Land management

Our management approach

Land disturbance is an inevitable part of the mining process and MinRes recognises the important role of land management in responsible mining during the life of our operations. Effective land management ensures we mitigate avoidable impacts to the land, remain compliant with our obligations and protect our stakeholder relationships.

We manage these risks through several mechanisms, including:

• our MinRes Risk Management System
• regularly reviewing and implementing process improvements
• update the MinRes Environmental Management System (EMS) to ensure a consistent approach to environmental management across all our business units and subsidiaries
• land management risk analysis and internal permitting tool, the Land Activity Permit (LAP).

The LAP process governs MinRes land disturbance activities by affording our Land Access and Tenure, Environment, Heritage, Native Title, and Rehabilitation and Closure teams the opportunity to assess risks presented by proposed works prior to their execution.

Throughout FY25, we continued to develop the capability of our LAP process, and the digital platform that supports LAPs, the Approvals Management System (AMS). The LAP process governs MinRes land disturbance activities by affording our Land Access and Tenure, Environment, Heritage, Native Title, Rehabilitation and Closure teams the opportunity to assess risks presented by proposed works prior to their execution. These teams, collectively known as LAP Assessors, assist site teams to design land disturbance activities in a way that minimises impact to their respective areas of expertise. We introduced several enhancements to our Approvals Management System in FY25 to ensure best practice, including:

• an Agreements Register, which details our third-party agreements
• an Obligations Register and obligation management workflows, improving oversight and management of our commitments to external stakeholders
• an Approvals Register, to centrally manage our permits, grants and consents
• a Studies Register to support improved planning, scheduling and management of outcomes, across environmental and heritage surveys.

Comprehensive training, communication and change management are crucial to ensure effective understanding and adoption of responsible land management principles and controls. Alongside a significant roadmap of initiatives progressed throughout FY25, we expanded and increased the adoption of training and support initiatives.