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Bathurst councillor opposes proposed pipeline for McPhillamys Gold Mine

Sam Bolt
September 19 2021 - 7:00pm
NOT HERE, THANKS: Bathurst councillor John Fry has said he'll oppose plans to install a pipeline from the Angus Place Colliery to the proposed McPhillamys Gold Mine near Blayney, fearing it will tempt council to tap into 'polluted water during drought conditions. The pipeline is proposed to go underground south of Bathurst, near Montavella Road, Gormans Hill.
NOT HERE, THANKS: Bathurst councillor John Fry has said he'll oppose plans to install a pipeline from the Angus Place Colliery to the proposed McPhillamys Gold Mine near Blayney, fearing it will tempt council to tap into 'polluted water during drought conditions. The pipeline is proposed to go underground south of Bathurst, near Montavella Road, Gormans Hill.

Bathurst councillor John Fry is leading calls for a planned pipeline connecting the proposed McPhillamys Gold Project near Blayney to the Angus Place Colliery near Lithgow to be scrapped from the development application [DA].

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Sam Bolt

Sam Bolt

Writer/Journalist at Western Advocate

"I'm not in the business of telling people what to do. I'm much more in the business of describing things, situations and stuff like that and leaving them out there, and you can make up your minds about them." -Nick Cave

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