Copper heap leach pile and surrounds Before Rehabilitation, August 1984 (1).
Illustrates various pollution sources including the heap, copper launders and
evaporation ponds. The area is sited between White's Open Cut (upper picture)
and the Intermediate Open Cut (foreground).
Copper heap leach pile and surrounds After Rehabilitation, May 1986 (1).
The heap, copper launders and ponds have been removed, and the ground
contoured, drained, treated and vegetated. The water treatment plant is in
the foreground.
Many thanks to Maria Kraatz, Dept. of Lands, Planning Environment, NT for supplying monitoring reports on Rum Jungle.
Page last updated - May 2, 1999.
1 - C G Allen & T J Verhoeven, 1986, The Rum Jungle Rehabilitation Project - Final Project Report. Northern Territory Department of Mines and Energy, Darwin, June 1986.
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