GDA will be seeking plenty of approvals for its various...

GDA will be seeking plenty of approvals for its various exploration projects so any news on an improved approval process is good news for Gondwana...

From MINING AUSTRALIA newsletter....

"Western Australia Mines and Petroleum
Minister Norman Moore said he would
overhaul the unwieldy approvals process
in the mining and resources sector if he
was elected at the recent State election.
He was elected, and overhaul he did.
Moore has launched an industry working
group to advise on ways to improve
the State’s exploration and development
approvals process.
“The working group comprises
a number of prominent Western
Australians with a broad knowledge of
the minerals and petroleum industry
and of industry concerns about WA as a
place to do business,” Moore said.
Peter Jones, a former Resources
Minister in the administration of Sir
Charles Court is the chairman of the
group. Deputy Chairman is John Bowler,
the current member for Kalgoorlie and a
former Mines Minister.
The rest of the group is made up of
industry professionals including Derek
Carew Hopkins, Tim Shanahan, Richard
Ellis and Chris Clegg.
The group, which had its first meeting
today, will review the current approval
processes that all proponents of exploration,
mining and petroleum project
in WA must undertake before starting
operations."