2016-07-12 - Item 13 - Att 1 - Extractive Resources and Mineral Planning Study 2016

Quarry rock:

      Ringtail Creek - with a 1km buffer and haul route.
      Wahpunga Range Kin Kin

Sand:
    Kin Kin Creek Sands protection warranted until further investigations.
    Johns Road due to lack of sand resources in the Shire



2.3 Kin Kin Sand Resource – Report on Commercial Viability of Sand
           Extraction – EcoRoc 2005
In 2005 Titanium Noosa Pty Ltd commissioned a report on the viability of sand extraction on their
land at Kin Kin Creek, as they proposed to develop the site for an eco-resort. The report concluded
commercial extraction of sand was not viable and heavily constrained for the following reasons.

      the sand resources are shallow;
      some sand resources are coincident with and close to protected riparian vegetation;
      the sand resources have a relatively high fines content and cannot be used in high value
       applications such as concrete without substantial washing and processing to remove
       deleterious materials such as clay and silt fines;
      the need to wash sand introduces further environmental impacts and constraints;
      commercial sand extraction would also generate visual, noise and other amenity impacts;
      existing transport routes for sand haulage from the site are inadequate;
      these constraints limit the market area and market applications for the sand to lower value
       fill and bedding applications within the Noosa Shire;
      known resources, if extracted, would have an estimated life of 16 years, and it would take
       13 years for cost recovery to occur;
      the sand deposits are not therefore commercially viable when applying typical extractive
       industry investment criteria;
      the site is not included as a Key Resource Area under the draft State Planning Policy for
       Protection of Extractive Resources.



2.4 Review of Viability of Extractive Sites Sunshine Coast Regional Council –
    Groundworks 2012
In 2012 a review of locally significant extractive sites was undertaken to inform the preparation of
the Sunshine Coast Regional Council planning scheme, two sites were located in Noosa Shire –
Kin Kin Creek and John’s Road Cooroibah.

The conclusions reached for each site were based on:

      Resource quantum and quality potential resource
      Proximity to market
      Site access
      Environmental impacts
      Likely stakeholder issues
      Local and regional resource availability
      Market factors and any other issues as they arose.

The report concluded:

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