MOD 3 - Pit 8 Extension

Community support

I am providing counterpoints to the expansion of the mine based on the current state of the nearby Wollar Village and the possible area of biodiversity that will be impacted by the proposed expansion. Expanding the mine will unnecessarily lengthen the use and reliance on non-renewable energy when the community and the country at large should be transitioning to renewable energy as soon as possible.
Counterpoints include:
1.Releasing over 25 MT of additional Greenhouse Gas emissions
2.First stage of a bigger mine expansion and should be assessed as a new project, not as a modification (especially if the expansion did this deliberately to get around regulations)
3.Mining to the boundary of Wollar Village
4.Disturbing an additional 155 ha:
•loss of Aboriginal cultural heritage and spiritual landscape for Wiradjuri Nation
•destroying more important habitat for the nationally threatened Large-eared Pied Bat, Eastern Cave Bat, Regent Honeyeater and Koala
5.Permanently altering and degrading alluvial groundwater sources and surface flows in the Wollar Creek catchment.
6.Increasing pollution through poorly assessed noise, dust, blasting, onsite coal ignition (spontaneous combustion), lighting and water contamination
7.Increasing social impacts, loss of amenity and ongoing disturbance of rural way of life
8.Slowing the transition to clean energy future – competing with the Central West Renewable Energy Zone that starts at Wollar
9.This project is not needed to provide regional jobs – there is a huge workforce shortage for renewable energy projects in the Central West
10.There is no economic justification, the increased climate change impacts will cost more than public income generated through royalties and taxes

As a science teacher who works every day to equip young Australians with the knowledge to understand and respond to the climate crisis, I strongly object to Peabody Energy’s proposed Modification 3 to the Wilpinjong Coal Mine. The science is unequivocal: continued coal expansion undermines our climate commitments, damages ecosystems, and sacrifices community wellbeing for short-term profit. This proposal is not a “modification” — it is the first stage of a major new expansion and must be rejected.
1. Climate Impacts and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The proposal will release more than 25 million tonnes of additional greenhouse gases, accelerating climate change and locking in emissions for decades. Australia is already experiencing the devastating consequences of a warming planet — catastrophic bushfires, severe droughts, unprecedented floods, and coral bleaching. These impacts impose enormous costs on communities, ecosystems, and the economy, far outweighing any claimed public benefit from the project.
Continuing to approve new or expanded coal projects is inconsistent with the science-based pathways required to limit global warming to 1.5 °C. As educators, we teach students that their future depends on decisive climate action now. Approving this expansion sends the opposite message.
2. This Is a New Project, Not a Modification
Modification 3 cannot reasonably be considered “substantially the same” as the current project. It:
• Extends beyond the existing mining lease;
• Mines to the very boundary of Wollar Village;
• Encroaches on the Wollar Creek catchment;
• Destroys a biodiversity hotspot, including known maternity sites of endangered microbats;
• Removes Aboriginal heritage sites and significant habitat for threatened species.
These are not minor changes — they represent a major expansion with new and irreversible impacts. It should therefore undergo a full new assessment under state and federal environmental laws.
3. Impacts on Wollar Village and Community Wellbeing
The expansion would extend open-cut mining operations to the edge of Wollar Village, compounding years of social and health impacts. Pollution from existing operations has already driven many residents to sell and leave, hollowing out the community. Those who remain are attempting to rebuild as current approvals approach their planned wind-down in 2025.
Extending mining now prolongs uncertainty, increases stress and mental health impacts, and undermines community cohesion. Even Peabody’s own Social Impact Assessment acknowledges that if the expansion does not proceed, seven positive social outcomes would result, compared to only two negatives. This project prioritises corporate gain over community survival.
4. Loss of Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Wilpinjong area is rich in Aboriginal cultural heritage, with over 1,000 recorded sites demonstrating continuous Wiradjuri occupation and deep spiritual connection to Country. Modification 3 will destroy an additional 15 sites, further erasing cultural landscapes and stories that are irreplaceable.
Respecting Aboriginal heritage is not optional — it is a fundamental responsibility. Approval of a project that knowingly destroys culturally significant sites without free, prior and informed consent is unacceptable.
5. Irreversible Biodiversity Impacts
The proposed disturbance of an additional 155 ha will destroy vital habitat and severely impact two Critically Endangered Ecological Communities and at least eleven endangered species:
• Large-eared Pied Bat and Eastern Cave Bat: The expansion will obliterate a regional hotspot, including known maternity sites essential for breeding. This constitutes a Significant and Irreversible Impact.
• Box Gum Woodland: A groundwater-dependent community at risk from drawdown impacts that have not been properly assessed.
• Regent Honeyeater: Breeding habitat will be directly removed, and recent breeding records ignored in the assessment.
• Koala: Habitat connectivity between Munghorn Gap Nature Reserve and Goulburn River National Park will be severed, removing critical movement corridors.
These losses undermine national biodiversity targets and breach Australia’s obligations under federal environmental laws.
6. Water Impacts and Groundwater Depletion
The project will cause a groundwater drawdown exceeding 20 m and reduce baseflows to Wollar Creek by over 21 million litres per year. No baseline monitoring has been conducted in the expansion area, meaning impacts cannot be properly measured.
Groundwater-dependent ecosystems — including those within Wollar Village — face unassessed risks. Wilpinjong Mine’s poor water management record, including intercepting more water than predicted, compounds these concerns. Increased salinity (up to 3.5 tonnes of salt per day in mine discharge) poses serious downstream water quality threats. These impacts are unacceptable and irreversible.
7. Economic Justification Does Not Stand Up
The claimed $21 million net public benefit is negligible compared with the escalating costs of climate-driven disasters — costs that this project would exacerbate. Furthermore, the argument that this project is needed for jobs is outdated and misleading:
• The Central West is facing a severe labour shortage in construction, housing, and especially the renewable energy sector.
• The Central West Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) — starting at Wollar — is a critical part of NSW’s clean energy future, and coal expansion directly competes with and delays its development.
• The NSW Government has established the Central West Future Jobs and Investment Authority to guide the transition away from coal. Continuing to expand coal undermines this transition.
Approving this project risks locking the region into a declining industry instead of seizing opportunities for long-term, sustainable employment.
8. Additional Impacts on Environment and Amenity
The expansion will worsen pollution from noise, dust, blasting, spontaneous combustion, lighting, and water contamination, none of which have been adequately assessed. These impacts degrade air quality, threaten human health, and diminish the amenity and rural character of the Wollar region.
9. Slowing the Transition to a Clean Energy Future
At a time when NSW and Australia must urgently accelerate the shift to renewable energy, approving new coal mining projects does the opposite. It entrenches fossil fuel dependence, diverts investment and labour from renewable industries, and delays the inevitable transition that science and policy demand.
Conclusion
As an educator, I teach my students that the choices we make today shape the world they will inherit. Approving Peabody Energy’s Modification 3 would deepen the climate crisis, destroy irreplaceable biodiversity and cultural heritage, harm water systems, and undermine regional communities — all for a short-term project that is unnecessary and unjustifiable.

