Alliance for Responsible Mining Regulation Inc.
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The Alliance for Responsible Mining Regulation Inc. seeks an overhaul of mining regulations that must result in better outcomes for the community and environment.
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& here www.facebook.com/groups/armrvic
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ARMR's Vision Statement
ARMR cannot condone mining in Victoria when it is so poorly regulated.
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ARMR cannot condone mining in Victoria when it is so poorly regulated.
armrvic.com/alliance-for...
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Investing in cheaper, cleaner energy and the net zero transformation – Interim Report &
Feeding Australia: A National Food Security Strategy
Investing in cheaper, cleaner energy and the net zero transformation – Interim Report &
Feeding Australia: A National Food Security Strategy
ARMR SUBMISSIONS - Alliance for Responsible Mining Regulation Inc.
ARMR SUBMISSIONS & REVIEWS RELATING TO GOVERNMENT MINING REGULATION & PROPOSED LEGISLATION
armrvic.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
We've just added our reports:
Investing in cheaper, cleaner energy and the net zero transformation – Interim Report &
Feeding Australia: A National Food Security Strategy
Investing in cheaper, cleaner energy and the net zero transformation – Interim Report &
Feeding Australia: A National Food Security Strategy
Why You Don’t Want A Mineral Sand Mine In Your Community
With Farmers rallying today in Melbourne for land rights, here are reasons why you don't want a mineral sands mine on or near your productive farmland. The whole situation is a horrifying joke ...
With Farmers rallying today in Melbourne for land rights, here are reasons why you don't want a mineral sands mine on or near your productive farmland. The whole situation is a horrifying joke ...
July 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Why You Don’t Want A Mineral Sand Mine In Your Community
With Farmers rallying today in Melbourne for land rights, here are reasons why you don't want a mineral sands mine on or near your productive farmland. The whole situation is a horrifying joke ...
With Farmers rallying today in Melbourne for land rights, here are reasons why you don't want a mineral sands mine on or near your productive farmland. The whole situation is a horrifying joke ...
Exploration licence applications
EL008677 - Syndicate Minerals - Approx. 14km E Woods Point & approx. 32km SE Jamieson - Object / comment period ends 13 Aug 2025
EL008673 - Wolf Gold - 18km E St Arnaud & 4km S Wedderburn - Object / comment period ends 14 Aug 2025
resources.vic.gov.au/licensing......
EL008677 - Syndicate Minerals - Approx. 14km E Woods Point & approx. 32km SE Jamieson - Object / comment period ends 13 Aug 2025
EL008673 - Wolf Gold - 18km E St Arnaud & 4km S Wedderburn - Object / comment period ends 14 Aug 2025
resources.vic.gov.au/licensing......
resources.vic.gov.au
July 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Exploration licence applications
EL008677 - Syndicate Minerals - Approx. 14km E Woods Point & approx. 32km SE Jamieson - Object / comment period ends 13 Aug 2025
EL008673 - Wolf Gold - 18km E St Arnaud & 4km S Wedderburn - Object / comment period ends 14 Aug 2025
resources.vic.gov.au/licensing......
EL008677 - Syndicate Minerals - Approx. 14km E Woods Point & approx. 32km SE Jamieson - Object / comment period ends 13 Aug 2025
EL008673 - Wolf Gold - 18km E St Arnaud & 4km S Wedderburn - Object / comment period ends 14 Aug 2025
resources.vic.gov.au/licensing......
Exploration licence applications - Falcon Gold Resources:
EL008726 - 5.6km S Inglewood, 16km N Maryborough, inc. Tarnagulla & surrounding Dunolly
EL008678 - 6.7km N Raywood, 1km SW Tandarra
Object / comment period ends 7 August 2025
EL008726 - 5.6km S Inglewood, 16km N Maryborough, inc. Tarnagulla & surrounding Dunolly
EL008678 - 6.7km N Raywood, 1km SW Tandarra
Object / comment period ends 7 August 2025
Have your say on new licence applications
resources.vic.gov.au
July 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Exploration licence applications - Falcon Gold Resources:
EL008726 - 5.6km S Inglewood, 16km N Maryborough, inc. Tarnagulla & surrounding Dunolly
EL008678 - 6.7km N Raywood, 1km SW Tandarra
Object / comment period ends 7 August 2025
EL008726 - 5.6km S Inglewood, 16km N Maryborough, inc. Tarnagulla & surrounding Dunolly
EL008678 - 6.7km N Raywood, 1km SW Tandarra
Object / comment period ends 7 August 2025
We are proud to endorse keeping the ISDS out of the 15-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
aftinet.org.au/keep-isds-ou...
