Ballarat gold mine: location of currently operational tailings storage facility 3 (TSF3); site of the fourth tailings storage facility (TSF4); and surrounding suburbs. Source: Google Earth 2024 Accessed 2 August 2024

Do you live near Ballarat Gold Mine?

Construction has begun for Ballarat gold mine’s fourth tailings storage facility (TSF4) in Mount Clear, bounded by Tinworth Avenue and Whitehorse Road.

If you notice any extra DUST, NOISE, BLASTING or TRAFFIC you can:
Contact Victory Minerals to ask a question or make a complaint by:

Completing the Enquiries, Complaints and Compliments form
- Or -
Call Victory Minerals on 03 5327 2555

Report pollution to EPA Victoria:

Create an online pollution report
Complete the Reporting Pollution form
- Or -
Call EPA on 1300 372 842
24 hours a day!

To find out more about Ballarat gold mine’s activities and monitoring data, you can access the

Environmental Review Committee Quarterly Reports at:

https://ballaratgoldmine.com.au/environmental-review-committee/

An update: March 2026

The Tailings Dam Community Safety Action Group Inc. is pleased to share, with permission (24 March 2026), the attached Media Release from Victory Minerals, detailing the greatly enhanced Visual Amenity Screen currently under construction along Whitehorse Road on the TSF4 site. Commuters between Mount Clear and Sebastopol may be concerned about the logging of pine trees, but these will be replaced with an earthen mound covered with around 30,000 native plants, including Eucalyptus, Acacia, Melaleuca and Banksia varieties, some to a height of 30 metres. This revised vegetation plan was based on an arborist assessment that the pine trees were unsafe and is endorsed by Ballarat City Council.

Full press release can be viewed in the following PDF:

Victory Minerals Press Release PDF - 17 March 2026

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