Documents showing Hancock Prospecting's plans for the contaminated Pilbara land reignite calls by traditional owners for the WA government to rehabilitate their country.
abc.net.au/news/gina-rinehart-hancock-prospecting-considered-mining-at-wittenoom/101353730Gina Rinehart's prospecting company has considered digging for iron ore in the asbestos-riddled area around Wittenoom.Documents released through Freedom of Information show Hancock Prospecting has considered mining an area near Wittenoom
The traditional owners were seeking information about whether Hancock had ever expressed interest in the Wittenoom site. It is an asbestos management plan that "identifies and mitigates risk of human exposure" to asbestos for activities on the tenement such as drilling, construction and driving.
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