I oppose the Wilpinjong Coal Mine Mod 3 - Pit 8 extension on the following grounds:
1) It's a substantially new project and should be assessed as such - not as a modification. It will exceed the existing lease boundary, it is the first stage of a larger mine expansion planned by Peabody and the company shouldn't be able to pretend it isn't in order to get less scrutiny over the expansion's social and environmental impacts.
2) The Wollar community, including Aboriginal people who are finally getting their land back in the area, does not want this mine expansion. I have been lucky enough to hang out with folks from Wollar and I can see how determined they are to start a new chapter for their town which leaves the noxious, polluting and socially harmful world of coal mining in the past, where it belongs. Why should a company get to decide what happens in a place instead of the people who live there?
3) I'm concerned about yet more Aboriginal cultural sites being destroyed by resource extraction; this is a widespread and disgusting phenomenon across Australia and it needs to end. Again, why should a company get to destroy thousands' of years worth of spiritual and cultural heritage just to dig up some coal - itself a polluting and out-of-date resource?
4) The immediate and downstream environmental impacts of more coal mining are unacceptable and not worth it. Destruction of important habitat for already threatened species - the Large-eared Pied Bat, the Eastern Cave Bat, the Regent Honeyeater, the Koala - cannot be permitted. The Regent Honeyeater is losing its song because populations are so diminished and fragmented. This is a preventable tragedy; just say no the mine.
5) The cost of climate change to NSW, to Australia and to the world outweighs to a point of absurdity any pitiful economic benefit this expansion will bring - and most of that benefit will go to Peabody's executives anyway, and what have they ever done for anyone?

