sa govt rejects sanctuaries mining ban, page-18

"They may well have rejected the sanctuary ban but if you want to see what Marathon is now up against have a look at the most recent post about Short-tailed Grasswren. Am pro mining but IMHO, if this area is as special as this bloke says' it aint got a chance. Any one been there. What is it like?"

ooOOOoo - there are half a dozen Youtube videos on Arkaroola. This one is a recent addition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIFwOdEn1gw

(Tree-huggers Anonymous outside the PayDirt Conference.)

MTN can talk up their drilling results, but that grass wren, sitting on the shoulder of the rock wallaby, has just doubled their chances on not getting a mining guernsey.