Mount Morgan Mine project ticks off council approvals

Published on 27 June 2017

The journey to re-open the Mount Morgan mine is now a step closer with council today signing off on the land use approvals that will allow Carbine Resources to undertake the activity required to conduct its tailings to retrieve gold, copper and pyrite. 

Rockhampton Region Mayor Margaret Strelow said while the project still had to go through approvals with other levels of government, council’s decision today paves the way for the project to bring the historical community of Mount Morgan to life.

“The local community has every right to feel a bit jaded after numerous stories that someone is going to get the mine working again, but this is a company that has gone so much further in terms of jumping through the hoops and hurdles to get approvals,” Mayor Strelow said. 

“Carbine Resources has shown a real commitment to this project and as we now finalise the approvals from a Local Government level, we trust the other levels of government will do their piece to sign off on the project.”

The project will create 70 direct jobs into Mount Morgan which Mayor Strelow says is significant for the community that has struggled with employment over the past 30 years since the mine closed. 

“There are generations of families in Mount Morgan who have always worked at the mine, so to see it turning over again will provide vibrancy to the community that only a project like this could create,” Mayor Strelow said.

“Mount Morgan’s main street is undergoing a transformation, we have done up the hall and we will see the mine re-open. This is just the beginning of real rejuvenation that is needed for Mount Morgan.”