❓ A parliamentary question addresses the potential conflict between a proposed A-class nature reserve and Polaris Metals NL's mining tenements. The response indicates awareness and involvement in creating provisions to exclude advanced projects from such reserves.
AnsweredQoN 1169Legislative Council
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POLARIS METALS NL - A-CLASS NATURE RESERVE
(1) Is the minister aware of an Environmental Protection Authority proposal to create an A-class nature reserve over land that includes mining tenements held by Polaris Metals NL? (2) Is the minister aware that the proposal would intentionally carve out of the company’s landholdings an area already identified as a mineral resource prospect? (3) Has the minister made any effort to have the EPA’s proposed reserve boundary changed to exclude the company’s known mineral resources; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
(1) Is the minister aware of an Environmental Protection Authority proposal to create an A-class nature reserve over land that includes mining tenements held by Polaris Metals NL? (2) Is the minister aware that the proposal would intentionally carve out of the company’s landholdings an area already identified as a mineral resource prospect? (3) Has the minister made any effort to have the EPA’s proposed reserve boundary changed to exclude the company’s known mineral resources; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Resources, I provide the following response - (1) Yes. (2) The minister is aware that the proposed A-class nature reserve overlies the company’s landholdings with an area already identified as a mineral resource prospect. (3) The minister has been involved in decisions to provide provisions when creating new conservation areas that exclude advanced projects from A-class reserves.
(2) Is the minister aware that the proposal would intentionally carve out of the company’s landholdings an area already identified as a mineral resource prospect? (3) Has the minister made any effort to have the EPA’s proposed reserve boundary changed to exclude the company’s known mineral resources; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Resources, I provide the following response - (1) Yes. (2) The minister is aware that the proposed A-class nature reserve overlies the company’s landholdings with an area already identified as a mineral resource prospect. (3) The minister has been involved in decisions to provide provisions when creating new conservation areas that exclude advanced projects from A-class reserves.
(3) Has the minister made any effort to have the EPA’s proposed reserve boundary changed to exclude the company’s known mineral resources; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Resources, I provide the following response - (1) Yes. (2) The minister is aware that the proposed A-class nature reserve overlies the company’s landholdings with an area already identified as a mineral resource prospect. (3) The minister has been involved in decisions to provide provisions when creating new conservation areas that exclude advanced projects from A-class reserves.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Resources, I provide the following response - (1) Yes. (2) The minister is aware that the proposed A-class nature reserve overlies the company’s landholdings with an area already identified as a mineral resource prospect. (3) The minister has been involved in decisions to provide provisions when creating new conservation areas that exclude advanced projects from A-class reserves.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Resources, I provide the following response - (1) Yes. (2) The minister is aware that the proposed A-class nature reserve overlies the company’s landholdings with an area already identified as a mineral resource prospect. (3) The minister has been involved in decisions to provide provisions when creating new conservation areas that exclude advanced projects from A-class reserves.
(1) Yes. (2) The minister is aware that the proposed A-class nature reserve overlies the company’s landholdings with an area already identified as a mineral resource prospect. (3) The minister has been involved in decisions to provide provisions when creating new conservation areas that exclude advanced projects from A-class reserves.
(2) The minister is aware that the proposed A-class nature reserve overlies the company’s landholdings with an area already identified as a mineral resource prospect. (3) The minister has been involved in decisions to provide provisions when creating new conservation areas that exclude advanced projects from A-class reserves.
(3) The minister has been involved in decisions to provide provisions when creating new conservation areas that exclude advanced projects from A-class reserves.
(2) Is the minister aware that the proposal would intentionally carve out of the company’s landholdings an area already identified as a mineral resource prospect? (3) Has the minister made any effort to have the EPA’s proposed reserve boundary changed to exclude the company’s known mineral resources; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Resources, I provide the following response - (1) Yes. (2) The minister is aware that the proposed A-class nature reserve overlies the company’s landholdings with an area already identified as a mineral resource prospect. (3) The minister has been involved in decisions to provide provisions when creating new conservation areas that exclude advanced projects from A-class reserves.
(3) Has the minister made any effort to have the EPA’s proposed reserve boundary changed to exclude the company’s known mineral resources; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Resources, I provide the following response - (1) Yes. (2) The minister is aware that the proposed A-class nature reserve overlies the company’s landholdings with an area already identified as a mineral resource prospect. (3) The minister has been involved in decisions to provide provisions when creating new conservation areas that exclude advanced projects from A-class reserves.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Resources, I provide the following response - (1) Yes. (2) The minister is aware that the proposed A-class nature reserve overlies the company’s landholdings with an area already identified as a mineral resource prospect. (3) The minister has been involved in decisions to provide provisions when creating new conservation areas that exclude advanced projects from A-class reserves.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Resources, I provide the following response - (1) Yes. (2) The minister is aware that the proposed A-class nature reserve overlies the company’s landholdings with an area already identified as a mineral resource prospect. (3) The minister has been involved in decisions to provide provisions when creating new conservation areas that exclude advanced projects from A-class reserves.
(1) Yes. (2) The minister is aware that the proposed A-class nature reserve overlies the company’s landholdings with an area already identified as a mineral resource prospect. (3) The minister has been involved in decisions to provide provisions when creating new conservation areas that exclude advanced projects from A-class reserves.
(2) The minister is aware that the proposed A-class nature reserve overlies the company’s landholdings with an area already identified as a mineral resource prospect. (3) The minister has been involved in decisions to provide provisions when creating new conservation areas that exclude advanced projects from A-class reserves.
(3) The minister has been involved in decisions to provide provisions when creating new conservation areas that exclude advanced projects from A-class reserves.
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