McGann, MP & Jackson, RT 2008, 'Mine Closure in a War Devastated Environment — A Case Study', in AB Fourie, M Tibbett, I Weiersbye & P Dye (eds), Mine Closure 2008: Proceedings of the Third International Seminar on Mine Closure, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, pp. 429-438, https://doi.org/10.36487/ACG_repo/852_39
(https://papers.acg.uwa.edu.au/p/852_39_McGann/)
Abstract: Like most mining operations, closure planning and execution at Lane Xang Minerals Limited’s Sepon site 
(located in the Lao PDR) must consider issues such as acid mine drainage, surface water management, 
erosion control and socio-economic sustainability. However, while addressing those issues, it must also 
establish an acceptable post-mining land use and ensure that work areas are safe. At the Sepon site, which 
was heavily bombed during the second Indochina war, the selection of a post-mining land use is not as 
simple as the often stipulated condition ‘to return the land to its pre-mining use’. Furthermore the presence 
of considerable quantities of unexploded ordinance (UXO) makes the task of site rehabilitation more 
challenging. However, this also creates some unusual opportunities.