Update #7 Rangelea Holdings Court Action
The directions hearing in the ATLA Proceedings on 28 January 2022 was brief and the Court made orders setting a timetable for the procedural steps leading up to the trial, which has been listed to start on Monday, 28 March 2022 before the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia. This is when […]
Aerial Survey in the Mount Craig Area 28 January – 7 February 2022
Strikeline Resources have advised they are intending to fly an airborne geophysics survey over the Mt Craig Copper Project (EL6541 and EL6695) starting on Friday 28 January 2022. The survey entails flying a fixed wing light plane over the project area, approximately 50m above the surface, with a 100m flight line spacing. It will take […]
Public Submissions – Restoration Works at Arkaroo Rock
The Department for Environment and Water (DEW) has sought authorisations under Sections 21 and 23 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 (SA) (Act) to enable an upgrade of tourism infrastructure at Arkaroo Rock, an important Adnyamathanha rock shelter and art site about 10 km south of the Wilpena Pound Resort in the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National […]
Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park (I-FRNP) – planned upgrade works
The National Parks and Wildlife Service has advised ATLA that as part of the State Government’s Parks 2025 initiative, the Ikara – Flinders Ranges National Park (I-FRNP) Co-management Board has planned a number of infrastructure upgrades at various visitor sites across I-FRNP. The proposed work along the Brachina Gorge Geological Trail will upgrade existing car […]
Kelaray Mining – Six Monthly Progress Report 29 June 2021 to 28 December 2021.
Kelaray Pty Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Argonaut Resources NL and holds two South Australian exploration licences covering an area of 1,015 square kilometres located immediately south and east of the Torrens joint venture project and east of the Carrapateena mine. Kelaray was granted a Section 23 (Aboriginal Heritage Act) authorisation on 29 […]
SA Gov – Future Town Plan for Leigh Creek
LEIGH CREEK TOWNSHIP TRANSFORMATION PROJECT The South Australian government’s Leigh Creek Task Force is overseeing the Future Town Plan for Leigh Creek to become a sustainable and open town and a thriving regional tourist hub, and service centre for surrounding northern Flinders Ranges communities. In the first phase, the Future Town Plan involves the demolition […]
Update # 6 Rangelea Holdings Court Action
Most of the royalty / compensation monies paid by the mining companies are now held by the Supreme Court of South Australia. Some of the money is still being paid to the Master Trust / Rangelea Holdings Pty Ltd. The Court will continue to hold these royalty / compensation monies until it has heard the […]
Update #5 ~ Rangelea Holdings Court Action
This morning (10 December 2021) the Chief Justice of South Australia presided over a directions hearing involving ATLA. There are two matters before the Court. The Rangelea matter which is the application by the directors of Rangelea to havepayment of the compensation moniesthe suspended compensation monies paid to Rangelea immediately; and The ATLA matter which […]
ATLA Submission Supporting the Long Term Preservation of Lake Torrens
ATLA Submission Supporting the Long Term Preservation of Lake Torrens The Minister for the Environment, who is the Minister responsible for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 (Cth) (Act), has received an application made under section 10 of the Act. The application is seeking long term preservation and protection of a […]
Old Drilling Sites at Curnamona – Frome Downs to be decommissioned
Summary: Eight drill collar sites, covering an area of about 100m x 100m, were cleared by an ATLA cultural heritage survey team between 2007 and 2009, with no features of cultural significance identified at the time. Havilah Resources is planning to go back to the exact sites (and nowhere else) to complete decommissioning of the eight wells in accordance […]