As a member of the Dargues Reef Community Consultative Committee and one of the community representatives shown around the Henty mine by Unity Mining on Wednesday, I came away reasonably assured that processing of the concentrate on site at Dargues would not pose any greater risk to surrounding communities than trucking it elsewhere.
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We will have to wait on the Environmental Assessment for the fine print of the proposal and its environmental implications. However, the proposal has a number of positives: the impressive safety record of Unity at Henty; the proposed additional measures to protect against accidental release of cyanide on delivery of the pellets; the significantly higher design standards already applying to the TSF at Dargues, compared with Henty; and the improved road safety and reduced carbon footprint associated with over 2,000 fewer loaded trucks per year passing through Braidwood to Parkes or wherever.
I would like to congratulate Unity for its openness in relation to the Henty operation, and for giving community and media representatives a chance to assess the possible implications of cyanide processing on site at Dargues.
David Lever
Araluen
