Tuesday, November 24, 2009

100 protest in Alice against uranium mine

Comment:  No to Uranium Mining!

By Kirsty Nancarrow
Posted Tue Nov 24, 2009 1:41pm AEDT

The Northern Territory Resources Minister has agreed to meet with a group of Alice Springs residents concerned about a proposed uranium mine near the town.

Kon Vatskalis approved an exploration licence for the Angela and Pamela deposit just over a year ago and the mining company Cameco has finished its 2009 drilling program.

About 100 anti-nuclear protesters assembled outside the Alice Springs parliamentary sittings this morning, urging the Government not to approve a mine at the site.

One of the protesters, Rita Apelt, says she has health concerns about the project.

"There's a lot of dust in Alice Springs and as we know, it went to the east coast a couple of months ago," she said.

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