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Community groups urge governments to keep investor rights to sue governments out of RCEP trade deal | AFTINET
aftinet.org.au
July 12, 2025 at 3:49 AM
We are proud to endorse keeping the ISDS out of the 15-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
aftinet.org.au/keep-isds-ou...
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You beaut, Councils be like "roads, rates, and rubbish" and those mining companies turn roads to rubbish at an alarming rate.
Be prepared to crack open your smallest violin as the mining companies scream blue murder.
Be prepared to crack open your smallest violin as the mining companies scream blue murder.
Small town hails Supreme Court win in rates battle with miner
The Supreme Court has ruled the Shire of Mount Magnet can levy rates on land occupied by mining infrastructure, a decision one lobby group says could cost the industry $55 million a year.
www.abc.net.au
July 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
You beaut, Councils be like "roads, rates, and rubbish" and those mining companies turn roads to rubbish at an alarming rate.
Be prepared to crack open your smallest violin as the mining companies scream blue murder.
Be prepared to crack open your smallest violin as the mining companies scream blue murder.
EL008740 Exploration licence application - Owen Coote and Monique Renee Coote - 5.7km north of Stawell, 5km east of Glenorchy, 6.6km south of Callawadda
Object / comment period ends 1 August 2025
resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-ap...
Object / comment period ends 1 August 2025
resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-ap...
July 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
EL008740 Exploration licence application - Owen Coote and Monique Renee Coote - 5.7km north of Stawell, 5km east of Glenorchy, 6.6km south of Callawadda
Object / comment period ends 1 August 2025
resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-ap...
Object / comment period ends 1 August 2025
resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-ap...
Critical minerals come with bonus radiation. In the dust. In the water.
This should not be happening in Victoria's most productive farmland.
@foe.org.au
This should not be happening in Victoria's most productive farmland.
@foe.org.au
FARMERS + MINERAL SAND EXPLORATORY DRILLERS - Alliance for Responsible Mining Regulation Inc.
Mineral sand mining & processing activity and the (flawed) regulation by Earth Resources is a complex matter ! First step is to try and stop them and try to exclude the company during the exploration ...
armrvic.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Critical minerals come with bonus radiation. In the dust. In the water.
This should not be happening in Victoria's most productive farmland.
@foe.org.au
This should not be happening in Victoria's most productive farmland.
@foe.org.au
Iran in focus because antimony discovery. Can't make wars without it. Totally plausible.
@underthedesknews.bsky.social
@underthedesknews.bsky.social
ANTIMONY!!
YouTube video by Under The Desk News
www.youtube.com
June 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Iran in focus because antimony discovery. Can't make wars without it. Totally plausible.
@underthedesknews.bsky.social
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"... investigations into the villages around Baotou revealed orthopaedic problems, birth defects and an “epidemic” of cancer ...
The world wants China’s rare earth elements – what is life like in the city that produces them?
More than 80% of China’s rare earth reserves are located in Baotou, an industrial hub of 2.7 million people that abuts the Gobi desert
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"... investigations into the villages around Baotou revealed orthopaedic problems, birth defects and an “epidemic” of cancer ...
RL008706 Retention licence application - ACDC Metals Operations Pty Ltd - 88m south of Towaninny, 14km north east of Wycheproof, 35km north west of Boort
Object / comment period ends 10 July 2025
Object / comment period ends 10 July 2025
Notice of Application for a Retention Licence RL008706
resources.vic.gov.au
June 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
RL008706 Retention licence application - ACDC Metals Operations Pty Ltd - 88m south of Towaninny, 14km north east of Wycheproof, 35km north west of Boort
Object / comment period ends 10 July 2025
Object / comment period ends 10 July 2025
From Save the Campaspe
"petition the Government to reject the application by Falcon Gold for a gold exploration licence.
The petition will be presented to the Legislative Assembly by Ellen Sandell"
Link www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved...
