Landholder road, fence and cattle enquiry

Please attribute the below to a Bravus Mining & Resources spokesperson:

 
“We value our relationship with all our neighbours and over the years we have worked hard to ensure our Project can co-exist with their existing pastoral businesses.

“We understand and share Mr Luke’s frustration that we have been unable to complete upgrades to the publicly-owned council road and complete fencing on his property.  We require approval of our proposed road design from Isaac Regional Council prior to us being able to undertake the works.

“We regret that one of Mr Luke’s cattle was injured by traffic on the public road and subsequently had to be euthanised.

“We have previously compensated landowners on the rare occasion when their cattle have been injured and would be willing to do the same for Mr Luke if he requests compensation.

“We will continue to actively pursue approvals from Isaac Regional Council so we can get on with upgrading the public road, including the section in front of Mr Luke’s property, as soon as possible.

“We continue to seek resolution with the Isaac Regional Council in relation to approval of our plans to spend more than $100 million to upgrade the council-owned road. This work will create more than 100 jobs in the region over the next two years.

 

On background:

• The Elgin Road and The Moray Carmichael Boundary Road are public council-owned roads that together form the Mine Access Road for the Carmichael Project. We have approval from the Isaac Regional Council to use this road, including the section in front of Mr Luke’s property, as an access road for the mine site.
• Part of our Infrastructure Agreement with Isaac Regional Council is to upgrade the council-owned Mine Access Road.
• We have already undertaken $20 million in road maintenance on upgrades and we are ready to get started on the next $100 million, which will see more than 100 jobs for regional Queenslanders over the next two years, including many workers from the Isaac region.
• We have been working with Isaac Regional Council regarding the upgrade of the Mine Access Road for a number of years now.
• Bravus will continue delivering on the commitments in our infrastructure agreements with Isaac Regional Council, however their current demands go beyond the terms of the agreement and are out-of-step with the engineering standards listed in the Capricorn Municipal Design Development Guidelines for neighbouring councils.
• We have completed the planning requirements and detailed designs, which include a pragmatic flood design.

 

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