As the dust settles on a fierce political fight over the Blayney gold mine, Regis Resources has asked the Minns government for an expedited and unprecedented planning pathway.
The NSW government is considering an unprecedented use of planning powers to approve a modified proposal for the $1 billion Blayney gold mine, just weeks after a critical part was kiboshed by federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek.
Plibersek’s partial section 10 declaration stopped the miner from building a tailings dam – which stores byproducts of mining operations – at the headwaters of the nearby Belubula River. Regis Resource’s chief executive Jim Beyer said the decision meant the project was no longer viable given an alternative tailings dam proposal could set them back a decade.with the decision of his federal Labor colleague at the time, describing the state’s assessment as “rigorous”.
NSW Premier Chris Minns and federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek are at odds over a proposed gold mine in the NSW Central West.“Declaring the mine as SSI/CSSI would likely be perceived as the government attempting to avoid the decision going to the IPC or being appealed in the Land and Environment Court,” the briefing note states.
In response to questions, Scully said: “The government is unable to consider a Critical State Significant Infrastructure or State Significant Infrastructure declaration until receiving an application for a project.”
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