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BRIEF OVERVIEW OF CENTRAL PILBARA RAILWAY PROJECT

Circuit diagram of proposed Central Pilbara mining operations and planned throughput (Mtpa)
over the years:

June Anketell Port


2014 Port Hedland

20
Central
Pilbara
Railway
Project

Solomon
Western Hub Serenity Solomon West
East

20 Cloudbreak

Christmas
Creek
June Anketell Port
2015 Port Hedland

80
Central
Pilbara
Railway
Project

Solomon
Western Hub Serenity Solomon West
East

20 60 Cloudbreak

Christmas
Creek
June Anketell Port
2016 Port Hedland

150
Central
Pilbara
Railway
Project

Solomon
Western Hub Serenity Solomon West
East

50 Cloudbreak
100
Christmas
Creek

June Anketell Port


2017 Port Hedland

200
Central
Pilbara
Railway
Project

Solomon
Western Hub Serenity Solomon West
East

Cloudbreak
100 100
Christmas
Creek
CPRP Schedule

Land access - Oct 2011


Environment Approval - April 2012
Construction Start - April 2012
Construction Finish - Dec 2013
Commissioning - Jan 2014

CPRP Phases

Phase I - 100Mtpa
Phase II - 100Mtpa (total 200Mtpa after Phase II expansion)

Rail infrastructure to be designed for 200Mtpa. Construction for 100Mtpa in phase I.

PFS will cover Phase I. Future expansion will be shown as dotted lines on the drawings.

Expected project life

Anketell infrastructures - 50 years


Railway - 20 years

CPRP study schedule for CAR

PFS for port rail facilities including marshalling yard - 14 Jan 2011
PFS for railway line and loadout facilities - 25 Jan 2011

The dates are sacrosanct.


CPRP functional division for study and estimation
Central Anketell
Pilbara F1
Port
Railway Marshalling Yard
Project F2

F3
North West Coastal Highway

F4

Western Hub Serenity F5 Solomon West


F6

F1 - Train Unloading Loops and grade separated crossing with API


F2 - FMG Marshalling Yard
F3 - NWCH diversion and grade separated crossing
F4 - Main line alignment
F5 - Loadout facilities at Serenity mines
F6 - Loadout facilities at Solomon West

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