Mount Gibson Iron has recruited 49 Aboriginal personnel to work on the reconstructed Koolan Island Iron Ore project.

Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation (DAC) is planning to appoint a ranger co-ordinator to help deliver land and sea management outcomes for the Dambimangari Native Title Claim area.

The Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation Office will be closing for the Christmas-New Year break on Wednesday, December 19, reopening on Monday January 14, 2019.

Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation Chairperson Rowena Mouda will act as Chief Executive Officer while the DAC recruits a new CEO to replace Ken O’Neill.

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting for Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation will be held as follows: 

DATE of AGM: Wednesday, 7th November 2018. 

Latest Koolan jobs - All Round Operator, Process Operators, Mine Technician, Processing Supervisor and Service Person – for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

The company planning the Thunderbird Mineral Sands Project in the Kimberley region, Sheffield Resources, is planning a round of consultation and engagement in September and October, ahead of a two-year construction program. Located midway between Derby and Broome, Thunderbird is a large-scalelong life mineral sands mining and processing project with low environmental impacts and long term economic and community benefits.

Mount Gibson Iron has listed a new tranche of jobs for the Koolan Iron Project, with a special emphasis on recruitment of Danbimangari Aboriginal Corporation members.

Dambimangari is seeking government intervention to protect Cockatoo island and the surrounding marine environment.