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17 Aug 2015 The Advertiser NIGEL AUSTIN RURAL EDITOR ” No one should be naive about the immense challenge the state faces, but this agricultural revival should give us confidence that we have the capacity to face it.” Timely rainfalls across … Continued

To:                  Rural and Regional   Re:                  Rex Minerals’ proposed copper/gold mine at Hillside, Yorke Peninsula   From:              Graham Mattschoss, President, Goyder SEC   Date                14th August 2015   NOTE:            This paper to be read in conjunction with … Continued

UPDATE on Rex Minerals Hillside Project 14th August 2015 At the Hillside Community Voice (HCV) meeting held on Monday 10th August 2015, the following update was provided by the Rex Representative. Extension of Program for Environmental Protection (PEPR) Rex Minerals … Continued

Mining on prime agricultural land COMMEND the Country Times on the accurate coverage of the meeting of YP grain growers at Arthurton on July 16. That farmers within such a viable and fertile region as Yorke Peninsula are threatened by … Continued

Decision “extraordinary” YORKE Peninsula Land Owners Group has described Rex Minerals’ decision to dissolve its advisory board and accept the resignation of founding director Steve Olsen as extraordinary. The group remains strongly opposed to Rex’s Hillside project. “The decision to … Continued

 Draft mining policy finds support MORE than 45 Yorke Peninsula farmers voted a resounding ‘no’ to mining on prime agricultural land at a meeting in Arthurton on Thursday night last week. They had come to hear from Grain Producers SA … Continued

DISCUSSIONS… Agricultural Security and Priority Committee member Brenton Davey and ASAP subcommittee chair Max Wilksch at a meeting with farmers in Arthurton last week. MORE than 60 farmers attended a presentation about mining on farming land at Arthurton on Thursday … Continued

  Yorke Peninsula Land Owners Group has renewed its call to the government to reconsider its support for Rex Minerals which owns the proposed copper-gold mine, Hillside, near Ardrossan.        

YORKE PENINSULA LAND OWNERS GROUP   FOUNDER OF REX MINERALS RESIGNS   Yesterday was an eventful day for Rex Minerals Ltd.   In an ASX/media release the company announced that its Advisory Board set up in August 2014 to explore options … Continued

Members of the Yorke Peninsula Land Owners Group said the release of findings from Rex Minerals’ extended feasibility last month has raised more issues and questions than answers.