Indigenous heritage protection order halts Regis Resources' McPhillamys Gold Project progress in Central West Australia.

Regis Resources' McPhillamys Gold Project in Central West Australia, acquired in 2012, has faced ongoing challenges, including local opposition. Conditional approval was granted in March 2023, but its future is now jeopardized. In August 2023, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek issued an Indigenous heritage protection order on the Belubula River's headwaters, where tailings dams were planned, halting progress after nearly 12 years without gold production.

October 21, 2024
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