Proponent: Lithium Development (Grants) Northern Territory Pty Ltd
Overview
The Proposal is located at two adjacent mine sites, Grants Lithium Project (Grants) and the Finniss Lithium Project BP33 Underground Mine (BP33) on the Cox Peninsula, approximately 33 km west of the Berry Springs townsite in the Northern Territory. The Proposal is to:
- increase the depth of BP33 underground mine by 530 m, from 320 metres below ground level (mbgl) to 850 mbgl
- extend the life of mine from 4 years to a period of up to 12 years
- increase the total mined ore from 2.09 Mt to 10.1 Mt
- maintain the Grants open-cut and processing facility as a centralised ore processing, waste handling and water storage hub (with the same extended life of mine to service the BP33 operation)
- develop a pipeline to transport slurry between Grants and BP33.
The Proposal area is located on Parcel Section 1 Hundred of Parsons, and Section 2746 Hundred of Hughes. Grants mine site is associated with mineral leases ML31726 (mining and processing infrastructure), ML32074 (Observation Hill Dam pipeline route) and ML32278 (mine site dam). BP33 mine site is also associated with ML32074 (OHD pipeline and site access) and has mining leases ML32346 (mine and mine infrastructure) and MLN16 (Cox Peninsula Road) allocated.
Stage 1: Referral
NT EPA notices
Documents
In accordance with section 281(2)(b) of the Environment Protection Act 2019, the Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority (AAPA) Certificate (Appendix D) that forms part of the referral information for Finniss Lithium Project BP33 Underground Mine Proposed Variations has been withheld from publication.
Public consultation
Statutory notice (14 May 2026)
The NT EPA published a statutory notice on 14 May 2026 to invite public comment on the referral for standard assessment submitted by Lithium Development (Grants) Northern Territory Pty Ltd for the Finniss Lithium Project BP33 Underground Mine Proposed Variations.
Interested persons were invited to make a submission by 12 June 2026. The NT EPA published the notice in accordance with regulation 52(1) of the Environment Protection Regulations 2020.
The following submissions are published in accordance with regulation 267 of the Environment Protection Regulations 2020.
| Submissions received on the referral | Type | |
|---|---|---|
| Government authority submissions | ||
| 1 | Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority | PDF 410.5 KB |
| 2 | Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet | PDF 69.2 KB |
| 3 | Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water | PDF 339.4 KB |
| 4 | Department of Logistics and Infrastructure | PDF 44.4 KB |
| 5 | Department of Lands, Planning and the Environment | PDF 671.8 KB |
| 6 | NT Parks - Parks and Wildlife Commission | PDF 91.6 KB |
| 7 | NT Health - Environmental Health Strategy | PDF 48.4 KB |
| 8 | Department of Mining and Energy | PDF 76.5 KB |
| Public submissions | ||
| 9 | Northern Land Council | PDF 330.3 KB |
| 10 | Nicky Gould | PDF 47.1 KB |
| 11 | Gabby Lyon | PDF 35.2 KB |
| 12 | Lorna Manning | PDF 33.2 KB |