Objection
I object to the modification, entailing:
1. A net increase of approximately 27 Mt of ROM coal to be mined,
2. A net increase in the order of 350 ha of surface development footprint ,
3. An additional six months of mining operations to backfill final voids and shape the final landform (i.e. mining operations until 30 June 2034); and
4. A net increase in the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the mining activities in the Pits 3 and 8 Extension areas.
Background
As a resident of Gloucester NSW, where a coal mine was assessed and refused partly on its failure to address the impact of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Gloucester Resources Limited v Minister for Planning [2019] NSWLEC 7), I am aware that it was stated in that Judgment that
“… the consideration of the impacts of the Project on the environment and the public interest justify considering not only the Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions but also the Scope 3 emissions of the Project.”
The recent decision by the NSW Court of Appeal on the Mt Pleasant coal mine expansion found that the full contribution of downstream emissions (Scope 3) to climate change from a coal mine must be assessed, even if the fuel is burnt overseas.
The NSW Large Emitters Guide states that coal mines should be on the same emissions reduction trajectory as NSW - to reduce emissions by 50% by 2030 and 70% by 2035.
But this Modification does the direct opposite - it will result in increases in emissions by expanding the project.
Reasons for Objection
1. The net increase in Project area is so significant that it goes beyond a reasonable definition of "modification".
2. Any increase in ROM, length of mining operations and greenhouse gas emissions above the currently approved level shouldn't be approved as it only exacerbates the problem of finding feasible "offsets" to meet Net Zero targets at the State and National level.
The Greenhouse Gas Assessment submitted with Modification Application does not provide any recommendations contributing to the Net Zero target, despite progress globally in addressing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and underlines that by only stating that the Project is a small (but incremental) contributor to emissions - to quote -

" The estimated Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions associated with the Wilpinjong Coal Mine (including the Modification) would represent approximately 0.026% of the total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions globally (excluding land use change) in 2021."

and ends with a contradiction to the whole reason why a Greenhouse Gas Assessment is required and one which appears to turn a negative into a positive - (to quote)
" It is considered that the Modification would make a meaningful contribution to NSW emission reduction targets because the Wilpinjong Coal Mine is a relatively low emissions intensity mine relative to its peers in NSW (and in Australia)."

The author would have us believe that relatively small, incremental increases in emissions are OK because there are other much bigger polluters!

With State and Federal Governments battling to meet Net Zero targets, approval bodies should take the appropriate "public interest" approach and hold existing approvals to existing approved limits, particularly when no feasible offset limits are provided by the applicant.

Please refuse this development modification application.

We at Truflo Pumps / Aquaflo Hire welcome the opportunity to make a submission in support of the proposed modification to extend operations at the Wilpinjong Mine until 2033. Our company is intimately connected to the mining sector across Australia, and we directly service the coal and open-cut mining industry with dewatering solutions, pump hire, maintenance, and repairs.
• Truflo Pumps designs and builds bespoke, heavy-duty dewatering pumps and pump systems for open cut and underground mining operations.
• Aquaflo Hire (formerly Stratquip) is our pump hire / rental arm, supplying dewatering pump sets, accessories, and technical support to mines, civil works, and infrastructure projects Australia-wide.
• Our combined business employs approximately 90 team members located in Bathurst (NSW) and South East Queensland, while servicing mining operations throughout Australia.
• Our facilities in Bathurst (NSW) and our Queensland presence allow us to respond to mining projects in eastern states, including mines in NSW.
Because our business is part of the mining supply chain, the Wilpinjong extension is of strategic importance.

Our Role at Wilpinjong / Contribution to its Operations
In supporting Wilpinjong’s water management, mine dewatering, and operational continuity, Truflo / Aquaflo provide the following types of services and value:
A. Pump Sales & Supply / Custom Engineering
• We supply mine dewatering pumps (diesel and electric pump sets, submersible pumps, pontoon mounted and trailer mounted configurations) suited for harsh mining conditions.
• Our designs are bespoke, meaning we tailor pump specifications (flow, head, abrasion resistance, materials) to meet the site conditions.
• We provide pump repair, rebuild and servicing to extend pump life, minimise downtime, and reduce total lifecycle cost for the mining client. (Truflo supports “pump repair & rebuilds” as a service offering).
• Our pumps incorporate features such as vacuum assist priming, run-dry protection shutdown, and materials suitable for abrasive, dirty water or slurry environments.
At Wilpinjong, these capabilities are critical to managing water ingress, controlling pit dewatering, and ensuring that critical infrastructure (e.g. haul roads, pit walls) remain stable and operational.

