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- De Grey Mining (DEG) signs a native title mining agreement with the Kariyarra people to establish a partnership to develop the Hemi deposit at its Mallina gold project in WA
- The agreement will provide pathways for employment, education and training, and contracting for the Kariyarra people to support Hemi’s development
- From a project perspective, the agreement will further de-risk the Hemi development pathway and will support further approvals required for Hemi
- A definitive feasibility study for Hemi is due for completion in mid-2023 ahead of a potential final investment decision in the second half of 2023, subject to approvals
- Shares in De Grey are down 3.7 per cent and trading at $1.17 at 1:00 pm AEDT
De Grey Mining (DEG) has signed a native title mining agreement with the Kariyarra people to establish a partnership to develop the Hemi deposit at the Mallina gold project in Western Australia.
The agreement will provide pathways for employment, education and training, and contracting for the Kariyarra people to support Hemi’s development.
As part of the agreement, a cultural heritage management protocol is included to ensure future development and operations at Hemi will minimise or avoid impacts to the cultural heritage of the Kariyarra people.
This includes the establishment of a Kariyarra-led ranger program to support Aboriginal cultural heritage on indigenous lands, which will ultimately ensure the development of important land management processes and procedures.
DEG said from a project perspective, the agreement would further de-risk the development pathway and support further approvals required for Hemi.
Managing Director Glenn Jardine said the company had always worked closely with the Kariyarra people since the discovery of Hemi and would remain committed to providing economic, employment and vocational opportunities for the people through future development.
“It will also support Aboriginal cultural heritage and land management through the establishment of a ranger program within Kariyarra country around the Hemi area,” Mr Jardine said.
“Our objective is for Hemi to be a tier-one mining operation, and critical to this is ensuring the project provides mutually accretive and wide-ranging long-term benefits across the native title and community partners, along with De Grey shareholders.”
A definitive feasibility study for Hemi is due for completion in mid-2023 ahead of a potential final investment decision in the second half of 2023, subject to approvals.
Shares in De Grey were down 3.7 per cent and trading at $1.17 at 1:00 pm AEDT.