@ellensandellmp.bsky.social @averymbd.bsky.social
"petition the Government to reject the application by Falcon Gold for a gold exploration licence.
The petition will be presented to the Legislative Assembly by Ellen Sandell"
Link www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved...
@ellensandellmp.bsky.social @averymbd.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
From Save the Campaspe
"petition the Government to reject the application by Falcon Gold for a gold exploration licence.
The petition will be presented to the Legislative Assembly by Ellen Sandell"
Link www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved...
@ellensandellmp.bsky.social @averymbd.bsky.social
"petition the Government to reject the application by Falcon Gold for a gold exploration licence.
The petition will be presented to the Legislative Assembly by Ellen Sandell"
Link www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved...
@ellensandellmp.bsky.social @averymbd.bsky.social
EL008653 Exploration licence application - Flitegold Pty Ltd
5.6km south of Buchan, 5.8km north of Nowa Nowa, 22km north east of Lakes Entrance
Comment / object period ends 3 July 2025
resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-ap...
5.6km south of Buchan, 5.8km north of Nowa Nowa, 22km north east of Lakes Entrance
Comment / object period ends 3 July 2025
resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-ap...
June 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
EL008653 Exploration licence application - Flitegold Pty Ltd
5.6km south of Buchan, 5.8km north of Nowa Nowa, 22km north east of Lakes Entrance
Comment / object period ends 3 July 2025
resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-ap...
5.6km south of Buchan, 5.8km north of Nowa Nowa, 22km north east of Lakes Entrance
Comment / object period ends 3 July 2025
resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-ap...
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China has a stranglehold on the world’s rare-earths supply chain. Can Australia break it?
China has a stranglehold on the world’s rare-earths supply chain. Can Australia break it?
Rich in resources, Australia is seen as a natural competitor to China, offering funding and other assistance to develop domestic processing capabilities
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Weeks after China retaliated against Donald Trump’s tariffs by suspending exports of a range of rare-earth elements and related high-powered magnets, Ford was forced to pause a production line in Chicago.
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June 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
China has a stranglehold on the world’s rare-earths supply chain. Can Australia break it?
PL008469 Prospecting Licence application - Industrial Sands & Gravels Pty Ltd - Locality 8km northwest of Avoca.
Object/comment period ends 28 June 2025
resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-ap...
Object/comment period ends 28 June 2025
resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-ap...
June 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
PL008469 Prospecting Licence application - Industrial Sands & Gravels Pty Ltd - Locality 8km northwest of Avoca.
Object/comment period ends 28 June 2025
resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-ap...
Object/comment period ends 28 June 2025
resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-ap...
Fosterville Gold Mine overstate their value & once they leave it will be wiped trying to rehabilitate this mess.
Is Victoria's largest gold mine a good corporate citizen or bad neighbour?
The state government's decision to sign off on the expansion of Victoria's largest gold mine has left some in the community "ecstatic" while others say it puts profits first.
www.abc.net.au
May 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Fosterville Gold Mine overstate their value & once they leave it will be wiped trying to rehabilitate this mess.
In our experience they really don't give a ...
"We are geotechnical engineers who have studied tailings dam collapses. Here, we outline six questions people living near mines should ask mine management to ensure they understand the key hazards and risks in their communities."
"We are geotechnical engineers who have studied tailings dam collapses. Here, we outline six questions people living near mines should ask mine management to ensure they understand the key hazards and risks in their communities."
Do you live near a dam holding mine waste? 6 questions to ask
50 million litres of toxic mine waste recently flooded into Zambia’s Kafue River after the dam storing the mine waste collapsed. Mine specialists set out the issues.
theconversation.com
May 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
In our experience they really don't give a ...
"We are geotechnical engineers who have studied tailings dam collapses. Here, we outline six questions people living near mines should ask mine management to ensure they understand the key hazards and risks in their communities."
"We are geotechnical engineers who have studied tailings dam collapses. Here, we outline six questions people living near mines should ask mine management to ensure they understand the key hazards and risks in their communities."