B. Pump Hire & Short-Term Solutions
• Through Aquaflo Hire, we provide rental pump sets, accessories, remote monitoring, and support for dewatering challenges at mines. Our hire fleet covers rugged diesel & electric pumps configurable across a range of flows and heads.
• Our skid-mounted, trailer-mounted, pontoon-mounted and mobile pump sets are built to mine-spec for rapid deployment and relocation.
• We provide emergency and contingency support—i.e. when unexpected water inflows, heavy rainfall or equipment failure threatens production, our hire pumps can be deployed quickly to avoid downtime.
• Our service regime includes maintenance, documented servicing, and technical support to keep hire pump sets in optimal condition.
Thus, we bridge both long-term supply and short-term resilience, enabling the mine to maintain continuity and flexibility.

C. Local Presence and Workforce
• Our head office and manufacturing facility in Bathurst NSW means we are local to the region, reducing logistics time, transport costs, and improving responsiveness to site requirements.
• Operating with a distributed workforce (Bathurst, QLD), we support regionally based employment and contribute to regional skills retention.
• A stable mining extension underpins the ongoing demand for our services, protecting our workforce and enabling planned investment, training, and retention.


Regional, Economic & Social Impact
Beyond our direct contributions, the proposed Wilpinjong extension supports broader regional benefits that align with our interests and those of the community:
• Job security and stability for suppliers: Extending the life ensures demand continuity for our manufacturing, servicing, and hire operations, helping preserve jobs in Bathurst and regionally.
• Supply chain multiplier effects: As we engage local transporters, subcontractors, parts suppliers, and service providers, the extension sustains those downstream economic flows in NSW.
• Support for community and regional institutions: A stable mining sector helps underpin local infrastructure, services, and municipal revenue.
• Skills and capability retention: The ongoing operations allow maintenance of skilled workforce in technical, engineering, and trades disciplines in regional NSW, reducing workforce erosion.
• Reduced stranded-cost risk: Mines with prematurely curtailed life can lead to stranded infrastructure; a predictable extension reduces uncertainty for regional planning.
• Alignment with commitments to cultural and environmental safeguards: We note with support the project’s protection of Indigenous cultural sites (Rocky Hill complex) and retention of the Cumbo Creek corridor, which signals responsible custodianship.

Response to Key Risks & Considerations
We understand that the assessment will scrutinise environmental, social, and cultural risks. In our submission, we emphasise:
• Our support is conditional on strict environmental performance, rehabilitation, and compliance measures being upheld.
• Effective dewatering is integral to safe operations—pump reliability and rapid responsiveness reduce risk of uncontrolled water ingress or pit flooding.
• Our technical solutions (custom design, robust materials, timely servicing) help mitigate risks of equipment failure, downtime, and environmental discharge.
• Continued operations under an extended life allow phased rehabilitation planning rather than forced closure and rushed remediation.

Statement of Support
On behalf of Truflo Pumps / Aquaflo Hire, we:
1. Support the proposed modification to extend the Wilpinjong Mine’s operations to 2033, as lodged with the NSW Government.
2. Believe the extension provides tangible benefits in job security, continuity of supply chain engagements, regional economic stability, and sustained technical capacity in the mining support sector.
3. Commit to continuing our role as a reliable partner to Wilpinjong in providing pump solutions, hire services, repairs, and responsive technical support.
4. Urge decision-makers to approve the modification, subject to strong environmental, social, cultural and compliance conditions, in order to maintain and grow regional capability and investment.
We would welcome the opportunity to provide more detailed technical input or evidence in support of this modification if required by the Department.

