Company Renaissance Minerals (Cambodia) Limited
Company profile Renaissance Minerals (Cambodia) Limited (RNS) has been granted two licenses for metallic mineral exploration (Okvau and Ochhung, 192km² and 182km² respectively) located in Chong Plas commune, Keo Seima district, Mondul Kiri province. After almost ten years of exploration, RNS has developed a firm prospect at the Okvau deposit and is proposing to develop a gold mine at the site, referred to as the Okvau Gold Project. The Project will be an open cut gold mining operation with an annual production target of up to 100,000 oz of gold over an initial mine life of 8 years.
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Company address House 26, Street 222, Khan Daun Penh Phnom Penh, Cambodia Telephone: (+855) 23 221 085/86 M:(+855) 12 313 777
Status of the EIA reports ESIA
State agency Ministry of Environment (MOE)
Site Okvau and Ochhung, Chong Plas commune, Keo Seima district, Mondul Kiri province
Village Okvau and Ochhung
Commune Chong Plas
District Keo Seima
Province Mondulkiri
Contract duration 8 years
Size in Hectare 192km² and 182km² (1,150 ha)
Type of concession Mining
EIA company 1. E&A Consultant Co. Ltd 2. Earth Systems
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Address of EIAs company 1. House 69, Street 111, Sangkat Beoung Prolet, Khan 7 Makara, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Telephone: (+855) 23 699 050 2. Church Street Melbourne, Victoria 3122, Australia Telephone: +61 3 9810 7500
Relevants law . Constitution of Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) . Law on Environmental Protection and Natural Resource Management (1996) Law on Mineral Resource Management and exploitation (2001) . Law on Amendment to the Law on Investment of the Kingdom of Cambodia . Law on Land (2001) . Law on Land Management, Urban Planning and Constructions . Law on Forestry (2002) . Law on Fishery (2006) . Law on Labor (1997) . Law on Expropriation (2010) . Law on the Management of Weapons, Explosives and Ammunition (2005) . Law on Social Provision Fund (2002) . Law on Taxes (1997) . Law on Traffic (2015) . Law on Road Transport (2014) . Law on Cultural Heritage Protection (1996) . Sub-Decree on Environmental Impact Assessment Process (1999) . Sub-Decree on Air Pollution and Noise Disturbance Control (2000) . Sub-Decree on Solid Waste Management (1999) . Sub-Decree on Water Pollution Control (1999) . Sub-Decree on Management of Mining Exploration and Industry (2016) . Sub-Decree on River Basin Management (2015) . Sub-Decree on Environmental and Social Fund (2015)
Revenues and expenditures USD130–140 million over 8 years (excluding taxes on employee salaries and general Government fees)
Social alnd environmental impacts The benefits of the Project to Cambodia are significant, including an estimated USD22 million in royalties, and USD60 million in corporate taxes. The Project will directly generate employment out of the regional centres of Saen Monourom, Snoul and Kratie, and indirectly generate employment through the creation of jobs with mine contractors and other service providers. During peak construction, the Project will employ up to 500 people. During operations, the Project will employ up to 350 staff and contractors. RNS will establish a voluntary Environmental Fund and Social & Community Development Fund, and support biodiversity conservation efforts in the Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary (PPWS). Other benefits include economic activity resulting from spending, increased consumption from wage and salary income, skill development, technology and knowledge transfer, infrastructure development, business development, community Infrastructure and services, and institutional capacity building.
Employment opportunity 200-500
Public participation . Most affected populations (MAPs), representing those living in and around the Okvau PDA and would be displaced by the Project . Upstream affected populations (UAPs), representing those living in the upper parts of the Prek Te River, primarily in the Chong Plas and Me Mong communes in Keo Seima districts of Mondull Kiri Province. . Downstream affected populations (DAPs), representing those living in the lower parts of the Prek Te River near its confluence with the Mekong River in Kratie Province . Local and government authorities at sub-national (i.e. commune, district, provincial) and national levels (i.e. Department of EIA, MOE), as well as relevant non-governmental organizations (i.e. World Wildlife Fund - WWF).
Land converted from The Project is located in Chong Plas commune, Keo Seima district, Mondul Kiri Province (Okvau and Ochhung, 192km² and 182km² respectively), approximately 90 km east of the town of Kratie. The Project lies within the Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary (PPWS) outside of the core conservation zones. The Project lies entirely within the catchment of the Prek Te River, which joins the Mekong River approximately 100 km downstream near the town of Kratie.
Environmental management plan Environmental and social management strategy: . Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan
. Environmental and Social Monitoring Manual
. Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP, for construction contractors)
. Standard Operating Procedures
. Transport Environmental Management Plan
. Blasting Management Plan
. Waste Management Plan (inclusive of hazardous wastes)
. Waste Rock Management Plan
. TSF Operating and Monitoring Manual
and . Occupational Health and Safety Plan.
Development plan RNS proposes to develop an open cut gold mining operation with an annual production target of up to 100,000 oz of gold over an initial mine life of 8 years. The Project will target gold within a series of This document is strictly not to be distributed without the explicit consent of Emerald Resources NL under any circumstance. The mine will be developed as an open pit by conventional open pit mining methods (drill, blast, excavate and haul). Ore will be processed by ultrafine grinding and carbon-in-leach (CIL) gold extraction, with gold recovery and doré smelting conducted on site.
Mitigation strategies Management, mitigation, remediation, decommissioning, demolition and rehabilitation measures will be consistent with Cambodian and international best practices to minimise post-operational impacts and reform the PDA to support self-sustaining vegetative communities and ecosystems. . Completion of rehabilitation and revegetation including final closure works to restore predevelopment environmental and social values and establish a safe, secure and geotechnically and geochemically stable site
. Implement the Final Rehabilitation and Closure Plan, including transfer of remnant potentially acid forming mineral waste on the ROM Pad or MWS where appropriate to the base of the pit, flooding of the mine pit, construction of permanent drainage controls, water courses and wetlands, and construction of cover systems on the TSF and WRD (if required)
. Decontamination of all facilities and materials impacted by chemicals, process reagents, hydrocarbons, fuels, grease, oil and other contaminants
. Decommissioning and clearing of all facilities, buildings, concrete foundations, hardstands, stores and equipment, including removal and appropriate disposal of hazardous materials
. Cleaning and sealing of buried pipelines, and removal of power lines and above-ground pipelines for disposal
. Rehabilitation of non-vital site roads and drainage and erosion controls
. Contaminated land survey and decontamination or safe disposal of affected soils as appropriate
This document is strictly not to be distributed without the explicit consent of Emerald Resources NL under any circumstance. . Removal of fencing unless retained for public and wildlife safety reasons
. Monitoring of water, air, noise, vibration, light, security, safety and health during closure works
. Monitoring of rehabilitation stability, water quality and other parameters for comparison with closure success criteria.
Environmental and social funds Not found
EIA publication year 2017

Reference documents

Environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) summary document of Okvau Gold project
Links to this document show the environmental and social impact assessment for the Okvau Gold project completed in July 2017 and approved by the Ministry of Environment (MoE) in November 2017.