OFFICIAL OPENING | NT Resources Week

Welcome to Country

OPENING | Opening remarks from the Chair

Saul Kavonic, Head of Oil, Gas and Energy for Australia, Credit Suisse

NORTHERN TERRITORY CHIEF MINISTER’S ADDRESS

Michael Gunner MLA, Chief Minister, Northern Territory

Australian Economic Update – Bouncing Back from COVID-19

Justin Smirk, Director – Senior Economist, Westpac Institutional Bank

Growing the NT Economy – What Needs to be Done?

Andy Cowan, Interim Territory Investment Commissioner & Deputy Chief Executive, Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet, Northern Territory Government
Jason Schoolmeester, Major Projects Commissioner, Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet, Northern Territory Government

PANEL DISCUSSION | The Energy Transition, Electrification, Decarbonisation and the Future for the Resources Industry

Laura Hillis, Director, Climate Action 100+, Investor Group on Climate Change
Saul Kavonic, Head of Oil, Gas and Energy for Australia, Credit Suisse

Networking and refreshment break

Welcome remarks from the Chair

Ray Hall, Managing Director, EcOz Environmental Consultants

Environmental regulation– regulating what matters in the emerging NT onshore petroleum industry

• Meet the regulator
• What does an effective regulator look like?
• Update status of regulatory performance
• Lessons learnt – Environment Management Plans
• What’s next – preparing for production

Sally-anne Strohmayr, Director Petroleum Operations – Environment Division, Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security Northern Territory Government

Emissions reduction planning for the Middle Arm Sustainable Development Precinct

• Early measures to address sustainability and environmental impacts in a strategic
• Agile and flexible planning to allow acceptable manufacturing and industrial ecologies to develop at Middle Arm.
• Focus on introducing CCUS, Hydrogen, innovative technologies and renewable energy
• Identification of opportunities to minimise, recycle and re-use waste

Dr Howard Smith, Director Middle Arm and Gas Manufacturing, Gas Taskforce Unit, Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet, Northern Territory Government

Background and update on the Beetaloo SREBA

• Background and update on the Beetaloo SREBA
• SREBA Background
• Consultation process
• Outline of SREBA Framework
• 6 study domains and progress update

Dr Alaric Fisher, Executive Director, Flora and Fauna Division, Northern Territory Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security (DEPWS)

The application of drones in mine site rehabilitation

• Drones are increasingly being used across different aspects of mine site rehabilitation due to be more cost efficient, effective and safer than traditional methods of survey and assessment.
• Aspects of mine rehabilitation that drones are used in include: survey of as-built landforms, ecosystem assessment for the development of closure criteria, monitoring of rehabilitation activities including revegetation and final assessment of closure criteria at-scale.
• An overview of the use of drones by the SSB at mine sites in the Alligator Rivers Region, with a particular focus on Ranger uranium mine.
• The integration of supporting technologies such as artificial intelligence and deep learning will be highlighted.

Dr Renée Bartolo, Team Leader – Ecosystem Restoration and Landform Group, Chief Remote Pilot, Department of the Environment and Energy – Supervising Scientist Branch

Lunch and networking break

Challenges of Mine Water Discharge into a Tropical Ecosystem and how to Manage Potential Environmental Impacts

• Issues: Discharging into ephemeral systems -wet/dry seasonal influences
• Active discharge – Passive discharge
• Legacy sites
• In-situ water treatment
• Management: Streamline Waste Discharge Licence requirements
• Reclassifying non-conformance to meet Australian Water Quality Guidelines
• Manage active discharge at discharge point or compliance point?
• Weight of evidence approach- multiple lines of evidence

Dr Jill Woodworth, Technical Director, (Eco)Toxicology & Risk Assessment, SLR Consulting

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OPENING

MINISTERIAL ADDRESS | Northern Territory Government’s Renewable Hydrogen Strategy

Hon Eva Lawler MLA, Minister for Renewables and Energy, Northern Territory Government of Australia

Opening remarks from the Chair

Setting the conditions for investment – Regulatory reform for sustainable growth in the Territory

Shaun Drabsch, Chief Executive Officer, Department of Industry, Tourism & Trade, Northern Territory Government

FEDERAL MINISTERIAL ADDRESS

Hon Keith Pitt MP, Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia

CLOSE OF PLENARY

This concludes our joint Plenary session. Concurrent sessions starting in 5 Minutes.

• SEAAOC
• Mining the Territory
• Environmental Management & Logistics Forum

Welcome remarks from the Chair

Sally-anne Strohmayr, Director Petroleum Operations – Environment Division, Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security Northern Territory Government

Petroleum, mining and water

• Petroleum & Water: Implementing the HFI recommendations
• Mining & Water: Progress so far, challenges, and future opportunities
• Reforming the Water Act

Amy Dysart, Executive Director of Water Resources for the Northern Territory, Northern Territory Government

Groote Eylandt mine

Mark Filtness, Vice-President Operations, GEMCO
Mark Hewitt, CEO, Anindilyakwa Land Council
Tony Wurramarrba, Chair, Anindilyakwa Land Council

GBA: Assessing potential environmental impacts of shale gas development in the Beetaloo Region

• The $35.4 million Geological and Bioregional Assessment (GBA) Program assessed the potential environmental impacts of unconventional gas resource development in a number of regions, including the Beetaloo region in the NT.
• This presentation will outline the innovative approach used by the GBA program to assess potential environmental
• The overall results of the GBA program will be presented, and implications of the results

Dr Cameron Huddlestone-Holmes, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO

Networking and refreshment break in the exhibition

The fate of hydraulic fracturing chemicals

Nai Tran-Dinh, Senior Experimental Scientist, CSIRO

Development of NT gas projects in a lower carbon future

• Net zero – the 2050 challenge
• Natural gas, a key part of a cleaner energy future
• The role of technology

Cassandra Schmidt, Director Northern Territory, APPEA

PANEL DISCUSSION | Mine site rehabilitation & remediation planning

Jeff Richardson, President, Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand
Sam Yang, Lead Environmental Engineer, Kirkland Lake Gold
Christopher Brady, Ranger Mine Closure Officer, Northern Land Council
Facilitator: Dr Jill Woodworth, Technical Director, (Eco)Toxicology & Risk Assessment, SLR Consulting

Networking and Lunch break

Afternoon Chair

Jeff Richardson, President, Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand

The Gulkula Story – Marrying Environmental Management with Indigenous Values

• Planning for closure and relinquishment through the life of mine
• Incorporating Traditional Owner objectives in mine rehabilitation
• Indigenous capacity building through environmental management
• Indigenous community development initiatives

Tracy Menon, Environmental Advisor, Gulkula Mining Company

Water Management and Environmental Challenges in Closure Implementation

• Managing changes to hydrological and hydrogeological conditions
• Rationalising environmental monitoring programmes
• Refocussing and management of internal environmental impacts

Andrew Nelson, Superintendent Water & Environment, Energy Resources of Australia Ltd

Resource recovery strategies in the Northern Territory

• Establishing meaningful recycling best practice initiatives for regional and Remote industries and communities in the NT

Aiden Anderson-Barr, Director, ARK Recycling

CLOSING | Closing remarks from the Chair & End of Conference

NT RESOURCES WEEK SUNSET HARBOUR CRUISE

Departing from Stokes Hill Wharf