KCGM is working progressively to rehabilitate a footprint of about 2000 hectares of land including waste dumps, tailings storage facilities and historically degraded areas predating KCGM. KCGM has undertaken to rehabilitate not only those areas disturbed by its own mining operations but also to clean up areas disturbed during previous mining eras including backfilling old shafts.

This rehabilitation programme aims to re-establish native vegetation matched to the landform and reconstructed soils. The initial focus of the rehabilitation programme was to create a “Green Belt” between the mine and the City of Kalgoorlie Boulder. Current rehabilitation work focuses on the progressive revegetation of waste rock dumps and tailings storage facilities.

Given the close proximity to the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder the control of dust and visual appearance are important aspects of the rehabilitation programme.