Ganyan Drive
Speewah QLD 4881
30th October 2008
Speewah QLD 4881
30th October 2008
Dear Neighbour,
MINING EXPLORATION ON GANYAN DRIVE
Yesterday, I received a registered letter from a mining company, Auzex Resources Limited, informing me of their intention to enter my property within the next seven days in order to carry out mineral exploration. A permit has been granted by the Queensland Government no EPM 15664, which covers a huge portion of the local area including half of Ganyan Drive, as depicted in the grey area of the map attached.
I have taken legal advice on the matter and have been informed that I am unable to halt the exploration which will be ongoing between 3rd November 2008 and 6th January 2009.
According to their website http://www.auzex.com the key minerals Auzex look for are molybdenum, gold, bismuth, silver, tin and tungsten.
Words cannot express the concern I feel about this issue, not just the impact on me and my family, but for all of us. Off the top of my head the following will be impacted:
Health
Heavy vehicles
Noise
Pollution – both land and water as we border the Ganyan River
Property values
Road expansion
Traffic
I am sure you can think of many more.
Beyond the local issues though, is the wider issue that a mining permit can be granted in a residential area, and surely this alone requires review and a change in legislation.
If you would like to know more information or would like to offer any assistance in protecting our community from this bizarre new threat, please do not hesitate to contact me, or my wife, as above. I have put a blog together a blog at http://minespeewah.blogspot.com and I will attempt to keep interested parties informed of developments via this mechanism.
Yours faithfully
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1 comment:
Mate, if you knew one thing about Mining Exploration the first phase involves hardly any land disturbance (i.e stream sediment sampling). The likelihood of progressing to the next stage of exploration, which would then involve machinery etc., is highly unlikely and before permission is granted for drilling etc. Auzex will have to go through the appropriate EPA measures which involve having the topic up for public debate. So until Auzex actually finds some potential mineralisation and decides to progress with the project you are only making a fuss out of them getting a few buckets worth of dirt from your land. I suggest next time you decide to criticise a Mining Company, you actually research what implications that stage of exploration will have on your land. I cannot believe you are actually stating that this level of exploration will severely affect you and your family, give it a break would you.
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