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Bellevue Gold fined $41,000 for causing environmental damage that left 'salt scar' on land

The flood killed all plants in the affected area. (Supplied: DWER)

A West Australian gold miner has been fined $41,000 after a flood at its northern Goldfields operation killed 16 hectares of native vegetation.

Bellevue Gold Limited (BGL) was charged with two offences after kilolitres of hypersaline water escaped one of the company's holding pits in 2020.

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