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Why You Don’t Want A Mineral Sand Mine In Your Community With Farmers rallying today in Melbourne for land rights, here are reasons why you don't want a mineral sands mine on or near your productive farmland. The whole situation is a horrifying joke ...

Exploration licence applications EL008677 - Syndicate Minerals - Approx. 14km E Woods Point & approx. 32km SE Jamieson - Object / comment period ends 13 Aug 2025 EL008673 - Wolf Gold - 18km E St Arnaud & 4km S Wedderburn - Object / comment period ends 14 Aug 2025 resources.vic.gov.au/licensing......

Exploration licence applications - Falcon Gold Resources: EL008726 - 5.6km S Inglewood, 16km N Maryborough, inc. Tarnagulla & surrounding Dunolly EL008678 - 6.7km N Raywood, 1km SW Tandarra Object / comment period ends 7 August 2025

We are proud to endorse keeping the ISDS out of the 15-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). aftinet.org.au/keep-isds-ou...

You beaut, Councils be like "roads, rates, and rubbish" and those mining companies turn roads to rubbish at an alarming rate. Be prepared to crack open your smallest violin as the mining companies scream blue murder.

EL008740 Exploration licence application - Owen Coote and Monique Renee Coote - 5.7km north of Stawell, 5km east of Glenorchy, 6.6km south of Callawadda Object / comment period ends 1 August 2025 resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-ap...

Critical minerals come with bonus radiation. In the dust. In the water. This should not be happening in Victoria's most productive farmland. @foe.org.au

Iran in focus because antimony discovery. Can't make wars without it. Totally plausible. @underthedesknews.bsky.social

"... investigations into the villages around Baotou revealed orthopaedic problems, birth defects and an “epidemic” of cancer ...

RL008706 Retention licence application - ACDC Metals Operations Pty Ltd - 88m south of Towaninny, 14km north east of Wycheproof, 35km north west of Boort Object / comment period ends 10 July 2025

From Save the Campaspe "petition the Government to reject the application by Falcon Gold for a gold exploration licence. The petition will be presented to the Legislative Assembly by Ellen Sandell" Link www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved... @ellensandellmp.bsky.social @averymbd.bsky.social

EL008653 Exploration licence application - Flitegold Pty Ltd 5.6km south of Buchan, 5.8km north of Nowa Nowa, 22km north east of Lakes Entrance Comment / object period ends 3 July 2025 resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-ap...

China has a stranglehold on the world’s rare-earths supply chain. Can Australia break it?

PL008469 Prospecting Licence application - Industrial Sands & Gravels Pty Ltd - Locality 8km northwest of Avoca. Object/comment period ends 28 June 2025 resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-ap...

Fosterville Gold Mine overstate their value & once they leave it will be wiped trying to rehabilitate this mess.

In our experience they really don't give a ... "We are geotechnical engineers who have studied tailings dam collapses. Here, we outline six questions people living near mines should ask mine management to ensure they understand the key hazards and risks in their communities."

Friends of Latrobe Water (FLoW) is a group of community members advocating for best-practice rehabilitation of Latrobe Valley coal mines. flowlatrobe.org/mine-rehab/

"The powerful influence of the Minerals Council of Australia who represent the mining corporations, especially via their significant donations to political parties and individual politicians undermines the Human Rights of individual citizens and communities."

"@vanbadham.bsky.social explores the human cost of mining in Australia across the past 2 centuries. Gold may have made Australia rich, but historians are now digging up evidence about the devastating impact of the silica dust that surfaced with it."

Farmers aren't NIMBYs because they don't want to be next door to a mineral sands mine, releasing radioactive dust. A farmer's backyard is your dinner plate.

Exploration Licence Application EL008685 - Australian Mining Equipment Exporters - Located 3km West of Brookville and 6km Southwest of West Tongio. Object / comment period ends 21 May 2025. resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-ap...

“The National Pollution Inventory confirms that over 50,000 tonnes of arsenic and other heavy metals are now stored in the Fosterville tailings dams. Globally, there are few — if any — industrial sites with this level of toxic material above ground." @averymbd.bsky.social

ARMR's Vision Statement ARMR cannot condone mining in Victoria when it is so poorly regulated. armrvic.com/alliance-for...

Ho hum. It is hard to get excited about this, are they going to pretend to do their job?

"Iluka is in the final stages of completing a refinery ... Once completed, it will be the only facility outside China capable of delivering heavy rare earths ... Whether it could survive a sustained price downturn from a sudden price slump caused by a supply surge is another issue."

