ENVIRONMENT

ERR makes annual visit to Waxlip Spur

VICTORIA’S Earth Resources Regulation has completed routine maintenance and annual works at the Waxlip Spur former copper-zinc mine site and nearby Lake St Barbara tailings storage facility near Benambra in East Gippsland, as part of its environmental rehabilitation obligations over the controversial site.

 The old Waxlip Spur site in Victoria

The old Waxlip Spur site in Victoria

ERR has been responsible for monitoring and maintaining the former underground mine site since 1998 when operator Denehurst went into administration and abandoned the mine, forfeiting its $375,000 rehabilitation...

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