Gippsland Environment Group

Stockman Project: Work Plan – Mining Regulator Ignores Risks to Tambo River and Gippsland Lakes.

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GEG Media 

Monday 29 July, 2019 

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Stockman mine at Benambra

New licence to expand old tailings dam threatens Tambo River 

Gippsland Environment Group has condemned the Victorian Government’s decision to grant a mining infrastructure licence to WHSP Stockman Pty Ltd to reopen and expand the old Benambra mine tailings storage facility located on the headwaters of the Tambo River

GEG Media 

01 August 2018

Short-term gain for long-term pain​

Concerns growing over the approval for an expanded mine tailings dam on the headwaters of East Gippsland’s Tambo River.

 

Victorian National Parks Association

27 July 2018

Mining licence application on Tambo River must be rejected

Gippsland Environment Group organised a site visit to the Benambra mine tailings dam on the headwaters of the Tambo River to discuss mining company CopperChem’s proposal to re-open and massively expand the dam. The visit raised considerable alarm among all who attended.

GEG Media Release​

16 March 2018

Tambo River Toxic Threat 

East Gippsland’s beautiful Tambo River, and the Gippsland Lakes, are threatened by highly toxic waste from an unstable tailings dam.

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GEG Media Release​

21 February 2018

Murky deal threatens water

EAST Gippslanders have accused the Victorian Government of cutting a murky deal on reopening a Benambra tailings dam to take mine waste, which they say puts the Tambo Valley’s water supplies at risk

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Weekly Times

12 January 2018

THE STATE GOVERNMENT’S MURKY DEAL ON BENAMBRA MINE TAILINGS DAM THREATENS TAMBO RIVER

GEG has condemned the Victorian Government’s decision to lift the mining licence exemption over the Stockman mine’s toxic tailings dam constructed on the headwaters of the Tambo River near Benambra.​

Gippsland Environment Group Media​

December 2017

Goldrush era rules to stop mining pollution

Tailings dams and other environmental protection measures are a recent set of developments. In Australia they have their origins in the long history of the gold rush.  

The Conversation 

14 August 2019

Tambo tailings dam raises environmental fears
A tailings dam near the head of the Tambo River in Victoria’s east would be dramatically expanded under plans for a new copper and zinc mine, prompting fears from environmentalists about potential long-term impacts on waterways.

The AGE

03 August 2014

Mining's million dollar black hole
 

As the boom ends, poor oversight and lax bonds leave governments stuck with an enormous bill for mining’s clean-up.

Saturday Paper

24 May 2014