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"Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud" <aquarius_master@caramail.com> wrote in message 
news:d3b89n$qji$1@aphrodite.grec.isp.9tel.net...
> 09 April 2005
>
> Mining leading rural economy as drought lingers - Gerard Callinan
> Over the past few weeks we've heard a lot about two issues here on the
> Country Hour. One: the lingering drought. Two: the boom in the mining
> sector. This morning a further chapter in that story was written with the
> opening of a copper mine at Hermidale in the central west of the state. 
> It's
> an area that has, like many parts of the state, suffered through the 
> current
> drought. Mayor of the Bogan Shire, Ray Donald, says the mine has already
> provided a significant boost to the local economy and has provided an 
> option
> for farm workers to seek employment in a more stable industry. "As far as
> our small rural community is concerned battling this drought, its 
> certainly
> a boost to our economy...real estate has certainly benefited from the 
> mine,
> as has small business and the employment in town."
> Ray Donald: Mayor Bogan Shire
>
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> Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud
> Exploration Geologist
> Australia Mining Pioneer
> Discoverer & Legal Owner of Telfer, Kintyre & Nifty Mines
> The Great Sandy Desert of Australia
>
> Founder of the True Geology
>
>
> ~~Ignorance Is The Cosmic Sin, The One Never Forgiven ! ~~
>
>

How ironic Jean-Paul.  Mining is helping a drought stricken community and 
giving it a boost.  After all the rhetoric you've carried on with about 
mining companies and a drought.....

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