A resource that lists the chemicals and emissions associated with gold mining. "Emission Estimation Technique Manual for gold ore processing version 2.0 - This manual describes the procedures and recommended approaches for estimating emissions from facilities engaged in gold ore processing."

"We really need to see the regulator come out with a lot more bite … and start to pull triggers that it legally can, such as commencing prosecutions against companies who have been brazenly breaching the WHS [work health and safety] regulations"

Time is up to send a submission for the mining licence application near Horsham, by Wim Resources, and this one is a ripper. Pardon our French, but if this goes ahead it will be a spectacle de merde! armrvic.com/resources/ob...

02/11/2024 BDEC Inc - Dr. Perrin's Fosterville Gold Mine EES Panel presentation which includes: 0 to 22m - The EES process itself 22 to 32m - Regulatory Failure 32m on - Fosterville Arsenic problem & Regulatory Failure youtu.be/gY4z7D3I_hA?...

One of our members did a great submission about Farm Biosecurity, a must read & well researched resource for farmers with biosecurity issues. Interestingly, there are heavy fines for animal activists who breach farm biosecurity, why are exploratory miners off the hook? www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...

Prospecting Licence application PL008570 - C&M Resources Pty Ltd - Approx 3.7km North Northeast from Dunolly. Object / comment period ends 11 April 2025.

Mining Licence application MIN008642 - WIM Resource Pty Ltd - Approximately 1.3km northeast of Dooen, 1.6km west of Jung and 8km northeast of Horsham. Object / comment period ends 9 April 2025 resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-ap...

This applies to mining too. "We really need to see the regulator come out with a lot more bite … and start to pull triggers that it legally can, such as commencing prosecutions against companies who have been brazenly breaching the work, health & safety regulations"

“Authorities and environmentalists in Zambia fear the long-term impact of an acid spill at a Chinese-owned mine that contaminated a major river and could potentially affect millions of people after signs of pollution were detected at least 100 kms downstream”

"the Nationals MP Kevin Hogan supported the government’s use of critical minerals a bargaining tool during negotiations with US officials."

Exploratory Licence application: EL008631 - Earth Lodge Mining Pty Ltd - Rowsley, approximately 7km southwest of Bacchus Marsh. Object/comment period ends 5 April 2025

Here is a legislative petition by @averymbd.bsky.social sponsored by @ellensandellmp.bsky.social to ban an exploratory gold licence application from Falcon Gold Resources. Objections never stopped one, will this work? www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved...

"Cr Ross said he ‘personally apologised’ to Mine Free Wimmera Farms members for the past council’s decision to support the Avonbank mine." theweeklyadvertiser.com.au/articles/gro...

"Today there is a story for you, how Australia’s Victoria victimises its farmers in order to serve China’s state-controlled mining interest." treo.substack.com/p/pseudo-rar...

From Mine-free Glenaladale www.facebook.com/minefreeglen... "Seriously wonder what Gippsland Critical Minerals on about? Claiming they will be able to provide 7% of global heavy rare earths. Apart from the massive environmental damage of processing monazite and xenotime to individual oxides ...

Argus Media have gloomy prospects for rare earths. That may be at odds with the mining companies presenting at the Critical Minerals Conference in WA later this year. Are these companies actually wanting to mine for critical minerals or are they mining their shareholders & Government subsidies?

What Happened At The Fosterville EES Panel Hearing? Several of our community members attended hearing days both in Melbourne and Bendigo. These are some of the impressions they came away with -

From the East Gipplsand Alliance www.facebook.com/share/p/15jX... "Mining corporations, fossil fuel companies, and their lobbyists are still handing hundreds of thousands of dollars to the major parties. 1/3

"... a Victorian supreme court associate judge ordered the residents’ legal claim to proceed to trial this year & rejected the mine’s application for proceedings to be halted ... The supreme court trial is scheduled to begin on 11 August." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Jeremy Schroder v Resources Victoria VCAT Reference No: OP-008411 P48/2025 We believe it will be proven in VCAT that resources Victoria has historically and continues to fail in its role as regulator with poor governance standards and administrative practices ...

"Often, portioning responsibility for rehabilitation of historical mines can be complex or fall solely on the state ... often the upfront environmental bond required to be paid by a mining company ... becomes insufficient after its closure" www.mining-technology.com/features/fea...

Exploratory mining applications - Gold EL008626 Clonbinane Goldfield Approx 3 km SW of Yea EL008628 Steadfast Mining Services 5.1km W Ballan, 4.9km S Spargo Creek, 1.6km N Bungal, 2.6km E Millbrook & town of Gordon Object/Comment period ends 12 February 2025 resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-ap...