Fermanagh and Omagh District Council is now trying to evict the office. Residents also started Greencastle People’s Office as a community base opposing the project. Local resident Emmet McAleer was recently elected as an Independent Councillor specifically to resist the project in local government. There have been public meetings and demonstrations, while campaigners have even locked themselves to exploratory drilling equipment. Groups such as Save our Sperrins, Cooperate against mining in Omagh (CAMIO), Love Tyrone and Communities Against Mining are taking action in any and all ways they can. If the project gets permission, construction could begin in 2020.Įxperience from the rest of the world shows gold mining can have devastating impacts on the environment and public health and communities in the region are organising hard against the plans. This claim is dismantled by evidence of the owners’ behaviour around the world and their legacy of environmental devastation.ĭalradian submitted a 10,000 word planning application for the Curraghinalt mine in November 2017 to the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland. Dalradian state that “As in everything we do, we will leave the site responsibly, and sustainably”.Dalradian’s Directors – Brian Kelly, Keith McKay and Eric Tremblay – are also directors of Minco PLC, a company connected to controversial mining projects across the world.But the ultimate owner is Orion Resource Partners, a New York-based investment fund that was founded by financier Oskar Lewnowski.Its immediate parent company is Dalradian Resources Inc., registered in Canada. Dalradian Gold Ltd is a mineral exploration and development company focused on exploiting the Curraghinalt gold deposit in Northern Ireland.So who is behind Dalradian Resources, where do they get their money from – and how can the company be resisted? A Corporate Watch investigation into the company has found: Key points: Campaigners say that mining would poison the water table and rivers on the site. Much of the 120,000 hectares of land that have already been acquired by Dalradian lies within the Sperrin Mountains, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The company promises jobs and investment but local people fear the Curraghinalt mine will be a disaster for the area. Communities in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland have been resisting proposals by the US-owned company Dalradian Resources to build a gold mine in the county.

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