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Court clears Yeelirrie way forward

THE general manager of Canadian uranium explorer Cameco’s Australian arm Simon Williamson has reiterated the company’s commitment to minimising environmental impacts after Western Australia’s Court of Appeal threw out an appeal against the January 2017 decision to give the proposed Yeelirrie uranium mine state the environmental all-clear.

Yeelirrie in WA's Mid-West

Yeelirrie in WA's Mid-West

The appeal was lodged by the Environmental Defenders Office on behalf of WA's Conservation Council and three Tjiwarl people, who claimed the decision by former state environment minister Albert Jacobs...

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