ENVIRONMENT

Eureka moment for ERR and Balmaine

VICTORIA’S resources regulator is assessing the capability and competence of Ballarat gold mine owner Balmaine Gold, after a 600 tonne rock collapse in March and looming tailings and waste rock storage bottleneck raised questions about the company’s mining capability and rehabilitation liabilities.

 Ballarat tunnel

Ballarat tunnel

Balmaine Gold, part of Singapore-based Shen Yao Holdings subsidiary Golden Point Group, took over the mine in 2019. Considered geologically and geotechnically challenging, the mine operates beneath...

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