First published AUG 23, 2023 Updated 24 minutes ago Newsroom TiGa Minerals and Metals downplays community concerns about road hazards and environmental risks from a proposed West Coast sand-mining operation The Australian-based company hoping to mine the West Coast's Barrytown Flats for rare minerals says it's not about to rip the guts out of the coastal strip and its trucks will be less of a menace on the world-famous Coast Road than tourists in campervans. Barrytown residents and other locals opposed to the sand-mining proposal by TiGa Minerals and Metals have rallied to fight it and raised $20,000 for the cause.

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