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Royce Kurmelovs and Lorena Allam

INSANE: Nt government rejects glencore bid to build toxic dump near sacred site - The Real Truth

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McArthur River crossing at Borroloola, Northern Territory.
McArthur River crossing at Borroloola, Northern Territory. Traditional owners describe Glencore’s proposed toxic dump near a sacred site as a ‘new mountain’. Photograph: Rebecca Parker

An application by mining company Glencore to build a massive toxic tailings dump on the edge of a sacred site has been rejected by the Northern Territory government.

The controversial McArthur River mine, which is one of world’s largest zinc and lead mines, is roughly 900km south-east of Darwin and borders the Barramundi Dreaming sacred site, near Borroloola.

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