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MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Miner Argonaut Resources is preparing to start drilling for copper next week on the shores of South Australia’s Lake Torrens, it said on Friday, against the stated wishes of local Aboriginal groups.
Drilling for the Murdie project is set to begin after 20 semi-trailer trucks delivered accomodation units, ground protection matting, vehicles and specialist drills, Argonaut said in a filing to the stock exchange.
“Argonaut anticipates that drilling will be underway early in the week commencing 15 March 2021. Drilling be conducted 24/7 in two daily shifts,” it said.
The project comes after the miner received approval from South Australia’s government in January to drill, which came despite opposition from Indigenous groups who say they have ancestral ties to the lake.