Newsletter, info sessions keep community up to date

Hunter Valley Operation’s (HVO) latest newsletter and upcoming community information sessions will keep the local community up to date with the mine’s operations and plans to continue mining until 2050.

The bi-annual newsletter has been hand delivered to local residents and a copy is also available from HVO’s website.

It has stories on

• HVO’s second year apprentices sprucing up a new play space at Branxton Preschool
• the first donations to five charities from the mine’s charity mining truck program
• Peter Constable, who recently retired after 53 years of service, leading other employees in walking the retired mammoth piece of mining equipment, Dragline 104, to its final resting place
• HVO’s support for Jerrys Plains’ resident Brian Atfield to ride 200km on horseback to help raise $500,000 to support kids’ safety in Australia.

HVO is holding two community information sessions in April. Local residents are welcome to come and have a cuppa and a chat with HVO team members about any aspect of the mine’s operations or its proposed Continuation Project.

HVO community information sessions

Saturday 13 April, 8-10am. 880 Maison Dieu Rd.
Tuesday 23 April, 6-9am. Jerrys Plains School of Arts Hall.

HVO holds information sessions twice a year.

Both the newsletter and information sessions coincide with the call for applications for Round 1 of HVO’s bi-annual community grants. Grants are available to support smaller scale community projects of not for profit groups in the Upper Hunter and Lower Hunter. Grant applications close April 30. To apply for a grant click here.