Farmers fear a company that 'couldn't do the right thing' when exploring western NSW for rare earth minerals won't be able to manage if its project goes into full production.
What's next?Farmers in Far West New South Wales say a mining company's failure to provide key documents on radiation risk and its history of breaching mining rules should be enough to stop its proposed $1 billion mineral sands mine.
"If they couldn't do the right thing as an exploration company, I have a great fear that they won't be able to manage that if they ever become a big operation," Mr Vagg said.Documents obtained under the NSW Government Information Public Access Act show RZ Resources received an official caution and a penalty notice from the NSW Resources Regulator in 2021 for providing false and misleading information to the regulator.
During a site inspection the regulator found drill holes on the property that hadn't been rehabilitated.In 2023, the resources regulator found the company had breached mining rules 22 times while exploring for mineral sands in 2020. But a radiation health expert who has viewed the documents said it lacked important details about radiation risk.University of Melbourne school of global health honorary fellow Tilman Ruff labelled the documents RZ had submitted "extraordinarily deficient".
He said it "may cast significant doubt on the group's ability to continue its normal business activities and ensure that it operates as a going concern, and, therefore, that the group may be unable to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business".
Copi Mineral Sands Rare Earth Mining Environmental Impact Statement Eis Feedback Comment Shane Vagg Ferna Vagg University Of Melbourne Tilman Ruff John Costigan Australian Securities And Investment Commission ASIC Department Of Planning Housing And Infrastructure KPMG
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