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Exploration for fluorspar mine near Tasmania's Lake Gairdner putting residents on edge

Sounds of bleating goats and snorting pigs fill the air if you approach Danielle Mitchell's property on the shores of Lake Gairdner on a lazy weekend afternoon.

She says it is different during the week, however, when drilling rigs are in operation on the hill just beside her property in Tasmania's north-west.

"When they're moving the diggers, it does reverberate through our house and the property," Ms Mitchell says.

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