environmental review committee
It is a condition of our mining licence that the Ballarat Gold Mine Environmental Review Committee (ERC) is convened and includes a group of stakeholders who review environmental and social performance relating to the mining operation.
About the ERC
The ERC is chaired by Michael Poulton – CEO of Commitee for Ballarat. It includes 4 -6 representatives from community and neighbours, special interest groups, Earth Resources Regulation, City of Ballarat, Corangamite CMA, EPA Vic, Central Highlands Water and Hancock Victoria Plantations.
The ERC is an open meeting where visitors can attend as observers; an observer may request an agenda item via their nominated ERC representative prior to the meeting. Observers do not have an active role in the committee and must adhere to the ERC Terms of Reference. The ERC aims to:
- Provide a transparent, representative and open forum to address issues of community interest related to the mine’s operation;
- Engage with the community to ensure the timely;
- Identification and response to community issues, concerns and suggestions in relation to the mine's operations;
- Dissemination of operational information
- Ensure issues and concerns raised by the community are addressed effectively by Ballarat Gold Mine.
community representatives
There are a number of community representatives who sit on the ERC and provide valuable feedback to the mine on the concerns of the community and opportunities to work with the community to make improvements. We are very grateful to them for offering up their volunteer time to assist us.
Members of the community who wish to contact the ERC community representatives should keep in mind that they are giving their time as volunteers and do not represent the mine and are not able to answer technical questions on behalf of the mine. Their role is to bring your concerns to Ballarat Gold Mine for a response.
| Name | Suburb | Contact |
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Heather Bice |
Mt Clear |
hrbice46@gmail.com |
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Kerry Daniel |
Golden Point |
kdaniell7@bigpond.com |
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Floss Pitson |
Golden Point |
via Ballarat Gold Mine |
AGENcy representatives
| Organisation | Phone | |
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ERC Chair
Michael Poulton |
+61 (03) 5332 1240 |
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Earth Resources Regulation |
(+613) 136 186 |
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EPA Victoria |
(+613) 1300 372 842 |
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Central Highlands Water |
(+613) 1800 061 514 |
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joining the ERC
Ballarat Gold Mine extends an invitation to community members who are interested in joining our Environmental Review Committee.
We recommend you read the Terms of Reference below and contact us to discuss your interest.
All nominees must:
- have an ability and willingness to look beyond personal interests;
- willingness to work together on a common challenge;
- possess a desire to make positive contributions to ERC meetings;
- demonstrate an ability to engage with Ballarat Gold Mine’s key stakeholder community;
- demonstrate courteous and respectful behavior towards fellow members and stakeholders
- community representatives must reside within a relevant geographic space of Ballarat Gold Mine’s operations; and
- commit to a two-year term and attend the quarterly meetings and any special meetings that may arise.
| Organisation | Phone | |
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City of Ballarat |
(+613) 5320 5500 |
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Corangamite CMA |
(+613) 5232 9100 |
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HVP Plantations |
(+613) 5339 0000 |
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Southern Rural Water |
(+613)1300 139 510 |
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ERC Meeting Minutes
Ballarat Gold Mine hosted its 100th Environmental Review Committee meeting on February 6th, 2020. We believe it to be the oldest continuous ERC in Central Victoria.
The Ballarat Gold Mine feels extremely fortunate that we operate in a community that has representatives willing to volunteer their time, to allow us to better understand our community impact and explore ways to minimise this impact.
ERC Meeting quarterly reports
The quarterly report snapshots have been introduced to provide the community with an overview of the key data presented to the ERC meeting. It highlights our performance in meeting our licence conditions and any other key pieces of information that is presented to the ERC.