Save the Tarkine have welcomed yesterdays announcement by Shree Minerals that they have surrendered the Rebecca Creek exploration licence in the Tarkine. This comes on the back of the suspension of mining at Nelson Bay River in June.
“Shree Minerals actions expose the lies and false promises that have been perpetrated on the people of north west Tasmania”, said Save the Tarkine Campaign Coordinator, Scott Jordan.
“The snake oil salesmen from the mining industry told us that if we are just prepared to sacrifice the integrity of our rivers, our forests, our wildlife and our outstanding world heritage value wilderness, then we will have a jobs and wealth for everyone”.
“Well, clearly, that’s a lie, and we see that the real growth in jobs has been in the tourism and food sectors linked to protection of the Tarkine wilderness”.
“Now is the time for the governments to abandon the folly of new mines in the Tarkine, and to revisit the Cradle Coast Authority’s Tarkine Tourism Development Strategy that laid out a plan for 1100 jobs and a $58.2million visitor spend”.
“We can have our cake and eat it too, but only if we have the right recipe”.
The then Liberal opposition previously backed the Cradle Coast Authority’s Tarkine Tourism Development Strategy on it’s release in 2008.
Scott Jordan, Campaign Co-ordinator, Save The Tarkine
