Mining threat to YP Grows

MINING and FARMING CANNOT CO-EXIST. Prime agricultural land cannot be sacrificed for short term mining.

While Rex Minerals’ proposed Hillside mine is the only one so far on YP to reach the point of a full mining lease proposal, at least eight other exploration companies are now operating on the Peninsula.

Two announcements in recent weeks indicate that these other companies are finding economically viable deposits of copper and other minerals.

Attachment 1: Adelaide Resources at West Alford

In the YPCT (6th May 2014) Adelaide Resources reported that their discovery that their discovery of various sections of copper at West Alford are all connected as part of one large zone, indicating a “very large mineralized system”.

The company claimed this was “a real milestone in the development of a Mining Project”.

Attachment 2: Marmota Energy; ASX Release – 7 May 2014   

In this ASX release, Marmota announced high grade copper assays on its ‘Champion’ prospect at West Melton (north of Paskeville). The company claims there is a strong zone of high grade copper mineralization approximately 1 km long and 750 metres wide.

Mining and Farming cannot co-exist

These two announcements, combined with YP copper discoveries by other exploration companies over the past 12 months, highlight the real and imminent threat posed by mining to agricultural activities across the entire Yorke Peninsula.

This is no longer an issue affecting just the farms in a localized area around the proposed Hillside mine. It is now a fight for the entire Peninsula.

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