McPhillamys goldmine owner launches legal review over Plibersek’s Aboriginal heritage decision

Regis Resources to seek costs, a declaration that the order was ‘legally invalid’ and that it be redetermined by a different minister

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The mining company behind the proposed McPhillamys gold project is seeking a judicial review of an Aboriginal heritage decision that it says has made the project unviable.

Perth-based Regis Resources announced on Thursday it had commenced formal legal proceedings in the federal court to seek a judicial review of an Aboriginal heritage declaration made under section 10 of the federal Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984, which blocked construction of a tailings dam in the headwaters of the Belubula River.

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