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Jabiru dreaming as ERA mulls closure

THE impending expiry of Energy Resources Australia’s lease at Jabiru near the World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory, in 2021, is raising questions about the town’s fate.

 The draft plan for Jabiru

The draft plan for Jabiru

ERA is 68.4% owned by Rio Tinto. It operates the Ranger uranium mine under a lease that will expire in 2021, and under rehabilitation conditions the company is obliged to return the mine and the town...

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