'Significant step forward' for disputed Yorke Peninsula copper mine (indaily.com.au)“These are very exciting times for copper, for Rex Minerals and its stakeholders – copper will play a defining role in reshaping our lifestyle on a global scale.“We remain very positive in relation to the project’s economics and the longer-term supply-demand fundamentals for copper.”The proposed mine on prime farmland in central Yorke Peninsula has faced strong community opposition and raised concerns about mining exploration rules on productive agricultural land.