March – April 2024 Updates

May 13, 2024
Updates
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Industry events – 2024 NSW Exploration and Tenures Forum

Hetherington was pleased to again be sponsoring the NSW Exploration and Tenures Forum in May 2024. It is one of the only technical forums of its kind in Australia, and we am proud to have been involved in presenting at and sponsoring the event since 2017. A big thank you to the NSW Minerals Council for supporting this important event, especially Tully Matthews and Maddie Dimech. It should be a great day, and we look forward to hearing from some key presenters in Thomas Holz, Chris Rosario, Jessica Lee (Holland) Fertig and Tamara Robinson.

 

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It was great to host a delegation of mining Directors from Anhui Province, China this week.

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Client updates

Congratulations to Lightning Minerals (ASX: L1M) on announcing the proposed acquisition of Bengal Mining Pty Ltd, which holds option agreements over the Caraíbas and Sidrônio Projects, totalling over 3,372Ha within Brazil’s Lithium Valley region of Minas Gerais, Brazil. This region presents significant exploration potential of lithium and is a transformative achievement for Lightning Minerals.

Hetherington is proud to have been amongst the team that assisted L1M with their proposed acquisition.

Well done to the team at L1M and Alex Biggs on this great success! We look forward to your progression into Brazil’s Lithium Valley.

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Regulatory Updates

On the 17th of April 2024, the Western Australian Court of Appeal handed down its decision in Wyloo Metals Pty Ltd v Quarry Park Pty Ltd [2024] WASCA 38. This appeal was based on the validity of Quarry Parks Pty Ltd’s Mining Lease 08/487, and the interpretation, and subsequent protection, of section 116(2) of the Mining Act 1978 (WA).

To learn more about this decision and the flow-on effect in relation to the validity and protection for all mining tenements in Western Australia, click the link below to read the article!

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7188778314415669248

Hetherington Post – April edition

In our April edition of the Hetherington Post, we explore recent regulatory updates such as:

  • Changes to the Land Access Arbitration Procedure in New South Wales;
  • The surge in market demand and price of uranium over the past couple of years;
  • The decision of the Atlantic Vanadium Pty Ltd v Shire of Mount Magnet [2024] WASAT 16 case and what is deemed ‘rateable land’ as per the Local Government Act 1995;
  • The result from the Munkara v Santos NA Barossa Pty Ltd (No 3) [2024] FCA 9 case and it’s future implications;
  • The decision and flow-on effect in relation to the validity and protection for all mining tenements in WA due to the appeal of the Wyloo Metals Pty Ltd v Quarry park Pty Ltd [2024] WASCA 38 case.

We also discuss upcoming events that Hetherington will be involved in over the next couple of months!

Hetherington was also proud to be involved as the team of advisors for Metals Acquisition Limited and Lightning Minerals in key project areas.

To learn out more, make sure to read this edition of the Hetherington Post!

https://hetherington.net.au/april-2024/

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April edition

 

https://hetherington.net.au

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