Lynas provides facts to counter false allegations about its LAMP project in Malaysia. The document addresses false claims regarding Lynas' compliance with regulations, the environmental and health impacts of the project, its economic benefits, and waste management plans. Lynas adheres to all relevant Malaysian and international standards and its operations pose no risks to public health or the environment.

1. LYNAS ANSWERS
FALSE ALLEGATIONS
ABOUT LAMP

2. FALSE Allegations by Opponents of the LAMP
Allegations Facts
Regulations
1. Lynas takes advantage of weaknesses in Lynas adheres to all Malaysian and Australian regulations and
Malaysian regulations by proposing International standards. Malaysian regulations are equivalent
Chinese standards – FALSE to, and in some cases stricter than international standards.
2. Australian regulations restrict construction There is no such regulation in Australia or international law.
of a rare earths processing plant within The nearest town to Lynas’ Mt Weld mine is Laverton, which is
35km radius of residential areas – FALSE 35 km away. This distance has been misrepresented as an
Australian regulatory requirement.
3. Lynas is planning to import rare earths Lynas respects and abides by all Malaysian Government
concentrate without a license – FALSE conditions, regulations and limitations. Lynas has no plans to
import rare earths concentrate until a license is granted. Lynas
imports equipment and construction materials on a regular
basis.

3. FALSE Allegations by Opponents of the LAMP
Allegations Facts
Regulations
4. Lynas came to Malaysia to avoid the Lynas came to Malaysia for economic reasons.
strict Australian regulations - FALSE Gebeng is a well established, petro-chemical industrial
park which has access to port facilities, high grade
chemicals, a well educated and skilled work force,
reliable utilities and very good infrastructure.
Malaysian regulations are equal to, and in some cases,
stricter than Australian regulations.
5. Lynas was chased out from Lynas received approvals from the Malaysian
Terengganu due to environmental authorities, AELB and DOE, for its original proposed
reasons – FALSE site in Terengganu. Lynas met all the environmental
and regulatory requirements.

4. FALSE Allegations by Opponents of the LAMP
Allegations Facts
Radiological & Environment
1. Lynas is a nuclear plant - FALSE Lynas is NOT a nuclear plant. It is a chemical processing
plant. Lynas processes and operations are standard for the
chemical industry, and similar to other plants in the Gebeng
industrial park.
2. Lynas is the same as Mitsubishi Asian Rare There is no comparison. Lynas Rare Earths Concentrate
Earth (ARE) in Bukit Merah – FALSE contains naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM),
similar to many other mineral concentrates processed around
the world. ARE’s raw material was “monazite” from amang (tin
tailings) which contains 37 times more radioactivity than
Lynas Mount Weld raw material. The waste residue from
monazite processing is 60 times more radioactive.
3. The environment will be polluted because Site preparation work has been extensive. Two meters of top
the plant is located on swamp land with a soil was removed and replenished. Piling and reinforcement
shallow water table – FALSE exceeds requirements. The Residue Storage Facility is built
above ground level, with high density plastic lining and a clay
layer. Monitoring equipment is installed to detect any risk of
leakage.

5. FALSE Allegations by Opponents of the LAMP
Allegations Facts
Radiological & Environment
4. Lynas will cause radioactive rain from the Lynas will not cause radioactive rain. There is no significant
gas released by the stack - FALSE exposure , nor health and safety risk from Lynas emissions to
air. But to address people’s concerns, Lynas has installed
European air monitoring equipment on site and in town to
measure and clearly demonstrate to everyone that it will
cause zero harm.
5. The plant uses a lot of acid that can The facilities are built to Malaysian and international
contaminate the soil – FALSE standards for chemical plants, to ensure containment of all
process materials. All LAMP process areas are built on
bunded concrete structures, so any acid spill would be
contained in the bund and will not come into contact with the
ground.
6. Lynas plant will pollute the river with Thorium is not soluble in water from the site. Thorium is
radioactive material – FALSE chemically extracted from the process water and contained in
the Residue Storage Facility, which meets all international
standards for safe storage and handling.
7. Lynas did not carry out any study on Lynas included a radiation exposure study (for external as
internal radiation exposure – FALSE well as internal radiation exposure) in its all its Radiation
Impact Assessments, as per the AELB and international
requirements.

