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NEWS Moore against resource levy and the Nationals would be wanting to talk about this now because there is noth- JARROD LUCAS ing in it for the party I can think of.” [email protected] The Australian Mines and Metals 9022 0520 Association yesterday said the industry has paid $20b in taxes and royalties to Mines Minister Norman Moore equates State and Federal Governments in the as political suicide the WA Nationals’ past year alone. “It’s time for government newly-announced policy to levy resource and unions to stop opportunistically projects to pay for industry demonising the resource in- training. dustry,” AMMA chief exec- Mr Moore, campaigning utive Steve Knott said. for Kalgoorlie Liberal candi- “Allow our sector to get on date Melissa Price this week, with the job of creating described the move as “quite employment for Australians extraordinary” and another and contribute significantly unnecessary impost on the to the economy and national sector. prosperity.” “It’s a time when virtually The AMMA says 270,000 every organisation I can Australians are directly think of, apart from the Lib- Norman Moore employed in mining and eral party, is trying to do over employment growth is stea- the mining industry,” Mr Moore said. dy at 25 per cent annually, with 90,000 Nationals leader Brendon Grylls said new jobs forecast to be created in the next this week if the party regained the bal- two to three years. ance of power at next month’s election it Meanwhile, shares in explorer Rox would introduce a 0.2 per cent levy on the Resources climbed 26.15 per cent yester- cost of construction projects in the day on encouraging drilling results at its mining industry to help pay for training Camelwood prospect at the Fisher East such as apprenticeships and accredita- nickel project, 220km north of Leonora. tion. Mr Moore said the mining industry Managing director Ian Mulholland already trains its workers and “some pro- said Rox had drilled seven reverse circu- jects are so big the levy would be very on- lation holes and now one diamond hole erous”, particularly Chevron’s $52 at Camelwood with all hitting sulphide billion Gorgon project. mineralisation. “The Nationals hang their hat on “This indicates a large body of miner- Royalties for Regions but any diminution alisation that is still open at depth and in the amount of work being done by the along strike,” Mr Mulholland said. mining industry would reduce the num- Assay results are expected next month. ber of royalties being received,” Mr Rox shares closed at 8.2 cents yesterday Moore said. after touching a peak of 9.8 cents mid- “I am quite perplexed Wendy Duncan session.

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