management is fundamental to sustainable resource exploration and development. We are committed to minimising our environmental footprint while ensuring compliance with all relevant environmental regulations and industry best practices.
We understand that our activities have the potential to impact land, water, biodiversity, and climate. We therefore integrate environmental considerations into all stages of our operations, from exploration to site rehabilitation. Our approach is guided by a commitment to continuous improvement, innovation, and collaboration with stakeholders to achieve positive environmental outcomes.
Our commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainability is based on the following principles:
- Sustainable Land and Water Management: We implement measures to conserve water, reduce waste, and rehabilitate disturbed land in compliance with all relevant environmental regulations.
- Biodiversity Conservation: We ensure that our operations do not adversely impact biodiversity and ecosystems and work towards land restoration and habitat protection.
- We commit to efficient use of natural resources.
- We collaborate with organisations which provide technical expertise to ensure resources are equitably managed.
Key Ongoing Environmental Initiatives Conducted by Waratah
- Adoption of a water management strategies to ensure responsible usage and conservation.
- Commitment to rehabilitating exploration sites efficiently and in collaboration with stakeholders.
- Rigorous site monitoring and environmental impact study risk assessments.
- Installation of site weather station to provide baseline environmental data.
- Cultural heritage due diligence and training.
Ironclad Mining Lease
In July 2026, Waratah completed the acquisition of GL5828 (Ironclad), a highly prospective mining licence within the company’s exploration licence. Ironclad was historically the largest gold mine in the district. Systematic exploration has demonstrated high-grade gold mineralisation is hosted within a 6 kilometre-long and 1-kilometre-wide zone within the outer margins of the Cargo Intrusive Complex.
Preliminary work at Ironclad shows the auriferous veins share many similarities with the surface expression of our recent discovery at Spur and Consols. The Ironclad Mining Lease is one of the most historically significant gold tenements in New South Wales, having been continuously held by a single owner since 1964 and remaining largely unexplored despite producing highgrade gold of up to 61g/t Au during its operation between 1875 and 1890.
Under Schedule 8A of Mining Regulation 2016 (NSW), the Company is required to make the Annual Rehabilitation Report, Forward Program and the Rehabilitation Cost Estimate (RCE) Summary Report of this lease publicly available.