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Last updated: January 19, 1993
Western Minerals N. L. (the proponent) has identified a bentonite clay resource in a series of lake beds in the Watheroo area, some 250km north of Perth. Approval for mining of all but one of the deposits has already been obtained and approval for processing the ore material is pending normal processes under the Mining Act. One of the lakes, called Lake E, is within the Watheroo National Park and, under the provisions of the Government's Resolution of Conflict policy, an area including... Read more...Last updated: February 6, 1992
Expansion of lime sands mining operation to 40,000 tonnes over a five year period. Read more...Last updated: February 15, 1991
The proposal involves a small extraction operation using dozers, excavators and trucks in an area which has been subject to similar, though smaller- scale, mining activity in the past. The gypsum occurs within old coastal ridges and the extraction operation would involve clearing the vegetation and topsoil, which would be stockpiled, and mining the gypsum before spreading the topsoil and vegetation back over the area. The Department of Mines has proposed to place a range of conditions on the... Read more...