THE DEFENCE Department says development on the Hawks Nest mine would create a serious safety issue.
The Department does not support the Western Plains Group application to the Foreign Investment Review Board for a $45 million investment by Chinese interests to develop the mining project.
The company claims due to the project’s physical proximity to the highway, it does not believe that Defence would deliberately schedule weapons trials in the Hawks Nest area because such tests could cause harm or inconvenience to persons legitimately using the highway.
But it has been suggested that operational and national security is also of concern.
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