PHOTO: Garry Hall and birds in a section of the Macquarie Marshes being eyed for gold and copper mining.
Landholders in the Macquarie Marshes say they will find out today, Wednesday 17 July, whether their fight to prevent mining exploration on sites right beside the environmentally sensitive wetlands will need to be taken to the Land & Environment Court.
In mid April, fourth-generation graziers Garry and Leanne Hall were advised that an application by Canadian-owned exploration company, Australian Consolidated Gold Holdings, to drill three 180-metre test holes on . . .
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