Additional Attachments To Decisions Briefs Regarding The ATSIHP Kings Plain Declaration 2024.

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A May 2022 heritage assessment report evaluates an application under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 to protect a specified area within the proposed McPhillamys Gold Mine project near Kings Plains, NSW. The applicant claimed the area holds significance due to Aboriginal sites, spiritual connection to the Belubula River and its headwaters, historical Frontier Wars associations, and national cultural importance. The proponent LFB Resources NL (subsidiary of Regis Resources Limited) simultaneously pursued development approval under NSW's Environmental Planning and Assessment Act and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 for a 15-year open-cut mining operation. The report systematically evaluates statutory requirements across eight criteria, including assessing threat to the area, appropriate protective mechanisms, financial impacts, state-level protections, and other raised matters. A 90-kilometre water supply pipeline from Lithgow was noted but excluded