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This video provides a recording of GCM’s Community Information and Listening Webinar held on 15 October 2025.

Our November newsletter features a message from Community and Stakeholder Lead Mick Harrington, updates on the Young Farmers Program, early plans for a Mining and Rehabilitation Demonstration Pit (MRDP), details of the new Rail Taskforce, and more.

Gippsland Critical Minerals (GCM) has appointed local East Gippslander Mick Harrington as East Gippsland Community and Stakeholder Lead, reinforcing the company’s long-term commitment to open, two-way dialogue across the region. A lifelong East Gippslander, Mick brings a background in forestry, agriculture and regional advocacy and a reputation for straight-talking engagement with communities across Australia. He … Read more

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