ANOTHER mining project earmarked for the Tarkine has moved a step closer to development.
The State Government has granted Venture Minerals a mining lease for its Riley Creek iron ore mine, west of Tullah.
The Riley Creek proposal is one of three major mines Venture plans to develop in Tasmania.
The company has already been granted a lease for its Livingstone project, also near Tullah, and is finalising plans for its massive Mt Lindsay tin and tungsten mine.
All mines would need Commonwealth approval before they could proceed.
The Riley Creek mine, when developed, would create 60 jobs and generate revenue and mining royalties worth tens of millions of dollars.
Resource Minister Bryan Green said the granting of the lease was another sign that mining investment was being encouraged in Tasmania.
Mr Green was heckled when he tried to tell the 3000 people who attended a pro-mining rally in Burnie in November that the government was doing its bit to promote new mineral developments.
"I think people will now realise that criticism of the Government is baseless," Mr Green said yesterday.
"Nothing has changed in relation to the processes for developing new mines and each project will be dealt with on its merits under some of the strictest environmental conditions in the world."
The granting of the lease to Venture Minerals follows news this week that Shree Minerals' $20 million iron ore project had received its final Commonwealth tick of approval.
Development of the open cut mine, near Temma on the west Coast, should begin in March or April.
Conservationists have vowed to blockade the site.
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