Gippsland Critical Minerals (GCM) places community engagement at the heart of how we operate. We value open dialogue and welcome the many perspectives that help shape the Fingerboards Project. We are aware of an event being promoted by a statewide anti-mining protest group on 8 October. Community members have every right to gather and share … Read more
Gippsland Critical Minerals (GCM) has supplied more than 1,300 acres of farmland on reduced-rate leases, backing local industry and ensuring the next generation of East Gippsland farmers continue to grow and thrive. Through discounted three-year leases, with an option for a further three, the Young Farmer Program gives local talent secure land access at up … Read more
In early 2026, Gippsland Critical Minerals (GCM) will build a Mining and Rehabilitation Demonstration Pit (MRDP), to provide clear evidence, under real conditions, of how the Fingerboards Project can be mined, refilled and restored. Designed to replicate mining methods and provide robust, scientifically valid data, the MRDP is a best practice undertaking that will provide … Read more
Gippsland Critical Minerals (GCM) has today announced the formation of a new Freight Rail Taskforce (FRT) after preliminary studies confirmed that the proposed new mine will create the ‘base load’ needed to underpin a Melbourne to Bairnsdale freight rail service. The studies, undertaken as part of the redesign and rescope of the Fingerboards Critical Minerals Project, … Read more
Click here to read the full Fingerboards Newsletter: Throughout June and July, our team has been on the road conducting community drop-in sessions across East Gippsland and Wellington Shires, listening to local residents, business owners, and community groups. These sessions have been honest, meaningful, sometimes challenging, and always insightful. The feedback we received has been … Read more
Click here to read the full Fingerboards Newsletter: As global conversations continue around international relations, supply chains, and clean energy, the significance of the Fingerboards resource, and the critical minerals it contains, has never been clearer. But while those discussions take place in boardrooms and high offices across the country and around the world, Gippsland … Read more
Gippsland Critical Minerals has expanded its Community Reference Group (CRG), with five new members joining to further strengthen local representation for the Fingerboards Critical Minerals Project. Now comprising 16 members, this expanded group reinforces GCM’s ongoing commitment to community engagement at every stage of the project’s development. The CRG was established as a forum to … Read more
Gippsland Critical Minerals held the third meeting of its Community Reference Group at the Lindenow South Football Netball Club on Friday, 8 August 2025. Below is a link to the slides presented by the GCM team at the meeting.
Following our winter ecology survey, our recent work has seen us installing a wide range of monitoring stations to provide baseline data and information about air quality, surface water and weather. In the coming weeks, this will include installing a second weather station near the site of our proposed demonstration pit, providing GCM with a … Read more
At its meeting on 8 August 2025, the GCM Community Reference Group reviewed and approved the Meeting Notes of its previous meeting held on 13 June 2025. Following their approval by CRG members, GCM is pleased to now make the Meeting Notes available.
