MINING&MINERALS

ACTIONPLAN NEXT12MONTHS MineralResourcesDepartment MinistryofLands&Minerals Ministry of Lands & Minerals

MalaFinau DirectorMineralDevelopment 4June2011

SCOPE
Background Background ActionPlans Next12months C l i Conclusion

3KeyAreas 3 Key Areas

1. MineralResources&Mining 1 Mineral Resources & Mining 2. Water(Groundwater)ResourcesInvestigation &Management & Management 3. DisasterManagement(Earthquake& Tsunami)Detection,Monitoring& T i) D i M i i & InformationDissemination

1.MineralExploration&Mining 1. Mineral Exploration & Mining

~60MineralExplorationLicensesthatareatthe p currentatthemoment IncludesMinerals(Earthy&Metalliferous,Petroleum, Geothermal,DeepSeaMinerals(DSM) Geothermal Deep Sea Minerals (DSM) ThreeMines 2GoldMines,1Bauxite
Vatukoula GoldMine(Vatukoula) ( ) Wainivesi GoldMine(Tailevu) Nawailevu Buaxite Mine(Bua)
Initial Stage of Mine Development InitialStageofMineDevelopment

OneMiningLeaseApplication
VitiMining VorovorobituManganese

ActionPlan Minerals&Mining
Facilitate/PromoteSteadygrowthofmineralsectorgivencurrent trends IncreaseGDPcontributionofMiningSector DiversificationofMineralbase Bauxite,Manganese,Magnetitesands,Zinc,NOT justgold&Silver

Di DiversificationofSector emergingsectors ifi ti fS t i t DeepSeaMinerals,HardRock,Sand&Gravel,GeothermalResources, WaterResources(BottledMineralWater) Policy&Legislation Reviewlegislation(MineralExploration&ExploitationBillMEEB 2006) h 11th draftcompleted ExistingMiningActcurrentlyinforce Mineral(Mining)Symposium DiscusscontentiousissuesinMineral Mineral (Mining) Symposium Discuss contentious issues in Mineral ResourcesDevelopment

WayForward Way Forward

Recognitionthattoensurecontinuoussteadygrowthofsector,itmustbe doneinasustainablemanner Hencethe3pillarsofsustainability social,environmental&economic factorsmustbeaddressed Lackofpolicyframeworktoaddresstheabove Needtoconsultwidelywithstakeholders(goodgovernance)togauge issuesthatneedstobeconsideredaspartofimplementingthenecessary p p g y policyframeworkstoaddressthe3pillarsofsustainability Needtoaccommodatethepolicy/legalreformseitherthroughamending existingMiningActorprogressreviewtowardssupersedingexistingAct g g p g p g g withMineralBill(MEEB) decreed DevelopsubsidiarylegislationtoprovideGovernmentwithspecific p processestoimplementprinciplesoftheunderlyingDecree. p p p y g

WayForward cont d Way Forward contd

ConductMining(MineralSector)Symposiumtodiscusscontentious stakeholderissues Public&Private,Landowners&representatives, NGOs,DonorAgencies,otherStakeholdersetc,etc P PreparatorysymposiuminlateJune2011tomapandgaugestakeholder t i i l t J 2011 t d t k h ld issuesthatneedtobeaddressed Mainsymposiumtobeheldin3rd quarter2011willfocusonpotentialof thesectorinviewofexpectationsthatallexplorationprojectswillbecome the sector in view of expectations that all exploration projects will become producingmines,whilstaddressingstakeholderissues Governmentschallengeistochannelalltheissuesfromallstakeholders throughanintegratedforumtobecalledtheMineralDevelopment TechnicalCommittee(MDTC) MDTCcompriseskeyGovernmentagenciesinvolvedinproject development

Continued
ATechnicalAdvisoryGroup(TAG)willserveasadvisorytoMDTCinasfar ascompilationandformulatingrelevantstakeholderissuesemanating fromthesymposium MDTCwillcreateanenablingenvironmenttofacilitatemineralsector growthbyaddressinglegal/policyreformstogetherwithcapacitybuilding tothenestablishplatformforprojectdevelopment Legal/policyreformstoaddressexploration,mining,fiscal,compensation, geothermalandoffshore(deepseaexploration)

2.GWResourcesInvestigation&Mangement ActionPlan A i Pl ContinueGWInvestigation&Monitoring Continue GW Investigation & Monitoring Policy&Legislation

GW S GWSourcesProtection P t ti GWconflicts Environment

3.DisasterManagement(Earthquake&Tsunami) ActionPlan Action Plan Continueupgradeofearthquakemonitoring Continue upgrade of earthquake monitoring Stationscurrentlyinprogress(JICAassistance) Installationof3newstations(Dogotuki Macuata, Installation of 3 new stations (Dogotuki Macuata Lakeba Lau,Dawasamu Tailevu) Improve Services ImproveServices Communications 24 / 7 operations 24/7operations

Conclusion
The need for legal / policy reform is becoming Theneedforlegal/policyreformisbecoming necessitygivencurrentboom&future developmentinMineralSector. development in Mineral Sector THANKS