Decision Package For MS24-00035 - Mcphillamys Gold Mine.

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A decision package from May 2024 presents ministerial recommendations regarding the McPhillamys Gold Mine in New South Wales under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984. The document recommends partial protection: declaring the Belubula River, its headwaters, springs, and associated areas as significant Aboriginal heritage under threat of injury or desecration, while declining to protect the remainder of the specified area and determining the Dungeon Burial site is not under threat. The minister approved these recommendations on 30 May 2024, though comments indicate requests for additional information on impacts to the mining project and potential alternative tailings dam locations. The decision represents a limited application of heritage protection powers to specific waterway components within the proposed mine site.