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Never trust the mining warden or an agent of earth regulation in Victoria. Their record in the protection of the community from corrupt mining operators is abysmal.

Mineral sand mining companies in Victoria have marketed themselves as the producer of rare earths. The separation of rare earth requires massive quantities of water, electricity and sulphuric acid. No mineral sand mining company in Victoria has ever separated rare earths to market.

The Commonwealth may decide that the company cannot continue their operation. Most mineral sand mining operations in Australia are abandoned before they reach the end of mine life. In Victoria mining projects are never rehabilitated.

The State of Victoria allows Chinese owned mining companies to export rare earths direct to China. This is in conflict with the Commonwealth critical minerals strategy.

Mining companies often leave radioactive tailings dumps on the surface. The EPA are likely to require the land owner to bury these tailings at their own cost.

At most locations the company will extract millions of tonnes of saline groundwater. The company will walk away and this saline water will sit in above storages on the farm land.

The mining company will never restore the road network they damage. Your local council will be required to reconstruct the roads at ratepayer expense

Each mineral sand mine can consume up to 3000 ha of high production cereal farm land. This land will be lost to production forever. There is no feasible method to restore mine pits back to cereal production.

Why You Don’t Want A Mineral Sand Mine In Your Community

With Farmers rallying today in Melbourne for land rights, here are reasons why you don't want a mineral sands mine on or near your productive farmland. The whole situation is a horrifying joke ...

Exploration licence applications
EL008677 - Syndicate Minerals - Approx. 14km E Woods Point & approx. 32km SE Jamieson - Object / comment period ends 13 Aug 2025
EL008673 - Wolf Gold - 18km E St Arnaud & 4km S Wedderburn - Object / comment period ends 14 Aug 2025
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Exploration licence applications - Falcon Gold Resources:
EL008726 - 5.6km S Inglewood, 16km N Maryborough, inc. Tarnagulla & surrounding Dunolly
EL008678 - 6.7km N Raywood, 1km SW Tandarra
Object / comment period ends 7 August 2025

and/or they were not consulted sufficiently about it, even if the change was in the public interest."

"ISDS rules in some trade agreements enable foreign investors to claim billions in compensation from governments if they can convince an international tribunal that a change in law or policy would reduce their future profits ...

We are proud to endorse keeping the ISDS out of the 15-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
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that a change in law or policy would reduce their future profits and/or they were not consulted sufficiently about it, even if the change was in the public interest."

"ISDS rules in some trade agreements enable foreign investors to claim billions in compensation from governments if they can convince an international tribunal ...

Small town hails Supreme Court win in rates battle with miner The Supreme Court has ruled the Shire of Mount Magnet can levy rates on land occupied by mining infrastructure, a decision one lobby group says could cost the industry $55 million a year.

You beaut, Councils be like "roads, rates, and rubbish" and those mining companies turn roads to rubbish at an alarming rate.

Be prepared to crack open your smallest violin as the mining companies scream blue murder.

EL008740 Exploration licence application - Owen Coote and Monique Renee Coote - 5.7km north of Stawell, 5km east of Glenorchy, 6.6km south of Callawadda
Object / comment period ends 1 August 2025
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FARMERS + MINERAL SAND EXPLORATORY DRILLERS - Alliance for Responsible Mining Regulation Inc. Mineral sand mining & processing activity and the (flawed) regulation by Earth Resources is a complex matter ! First step is to try and stop them and try to exclude the company during the exploration ...

Critical minerals come with bonus radiation. In the dust. In the water.
This should not be happening in Victoria's most productive farmland.
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Iran in focus because antimony discovery. Can't make wars without it. Totally plausible.

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Although the technologies to process rare earths in less environmentally harmful ways exist in theory, they are rarely used because of cost “I doubt they could maintain their production costs if they took such steps,” says Craig Hart, a lecturer at John Hopkins University who focuses on rare earths"

The world wants China’s rare earth elements – what is life like in the city that produces them? More than 80% of China’s rare earth reserves are located in Baotou, an industrial hub of 2.7 million people that abuts the Gobi desert

"... investigations into the villages around Baotou revealed orthopaedic problems, birth defects and an “epidemic” of cancer ...

Notice of Application for a Retention Licence RL008706

RL008706 Retention licence application - ACDC Metals Operations Pty Ltd - 88m south of Towaninny, 14km north east of Wycheproof, 35km north west of Boort
Object / comment period ends 10 July 2025

From Save the Campaspe
"petition the Government to reject the application by Falcon Gold for a gold exploration licence.
The petition will be presented to the Legislative Assembly by Ellen Sandell"

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EL008653 Exploration licence application - Flitegold Pty Ltd
5.6km south of Buchan, 5.8km north of Nowa Nowa, 22km north east of Lakes Entrance
Comment / object period ends 3 July 2025
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China has a stranglehold on the world’s rare-earths supply chain. Can Australia break it? Rich in resources, Australia is seen as a natural competitor to China, offering funding and other assistance to develop domestic processing capabilities * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Weeks after China retaliated against Donald Trump’s tariffs by suspending exports of a range of rare-earth elements and related high-powered magnets, Ford was forced to pause a production line in Chicago. Days later, executives from other major carmakers, including General Motors and Toyota, told the White House their suppliers faced an impending shortage of necessary materials that could shut assembly lines. Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

China has a stranglehold on the world’s rare-earths supply chain. Can Australia break it?

PL008469 Prospecting Licence application - Industrial Sands & Gravels Pty Ltd - Locality 8km northwest of Avoca.
Object/comment period ends 28 June 2025
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