Objection to the Wilpinjong Coal Mine Mod 3 – Pit 8 Extension
The Peabody Energy Wilpinjong Coal Mine has approval to mine 16 mega tonnes/year to end of 2033. It is a wholly open cut operation disturbing over 30km2 of farmland and high biodiversity values between Goulburn River National Park and Munghorn Gap Nature Reserve.
The proposed mine expansion should not be assessed as a modification because it differs substantially from the current approved mine. Its purpose is to facilitate a much larger expansion in the near future that surrounds Wollar village.
I believe that this ‘modification’ proposal should be assessed as a new project.
Wollar community is preparing to rejuvenate and rebuild including a return of Aboriginal people through successful land claims. The Central West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (CWOREZ) starts at Wollar being the first approved REZ in NSW. Wollar is the starting point for the transition to clean energy. There should be no more expansion of coal mining. This is a given if we are to successfully transition from fossil fuel energy sources, whether consumed domestically or exported overseas.
My objections are:
1. Releasing over 25 mega tonnes of additional Greenhouse Gas emissions
2. This is the first stage of a bigger mine expansion and should be assessed as a new project.
3. Mining to the boundary of Wollar Village is unacceptable.
4. Disturbing an additional 155 hectares, involves:
• loss of Aboriginal cultural heritage and spiritual landscape for Wiradjuri Nation
• destroying more important habitat for the nationally threatened Large-eared Pied Bat, Eastern Cave Bat, Regent Honeyeater and Koala
5. Permanently altering and degrading alluvial groundwater sources and surface flows in the Wollar Creek catchment
6. Increasing pollution through poorly assessed noise, dust, blasting, onsite coal ignition (spontaneous combustion), lighting and water contamination
7. Increasing social impacts, loss of amenity and ongoing disturbance of rural way of life
8. Slowing the transition to clean energy future, competing with the Central West Renewable Energy Zone that starts at Wollar.
9. This project is not needed to provide regional jobs as there is a huge workforce shortage for renewable energy projects in the Central West
10. There is no economic justification, with the increased climate change impacts costing more than public income generated through royalties and taxes
I ask the state government to seriously these sound reasons for an objection to this extension.

Suraya Coorey

I am the Director of Central West Crane Services Pty Ltd. We are a local crane hire company in Mudgee. Wilpinjong Mine is a critical client of ours and makeup a large portion of our annual turnover. Having Wilpinjong Mine as a client means that we can continue to employ local staff who in turn contribute to Mudgee’s economic vibrancy.

The coal mining industry is essential for the Central West region to ensure that the population can continue to live in the area and have access to quality and good paying jobs. Without this we would see this region become a shadow of what it is now. Personally for our business it would mean staff reductions.

Wilpinjong Coal have established good relationships with all but objectionable protesters in their area of operation. When I work with them, I meet the same staff I met ten years prior and see they are working actively and comprehensively with local farmers and aboriginal representatives to manage the local enviroment well without fuss, bother and undue bureacracy. I commend them as caretakers as they endeavre to commence their next mine extension. The permanent staff live locally and this makes a great postive difference to how they consider their local environment.

This expansion proposal will help secure over 700 jobs in regional NSW and more importantly in the Central West Region, Peabodys contribution to local organisations and community is unrivaled in the area and the company has built a strong reputation in the Mudgee / Gulgong townships and proven itself to be responsible operation financially, ethically and environmentally. The people of regional NSW need jobs, and this is significant number of those jobs in this particular area not to mention the contribution this extension will make to revenue for NSW and at a federal level to help reinvest in community and infostructure like schools and education, hospitals, roads. This application needs to be given the green light to allow Peabody to continue to support all that has been set out above.

Regional NSW needs projects like these. The yare the lifeblood and backbone of our regional communities. Our Coal Communities need help and the money that we produce for the state coffers rarely comes back to the regions. The regional areas are forgotten because the selfish politicians forget about the regions.
This project is critical for the region, for jobs, for coal for the industry.
Our coal is so clean and good quality. The world needs our resources and we need to keep the lights on.
A project like this should not need a drawn out approval project. if a multi national good corporate citizen like Peabody energy is willing to invest in our State then heck, what's the question, who in there right mind would even consider rejecting a project like this. you would need to be a complete flog or a left leaning woke weasel if you thought otherwise.
lets make coal great again, lets keep jobs in the regions and lets fast track projects like these.
Thanks.

All existing Fossil Fuel Projects should not be given extensions except for renovation purposes after the closing of the mine.
Reason => Climate Change.

I write to express my strong support for Modification 3 (Mod 3) – Pit 8 Extension of the Wilpinjong Coal Mine.

Wilpinjong Coal Mine is a cornerstone of the local and regional economy, employing over 700 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers (myself included) and supporting countless more through indirect employment, contracting, and service provision. The mine’s continued operation is crucial not only to the livelihoods of the employees and their families, but also to the broader economic stability and growth of the Mudgee region and New South Wales.

Wilpinjong has consistently demonstrated responsible environmental and community management practices. Through continuous engagement with local stakeholders, including Traditional Owners, landholders, and the Mid-Western Regional Council, the mine has shown its commitment to operating transparently and sustainably. It supports ongoing employment, sustains local procurement, and contributes significantly to state royalties, infrastructure investment, and community funding.

