PERTH (miningweekly.com) - ASX-listed Argonaut Resources on Friday welcomed the Australian High Court’s decision to reject an application by the South Australian government to appeal against a Supreme Court decision that overturned an approval by the Aboriginal Affairs Minister allowing for exploration at the Lake Torrens area.
Argonaut and its joint venture (JV) partner Straits Resources had sought rights to explore on a small area of Lake Torrens, and in addition to native title approvals, the JV had sought Aboriginal heritage authorisation from the Minister, which was subsequently granted.
However, the authorisation became the subject of a judicial review in 2011, and the Supreme Court found that the Minister for Aboriginal Heritage had failed to afford traditional owners procedural fairness in granting the authorisation. Read more here...
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