Investors are and should be wary. There is an increasingly large...

Investors are and should be wary. There is an increasingly large fired up group with the motivation, time, energy, capacity, connections and resources to hinder this project.
Potential investors who have read the conditions of operation will understand that if they are actually enforced the project is unlikely to be viable. Particularly, the conditions around water availability, lead and other pollution, managing acid mine drainage and providing/paying for blood lead level monitoring for anyone who asks will prove difficult. Tourism operators in Mudgee are increasingly involved in the opposition. All this makes it an unattractive proposition for this proponent or for take over. The failure of community consultation, where sporting and other groups have been sponsored with no attempt to actually talk to people whose lead exposure risk they admit will double or triple ( at least) will prove costly in the long term.
The infantile, puerile, paranoid drivel that some commentators on this project insist on posting is best ignored by serious investors.