6. FALSE Allegations by Opponents of the LAMP
Allegations Facts
Radiological & Environment
9. Pahang tourism industry, fishing A Radiological Impact Assessment (RIA)
industry and small to medium confirms Lynas will NOT pose radiological risk to
sized businesses will suffer from the public or the environment – estimated
Lynas operation - FALSE exposures of 0.002mSv/year compared to 1.0
mSv/year public exposure which is the allowable
standard under Malaysian or international
regulations.

7. FALSE Allegations by Opponents of the LAMP
Allegations Facts
Radiological & Environment
11. Radon and Thoron can travel The IAEA independent review of LAMP assessed
thousands of miles and cause health emissions to air, water and land. This important review
problems - FALSE concluded that LAMP does not present a public health
exposure risk. It is important to note that radon and
thoron are gases with very short half lives, and cannot
travel thousand of miles and cause health problems.
But to address public concerns, LAMP has installed
two Aerosol Monitoring Systems (AMS) on site and in
Kuantan to continuously monitor, measure, and clearly
demonstrate to everyone that it will cause zero harm.
12. No level of radioactivity is safe - Radiation is all around us. Radiation is used in the
FALSE. field of medicine every day. There is low level radiation
from appliances we use every day such as televisions,
radios, computers and light globes.

8. FALSE Allegations by Opponents of the LAMP
Allegations Facts
Economy
1. Lynas brings no benefits to • Employment: direct employees 350, contract
Malaysia and Kuantan - FALSE staff 300, indirect employment by supporting
industries > 1000
• FDI value of RM 2.3 billion with annual
operating expenditure of RM 600 million. Total
contracts available to Malaysian contractors is
RM 1,168 million of which RM 513 million is
for locally based contractors in the Kuantan
area
• Potential downstream applications in rare
earths - joint ventures may create additional
employment for 1200

9. FALSE Allegations by Opponents of the LAMP
Allegations Facts
Waste Management
1. The waste residue will be stored The Residue Storage Facility at the Gebeng site is
permanently at the Gebeng site - only for temporary storage. However it is designed and
FALSE built to international standards suitable for permanent
storage. Permanent storage may not be required as
Lynas is actively developing their potential for re-use
and recycling in commercial applications.
2. Lynas produces 32,000 tons of WLP This allegation implies that Lynas is extracting or
per year with 0.165% Thorium i.e. 50 concentrating the Thorium in the water leached
tons of Thorium per year – purification residue (WLP). Lynas is neither extracting
MISLEADING & CAUSING FEAR nor concentrating the thorium content. The
concentration remains the same.

10. FALSE Allegations by Opponents of the LAMP
Allegations Facts
Waste Management
3. Lynas declares the residue as non Lynas has always adhered to international and AELB
radioactive based on China’s standards in the handling and storage of waste
standards of 74 Bq/g – FALSE residues. Only one of the Lynas waste residues
contains a very low level of radioactivity at 6 Bq/g
4. Australia requires waste to be There is no such law in Australia. There are many
returned to the mine – FALSE examples of mineral concentrates containing naturally
occurring radioactive material (NORM) that are
transported across Australia and around the world.
Waste residues are not required to be returned to the
point of origin when they can be safely stored, reused
or recycled.

11. FALSE Allegations by Opponents of the LAMP
Allegations Facts
Others
1. Lynas Malaysia is managed by Lynas Malaysia is staffed and managed by
Australians – FALSE Malaysians. The team comprises Malaysian
and international technical experts, including five
with specific experience in the Rare Earth
industry.