Friends of Latrobe Water (FLoW) is a group of community members advocating for best-practice rehabilitation of Latrobe Valley coal mines.
flowlatrobe.org/mine-rehab/
flowlatrobe.org/mine-rehab/
MINE REHABILITATION | Friends of Latrobe Water
flowlatrobe.org
May 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Friends of Latrobe Water (FLoW) is a group of community members advocating for best-practice rehabilitation of Latrobe Valley coal mines.
flowlatrobe.org/mine-rehab/
flowlatrobe.org/mine-rehab/
"The powerful influence of the Minerals Council of Australia who represent the mining corporations, especially via their significant donations to political parties and individual politicians undermines the Human Rights of individual citizens and communities."
UN Special Rapporteur – Human Rights in the life cycle of Renewable Energy & Critical Minerals - Alliance for Responsible Mining Regulation Inc.
Submission by The Alliance for Responsible Mining Regulation (ARMRVic Inc.)Date: 30 April 2025 DOWNLOAD PDF OF SUBMISSIONDOWNLOAD PDF OF APPENDICES Introduction The Alliance for Responsible Mining Reg...
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May 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
"The powerful influence of the Minerals Council of Australia who represent the mining corporations, especially via their significant donations to political parties and individual politicians undermines the Human Rights of individual citizens and communities."
"@vanbadham.bsky.social explores the human cost of mining in Australia across the past 2 centuries.
Gold may have made Australia rich, but historians are now digging up evidence about the devastating impact of the silica dust that surfaced with it."
Gold may have made Australia rich, but historians are now digging up evidence about the devastating impact of the silica dust that surfaced with it."
01| Dusted - the human cost of mining in Australia - ABC listen
Van Badham explores the human cost of mining in Australia across the past 2 centuries. Gold may have made Australia rich, but historians are now digging up evidence about the devastating impact of the...
www.abc.net.au
May 14, 2025 at 6:42 AM
"@vanbadham.bsky.social explores the human cost of mining in Australia across the past 2 centuries.
Gold may have made Australia rich, but historians are now digging up evidence about the devastating impact of the silica dust that surfaced with it."
Gold may have made Australia rich, but historians are now digging up evidence about the devastating impact of the silica dust that surfaced with it."
Farmers aren't NIMBYs because they don't want to be next door to a mineral sands mine, releasing radioactive dust.
A farmer's backyard is your dinner plate.
A farmer's backyard is your dinner plate.
May 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Farmers aren't NIMBYs because they don't want to be next door to a mineral sands mine, releasing radioactive dust.
A farmer's backyard is your dinner plate.
A farmer's backyard is your dinner plate.
Exploration Licence Application EL008685 - Australian Mining Equipment Exporters - Located 3km West of Brookville and 6km Southwest of West Tongio.
Object / comment period ends 21 May 2025.
resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-ap...
Object / comment period ends 21 May 2025.
resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-ap...
April 30, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Exploration Licence Application EL008685 - Australian Mining Equipment Exporters - Located 3km West of Brookville and 6km Southwest of West Tongio.
Object / comment period ends 21 May 2025.
resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-ap...
Object / comment period ends 21 May 2025.
resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-ap...
“The National Pollution Inventory confirms that over 50,000 tonnes of arsenic and other heavy metals are now stored in the Fosterville tailings dams. Globally, there are few — if any — industrial sites with this level of toxic material above ground."
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Greens, local residents shocked Fosterville Gold Mine tailings lift approved despite serious contamination concerns. | The Australian Greens
Greens Candidate for Bendigo, Avery Barnett-Dacey and local residents were shocked to learn Fosterville gold mine Tailings Dam lift was approved despite environmental warnings and community opposition...
greens.org.au
April 26, 2025 at 5:36 AM
“The National Pollution Inventory confirms that over 50,000 tonnes of arsenic and other heavy metals are now stored in the Fosterville tailings dams. Globally, there are few — if any — industrial sites with this level of toxic material above ground."
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ARMR's Vision Statement
ARMR cannot condone mining in Victoria when it is so poorly regulated.
armrvic.com/alliance-for...
ARMR cannot condone mining in Victoria when it is so poorly regulated.
armrvic.com/alliance-for...
April 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
ARMR's Vision Statement
ARMR cannot condone mining in Victoria when it is so poorly regulated.
armrvic.com/alliance-for...
ARMR cannot condone mining in Victoria when it is so poorly regulated.
armrvic.com/alliance-for...