Ann: Bowdens Silver Project Achieves Major Approvals Milestone, page-185

So, a quiet Sunday so thought I’d look at all the major projects that went to a public hearing over the last few years and were determined which you can filter for here https://www.ipcn.nsw.gov.au/cases

And there were 11 in total with 8 approved and 3 declined. Lots of impassioned presentations against the Bowden’s mine over the last week, so as a gauge of how much public sentiment could affect an outcome, here are the 11 prior projects grouped into approved and declined with the number of public online submissions in favour versus against. You can see that the ‘For vs Against’ numbers really don’t matter much with 4 of the approved projects having far more people against it than for it.

FYI: Bowden's currently is sitting at 430 in favour vs 250 against.

APPROVED

Mt Pleasant Optimisation Project SSD 10418

690-260

Narrabri Underground Mine Stage 3 Extension Project

560-1020

Mangoola Coal Continued Operations

780-100

Tahmoor South Coal Project SSD 8445- Second Referral

1420-390

Maxwell Underground Coal Mine Project

760-390

Russell Vale Underground Expansion Project

190-600

Narrabri Gas Project

500-4570

Vickery Extension Project

770-1060

REFUSED

Glendell Continued Operations

610-230

Hume Coal Project and Berrima Rail Project

70-330

Dendrobium Extension Project

650-930