Overview
Friends of the Earth Australia is campaigning to stop stop an open-cut, cyanide leaching gold mine at Lake Cowal in central western NSW. Lake Cowal is ‘the Sacred Heartland of the Wiradjuri Nation’ and is a wetland of national and international significance. Home to precious birds and other species, Lake Cowal is listed on the Register of the National Estate and the Directory of Important Wetlands. Since 1997 the campaign to stop the gold mine at Lake Cowal has focused on the cultural and ecological significance of the area. The mine is due to be fully operational by 27 March 2006 despite opposition from traditional owners within the Wiradjuri Nation and many environmental and human rights groups.
This contentious gold mine is owned and operated by the worlds largest gold mining company, Barrick Gold. There are pending court cases regarding the legitimacy of the gold mine, clear breaches in environmental safety standards and the unwillingness of the NSW state government to release the cyanide transportation route. Over 6,000 of tonnes of cyanide per year will be trucked from the Orica manufacturing plant in Gladstone in Queensland 1600 km north of Lake Cowal.
Gold Mine
Indigenous
Water
Cyanide
Updates
Downloads
Links
ACTIONS & EVENTS
Lake Cowal National Day of Action – Wednesday 22 March 2006 …
Download flyer
Lake Cowal Music CD Launch – 2 April 2006
Corroboree at Lake Cowal – RAIN – Easter Weekend, 14-17 April 2006 …
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Cyanide Watch – www.peacebus.com
Downloads
Corroboree at Lake Cowal 2006
National Day of Action flyer – March 2006
Campaign Progress report 2004/2005
Links
http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/gold/lakep.html
http://www.peacebus.com/
Coalition to Protect Lake Cowal
http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/gold/lakep.html#Coalition
Overview
http://www.savelakecowal.org/overview.html
http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/gold/lakep
http://www.peacebus.com/LakeCowal/
Barrick
http://www.savelakecowal.org/Barrick.html
http://www.savelakecowal.org/the_company.html
http://www.savelakecowal.org/the_project.html
http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/gold/barrick.html
Indigenous
http://www.savelakecowal.org/Indigenous.html
http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/gold/lakep
Legal
http://www.savelakecowal.org/legal.html
Environmental
http://www.coi.nsw.gov.au/inquiry/69/6.pdf
http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/gold/lakep
http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/gold/Gallery/LakeCowalThumbnails.htm
http://www.savelakecowal.org/environmental.html
http://www.savelakecowal.org/water.html
http://www.savelakecowal.org/flora_fauna.html
Cyanide
http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/gold/cyanide.htm
http://www.savelakecowal.org/cyanide.html
http://www.peacebus.com/CyanideWatch/
Campaign Actions and Events
http://www.savelakecowal.org/actions.html
http://www.savelakecowal.org/events.html
http://www.savelakecowal.org/photos_media.html
http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/gold/gather.html
http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/gold/corr_06.html
JOIN the savelakecowal e-group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/savelakecowal/
OTHER LINKS
Mineral Policy Institute
http://www.mpi.org.au/
Dirty Gold
Mines and Communites
http://www.minesandcommunities.org
LAKE COWAL UPDATE MARCH 2006
Recent Arial Photos of the mine:
http://www.peacebus.com/LakeCowal/060309MinePics.html
Desecration of Sacred Site – Lake Cowal
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/108897.php
Corroboree at Lake Cowal – rain
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/108901.php
Lake Cowal Action Alert:
http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/gold/lakec.html