The Abandoned Mines Program (AMP) began in 2015 following the enactment of the Mining Rehabilitation Fund (Mining Rehabilitation Fund Act 2012) and release of the Western Australian Government’s Abandoned Mines Policy.
The policy provides an overarching framework for the prioritisation and rehabilitation and/or management of abandoned mine sites.
Ashmore Seppelt
Diamond exploration operation, 75km east of Kalumburu and 150km northwest of Wyndham.
Collieries
Extensive underground working sin the Collie Basin which operated over various periods from the early 1900s to the 1960s.