Your ref Yuleroo Ourref 1oMssa0s9 Enguiies Carmen Stating Phone 9195 5538, Fax 91835027 Ema Camen, ler wa.cov aul Government of Western Australia Department of Environment Regulation Louise Ullah c/o louiseullah@yahoo.com.au Dear Louise RE: BURU ENERGY LIMITED — YULLEROO SITE Thank you for your email dated 14 May 2014, drawing my attention to the video on YouTube showing a Yawuru Traditional Owner rescuing a goanna trapped in one of the Buru Energy Limited (Buru) ponds at the Yulleroo gas exploration site. Department of Environment Regulation (DER) has investigated the matter and provides the following advice based on information provided by Buru: 1. The site depicted in the YouTube video appears to be at the Yulleroo 3 gas well site. The entire Yulleroo 3 site is fenced with 1.8 metre-high cyclone mesh fencing and a locked double gate, in order to prevent unauthorised persons and large animals from accessing the site; 2. A Yawuru Traditional Owner is employed by Buru to undertake checks of all Yulleroo well sites. These checks occur between two and three times a week and include checks of ponds, fences and gates. Fences and gates at Yulleroo 3 have been recently checked and found to be intact; 3. The pond that the goanna was swimming in is located at the back of the Yulleroo 3 well site where rainwater has collected over the recent wet season. It is linked to a scoop drain that was installed around the well site. The contents of this pond is therefore rainwater, not toxic or radioactive tailings; 4. Buru is currently reviewing egress materials used on all open excavations and ponds Company-wide with a view to move towards egress ladders (as opposed to ropes), which will make for an easier escape path for fauna that becomes inadvertently trapped in ponds. This review is supported by DER and also the main regulatory agency for the Yulleroo site, the Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP); and 5. DER has referred the concerns outlined in your email to the following agencies for their information / action: North West Region, Lot 248, lvanhoe Road, Kununurra WA Phone (08) 9168 4200 Fax (08) 9168 2179 Postal Address: PO Box 942, Kununurra, Western Australia 6743 wow der wa.gov.au2 (i) The West Kimberley District Wildlife Officer from Department of Parks and Wildlife (Broome Office); and (ii) The Environmental Officer at DMP who oversees the Yulleroo site (Perth Office). | trust this satisfies your lines of enquiry in relation to the Yulleroo 3 ponds. Yours sincerely Magh a Alana Kidd Manager Licensing Industry Regulation North West Region Tuesday, 20 May 2014