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THE WIM150 MINERAL SANDS PROJECT 1-Aug-2013 At 9:42:55 PM DJ Biggs

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There are a lot of hurdles to get over before things get dug. Environmental/water/financing/technical. From a realistic perspective these things have been around for ages and explored by many companies, the minerals are fine as buggery and rather tricky to make money out of.

I know of 4 generations of technical staff who have worked on these through the 80's-90's-00's and 10's. It's possible that there will be a mine, but I wouldn't hold your breath. The process of mining would open up a few hectares at anyone time, replacing the overburden once the HM are extracted. Once mined, the topsoil is returned and cropping resumed. If they can get the water and the finance and the commodity price is right, then it may be possible. Though as a climber my biggest concern would be dust/noise/lighting that could impact on the climbing experience at Taipan and surrounds during its operations.