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A delegation of Northern Territory Traditional Owners will likely testify before a federal inquiry into a massive lead and zinc mine s impacts on Aboriginal sacred sites.
Glencore s McArthur River Mine - about 750km southeast of Darwin - has been dogged by environmental incidents and alleged damage to cultural sites.
Committee members from the Juukan Gorge inquiry into the destruction of 46,000-year-old caves in Western Australia have travelled to tiny Borroloola, about 60km from the mine, for informal talks with concerned native title holders. I was a bit worried when they first came in, Garawa elder and Borroloola Aboriginal leader Jack Green told AAP.
The McArthur River Mine says it has entered into talks with the Northern Land Council and Traditional Owners to negotiate an Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) for their Gulf Country lead and zinc mine.
In a statement to NITV s The Point, McArthur River Mining General Manager Steven Rooney said the negotiations will involve broad consultation with Traditional Owners on a variety of matters, including sacred sites and heritage protection. We encourage Traditional Owners to get involved and engage by contacting the NLC to ensure their voices are heard, the statement said.
The McArthur River Mine lease sits on Gundanji Country.
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Jack Green, a Garawa elder, said they had not been consulted about the decision to reduce the bond from about $520m to $400m.
“They’ve kept us in the dark – we still don’t know why they made that decision,” he said.
Josie Davey Green, a Gudanji woman, said the decision could have an impact on the river and her people for generations to come.
McArthur River crossing at Borroloola in the wet season, looking up to the mine site. Photograph: Rebecca Parker
“My ancestors spent their lives with that river – it is everything to us, we’re all connected to it,” she said.