Say no to Telupac forest mining
Mining company Telupac has applied for several exploration licences putting WA’s unique Jarrah forests at risk.
Combined, the tenements cover 126,796ha of the Northern Jarrah Forest. WAFA have objected to three in the Mining Warden’s Court alongside other community groups and are also applying to the Minister for Mines to refuse the tenements.
These high conservation value forests should not be destroyed by mining. Instead they must be safeguarded in protected areas to ensure that their water, climate, cultural and ecological values are conserved into the future.
Join WA Forest Alliance in calling on WA Mines Minister David Michael to refuse Telupac’s forest mining tenements.
(Forest Image: Donna Chapman)
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Telupac Holdings Pty Ltd (Telupac) has applied for seven mining exploration licences (tenements) in the Southwest of Western Australia.
WA Forest Alliance (WAFA) has objected to the grant of three of these – E70/6456, E70/6457, and E70/6458, which cover 60,351 hectares of the Northern Jarrah Forest, and is concerned also about the other four Telupac licences covering a further 66,435 hectares. WAFA has objected on the following grounds:
- Any awarding of the tenements with standard conditions attached would be inadequate in light of the potential environmental impacts and importance of the Northern Jarrah Forest.
- It goes against the public interest for tenements to be granted in places of such significant biodiversity, water, land and soils, and cultural values.
- Given the location of the tenements, the potential environmental impacts and associated requirements of any applied conditions (such as an Environmental Impact Assessment process, water licencing requirements or Aboriginal Heritage requirements), Telupac will not be able to effectively explore the land.
In addition to its objection in the Mining Warden’s Court, WAFA is preparing an application to the Honourable David Michael MLA, Minister for Mines and Petroleum, asking that the Minister refuse the tenements, using the Minister’s powers under section 111A of the Mining Act.
If the Minister exercises his discretion to refuse the tenements, WAFA will avoid the need for its objections to be determined by a Mining Warden at a hearing.
WAFA requests your assistance with its application to the Minister. If you are opposed to the grant of the tenements, please show your support by signing this online petition.
We request that you please show your support and sign the petition by no later than 20 April 2025.
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I support WA Forest Alliance’s call for the Honourable David Michael MLA, Minister for Mines and Petroleum, to use the Minister’s powers under section 111A of the Mining Act to reject the Telupac Holdings Pty Ltd mining exploration tenements.
