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Agrimin signs final Native Title Agreement for Mackay haul road Agrimin (ASX:AMN) has signed the final Native Title Agreement with Tjurabalan Native Title Land Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (TNTLAC) for the Mackay potash project. This agreement allows the granting of requisite haul road licences within the Tjurabalan determination area. In August 2021, Agrimin and TNTLAC began formal negotiations to permit the construction and operation of Agrimin’s haul road, whilst preserving the traditional way of life of the Tjurabalan native title holders. These negotiations involved on-country meetings and heritage surveys, as well as input from environmental, economic and legal experts. The Native Title Agreement provides the necessary consents for a miscellaneous licence and ancillary...

A long-term mental health and wellbeing strategy introduced at two WA underground mine sites is showing early signs of success, according to Australasian Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health (ACRRMH) chief executive Dr Jennifer Bowers. She said early feedback was “very exciting” for the ‘Minds in Mines’ program by Byrnecut Australia, following six months of activity and evaluation data from the first 200 participants. “Perhaps most importantly, 99 per cent of employees agree that mental health is a significant issue in their sector and that it needs to be addressed. A further 98 per cent responded that having information on mental health and emotional wellbeing is helping them understand and deal with their own issues,” Dr Bowers said. Acknowledging...

DESPITE spending the best part of a decade on care and maintenance, Boddington gold mine is now a contender for the title of Australia’s largest producing gold mine, having produced its 1 millionth ounce of gold. Wholly-owned by US gold miner Newmont Mining, the large open cut mining operation recommenced operations in 2009, following a multi-million dollar construction and expansion project. Within the Saddleback Greenstone Belt, in an Archaean structure it the southwestern Yilgarn Craton in WA, 130km southeast of Perth, the mine is estimated to have a mine life of 20 years from re-opening, with a production target of 1 million tonnes per annum. When the Boddington mine began operations in 1987, it was held in joint venture by...

Toro Energy’s Wiluna uranium project site. BY CAMERON DRUMMOND THE WA Labor Government cannot legally stand in the way of uranium projects already  approved by the former Government. The four approved projects – Toro Energy's Wiluna project, Cameco's Kintyre and Yeelirrie projects, and Vimy Resources' Mulga Rock project – would proceed as long as they meet their regulatory and environmental obligations. On 20 June the McGowan Government announced an expected ban on future uranium mining leases in the State, following on from its election promise to block future applications to mine the commodity. It said these actions were consistent with the ban that existed between 2002 and 2008 under the previous Labor administration.  “The Government will not prevent the four...