I am proud to be employed at Wilpinjong Coal Mine and I urge the Department of Planning and Environment to recognise the positive economic, employment, and regional development benefits this modification offers.

Thank you for the opportunity to make this submission.

Coal mining is essential to the Australian economy, and that of New South Wales. This is both for export, and for domestic use, whether it be in steelmaking or power generation. And this operation is essential to the ongoing standard of living and economic viability of the Mudgee region. The wellbeing of the region and of the whole Australian community far outweighs any other possible downsides - coal mining of this sort is very well understood and of clear benefit, with no significant unknown risks or challenges. The operation has been successfully and well managed, causing no unusual environmental degradation beyond that inevitably associated with mining.

I write in support of this project modification. Australia produces some of the world's best coal, with the world's best engineering and safety practices. Withholding supply of coal from Australia would lead to customers sourcing their product elsewhere, often from less safe, less efficient and less environmentally conscious countries.
The extension of this operation ensures maximisation of the reserve being recovered in a manner that is respects social, environmental and economic aspects of the area and the state.

Wilpinjong is a large employer in a low population density region, there will be a significant positive net community impact by continuing to mine, the coal is used to support domestic generation, and it has lower emissions than alternative coal sources in Australia and overseas.

I am all for this project. It creates local jobs and brings money into the local community

Extending the mine life secures existing jobs well as the possibility of potentially creating more jobs for local workers .
It will boost the local economy due continued in local communities through wages, supply chain contracts and local services
Will provide continued investment in local schools, healthcare and community programs, which the mine currently does extremely well now
The extension may reduce the need for new mines opening up elsewhere, as they already have the infrastructure in place

Support Statement

My name is Simon Brewster, Managing Director of Lean Mining Pty Ltd. Over the last three years I have had the opportunity to work closely with Peabody and the Wilpinjong team on the ground. What has stood out to me time and again is their consistency in doing things the right way: keeping people safe, supporting the local community, and maintaining a genuine commitment to rehabilitation and regional growth.

Wilpinjong is more than just a mine. It plays a major role in holding the Mid-Western community together. It creates real opportunities for local families and small businesses, and it’s one of those sites where there is a strong sense of pride in the workforce. The crews take ownership of their work and their community, and that attitude flows right through to how the site is managed.

From my perspective, Peabody has always made a point of keeping things local wherever practical, whether it’s through using regional suppliers, providing apprenticeships, or investing back into community programs. Their support of more than 150 local organisations, the return of a GP to Gulgong, and their award-winning rehabilitation program show that commitment isn’t just words on a page, it’s active and visible and meaningful.

Why This Matters

Keeping Wilpinjong operating until 2033 makes sense not just economically but socially.
The mine employs over 600 local people, supports many more contractors, and injects hundreds of millions of dollars into the regional economy each year. That activity underpins local businesses, keeps young people in the region, and helps sustain essential services that smaller towns rely on.

Peabody has also shown that responsible mining and environmental care can go hand in hand. The work already completed to rehabilitate more than 1,100 hectares demonstrates a genuine focus on returning the land to productive and sustainable use. By reshaping and revegetating these areas with future land use in mind, the site is laying the foundation for broader regional benefit beyond mining, supporting industries such as agriculture, tourism, and environmental education. This kind of forward planning helps ensure that the economic and social value Wilpinjong brings to the community will continue well after mining ends.

Our Position

At Lean Mining, we strongly support the Wilpinjong Mine modification and the extension of Pit 8.
It is a project that delivers local jobs, community investment, and environmental outcomes that stand up to scrutiny. From what we have seen firsthand, this is a well-run operation led by people who genuinely care about doing the right thing by their workers, their neighbours, and the environment.

We believe continued mining at Wilpinjong represents a responsible and practical path forward for the region, one that balances productivity, sustainability, and community benefit.

I support the modification to Wilpinjong Mine. I stand behind the Wilpinjong Mine extension and its benefits to our region.. This mine supports local community by creating secure jobs within the region. The mine uses local businesses for many reasons which also helps create jobs within our region.. It’s fantastic to also have opportunities for the youth to acquire apprenticeships and be trained in numerous roles which can be used around the world when fully trained…
Wilpinjong also supports local community groups, sporting groups, which in turn, helps all aspects of the community.. All of these things are fantastic for the Mid Western council community..