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Alex Mitchell

Billion-dollar gold mine still alive after key meeting

The proposed gold mine would deliver a royalties windfall for NSW. (Theron Kirkman/AAP PHOTOS)

Gold producer Regis Resources hasn't given up on a $1 billion mining project despite Tanya Plibersek rejecting part of the plans on Aboriginal cultural grounds.

The federal environment minister issued an Indigenous heritage protection order over part of the McPhillamys Gold Project in central-west NSW after Wiradjuri traditional owners asked her to protect the headwaters and the springs of the Belubula River.

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