Local community perceptions of Terramin’sproposed underground gold project

MINERAL RESOURCES

Naomi Boughen | Senior Researcher

11 April 2018

Presentation to The Woodside Community Consultative Committee (WCCC)

Outline of presentation

•Who we are – CSIRO

•What we do and why – Reflexivity

• Insights from the Terramin project

•What’s next?

•Q&A

Local community perceptions of Terramin’s proposed underground gold project | Naomi Boughen2 |

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Impacts

Trust Approval/

acceptance

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The problem

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• Companies do not have a systematic way of understanding these relationships

• Communities do not have constructive ways to influence development

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• Reflexivity is a social performance data provision service

• We deliver real-time community insights in a language companies can use to inform their practice

• By tracking key drivers of social acceptance, we help companies identify community issues before they become conflicts

• We give communities a constructive way to be heard

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The process

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The process

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The process

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Consistent, systematic social performance data

Site-based data is aggregated through HQ Licence

Social Licence to Operate: | Naomi Boughen7 |

The Masazane Project

• 5 sites• Australia and South Africa• 1,937 community members• 12 months

Local Voices

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Life of mine

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Exploration

Feasibility

Planning & Design

Construction

Operations

Decommission & Closure

Post-closure management

Insights from the Terramin project

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Background to the project

To understand the current attitudes regarding concerns about, and benefits of, a proposed underground gold mine development in the Adelaide Hills, to support an engagement strategy by the mine that

speak to these concerns and aspirations

Approved by CSIRO’s Social Science Human Research Ethics Committee (088/16) in accordance with the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research

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Community workshops

(Oct 2016)

‘Anchor’ Survey (Dec 2016 –Mar 2017)

‘Pulse’ Surveys (Quarterly)

Survey design(Nov – Dec 2016)

Funding

• 40% Terramin Australia Limited

• 40% Innovation Connections, an initiative of the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science to assist SMEs access knowledge, engage with researchers and innovate

• CSIRO contributed 20% of the associated costs as elements of this project represented strong alignment with CSIRO strategic research priorities

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Measures

• Demographics, including near neighbour status

• Community wellbeing and resilience

• Knowledge (mining in general, the proposed mine and State government regulations related to mining)

• Potential impacts and benefits of the proposed mine

• Sources of information about the proposed mine

• Quantity & quality of contact with Terramin

• Procedural & distributional fairness

• Trust & acceptance

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Community participation: Anchor to Pulse 4 (ALL)

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Responded

294

Invited

444

Response Rate

66%

Completed all 4 surveys

211For the purpose of this report, only data from those community members that completed the anchor and all four pulse surveys are included

Demographics

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Gender Postcode

Knowledge of proposed mine

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Participants who identify themselves as a ‘near neighbour’

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The proportion of community members responding to the surveys that consider themselves ‘near neighbours’ has increased over time

50%

12%

38%

39%

36%

25%35%

35%

30%

In the past 3 months, how much contact have you had with Terramin?

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Contact qualityExperience of those who did meet people from Terramin in the last 3 months over all four time points

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Perceived impacts

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IMPACTS OVER TIME

Groundwater availability

Groundwater quality

'Clean and Green' reputation

Discourage tourists

Visual amenity

Quality of life

Road safety

Road quality

Perceived benefits

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BENEFITS OVER TIME

Local jobs

Training opportunities for youngpeople

Opportunities for local suppliers &contractors

Taxes & other income for the stategovernment

Increased tourism

Local shops and businesses will benefit

Investment in new & existinginfrastructure

Trust & Acceptance

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The change between surveys are not statistically significant.

Not at all

A great deal

Anchor Pulse 1 Pulse 2 Pulse 3 Pulse 4

Trust Terramin to act responsibly

Accept the underground gold mine being proposed by Terramin

Credibility & Legitimacy

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The change between surveys are not statistically significant.

Terramin has credibility within the community

Terramin has legitimacy within the community

Strongly disagree

Strongly agree

Anchor Pulse 1 Pulse 2 Pulse 3 Pulse 4

Procedural Fairness

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The change between surveys are not statistically significant.

Terramin is prepared to change its practices in response to community sentiment

Terramin listens to and respects my opinions with regard to community issues

Strongly disagree

Strongly agree

Anchor Pulse 1 Pulse 2 Pulse 3 Pulse 4

What’s next?

Presentation title | Presenter name37 |

What’s Next?

• Terramin and Innovation Connections to fund CSIRO to continue surveying for another 12 months.

• Invite existing participants to continue, but also open participation to new participants.

• Revised rewards approach – community based rewards.

• Great transparency and access to results via a project specific website hosted by CSIRO.

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Mineral ResourcesNaomi Boughen Senior Researcher

t +61 7 3327 4109e naomi.boughen@csiro.au

Mineral ResourcesDr. Kieren MoffatGroup Leader, Reflexivity

t +61 7 3327 4724e kieren.Moffat@csiro.au

MINERAL RESOURCES

Thank you. Questions?