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Open-cut gold mine triggers worries for Australia’s Wombat forest

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 12, 2012 | 12:27 pm Precious Metals Australia Europe Gold 

Environmentalists and the local community of central Victoria, Australia, are angry at the Department of Primary Industries for allowing Queensland-based company Fortitude Mining to go ahead with its gold exploration plans in the Wombat State Forest. Opponents to the venture,...

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