Toro Energy Begins Community Consultation for Extension of Wiluna Uranium Project

Toro Energy Limited (ASX:TOE) announced that it has begun community consultation ahead of the public release of an environmental statement seeking government approval for an extension of the advanced and already approved Wiluna Uranium Project in Western Australia.
Toro has filed a draft Public Environmental Review (PER) with the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority that assesses in detail, the impacts of the proposed extension of the Wiluna Project through development of its Millipede and Lake Maitland deposits. The PER is scheduled for release later this year for a 12 week public review.
As quoted in the press release:

In advance of the public review phase, Toro has initiated community consultation, to include in part, hosting a visit to the project site at Wiluna by members of the Conservation Council of Western Australia (CCWA) and Federal and State politicians. This follows previous site visits by the CCWA during which Toro explained its proposals for mining the approved Centipede and Lake Way deposits. Earlier this month, Toro met local Aboriginal leaders to provide an update on the project and to further discuss the Company’s proposals to create local employment opportunities over the mine’s life.

Toro’s Managing Director, Dr Vanessa Guthrie stated:

Toro has an agreement with the Wiluna People to provide training and employment with the Native Title holders of land on which the Centipede, Millipede and Lake Way deposits are located. Our agreement involves Toro providing funding and other resources to enable local Aboriginal people, either as employees or through their own business ventures, to build capacity in environmental monitoring required by the Project, including radiation and groundwater.
We are also exploring possibilities for their involvement in land management and site rehabilitation. These programs are designed to help the local community understand how the Wiluna Project is being undertaken without adverse impacts to public health, safety and the environment.
The Company is also consulting with the Barwidgee People who claim an interest in the land on which the Lake Maitland deposit is located. Development would not commence at Lake Maitland until mining is exhausted at the Centipede and Millipede deposits, anticipated to take about six years.”

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