Farmers say two major gold mines in central western NSW could be too much for their groundwater as they wait to learn the impacts of damage that halted underground operations a month ago.
Farmers are waiting for a guarantee that their groundwater has not been compromised a month after extraction stopped at one of Australia's largest gold mines in central western New South Wales.Landholders are worried after an aquifer was hit in the nearby Cadia underground mineand evacuated the area because of an unstable ventilation shaft.A group of landholders, who live several kilometres away at Blayney, has been keeping a close eye on the fallout.
"What's happened over at Cadia has just emphasised the fact that you can't predict groundwater movement, as much as experts would like to say that they can." "McPhillamys will be a zero-discharge site, which means mine-affected water will be contained on site and won't enter the Belubula River or surrounding environment," the spokesperson said.
Regis Resources' tailings dam, which holds mining by-product, is set to be built at the mouth of the Belubula River.
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