The progress of a coal exploration licence at Denman will be the focus of a public meeting tomorrow.
Representatives from mining companies Coalworks and Boardwalk Resources will be at the information session to update residents on the Ferndale Exploration Project at Yarrawa, near Denman.
The project involves an exploration licence over a 3742 hectare-area located eight kilometres south-west of Denman.
Denman Chamber of Commerce president Craig Benjamin said the meeting was about keeping the community informed.
“It’s not a political meeting,” Mr Benjamin said.
“There are a lot of conflicting stories going around so we’ll have the people here from Coalworks and Boardwalk Resources to tell everyone where the project’s up to and then we’ll have questions and answers after they speak.
“If people have any concerns, these are the people to speak to.”
The information session will be held at Denman Memorial Hall in Ogilvie Street, starting at 5.30pm.
“It will go for about 1.5 hours and anyone can come along, but we would like to keep it to questions about Ferndale mine, not any other mines,” Mr Benjamin said.
Community members are invited to ask questions.
Mr Benjamin said community opinion about the potential mine was divided.
“Some are for it, some are against it, so it should be an interesting night,” Mr Benjamin said.
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