Sending a message: Deb Porter says miners are not welcome. Picture: Michael Copp
RESIDENTS opposed to Mantle Mining's coal exploration program around Bacchus Marsh will "lock the gates" of their properties to keep the drillers at bay.
Landowners will hang large signs at their gates, saying a person's right to enter is "expressly withdrawn".
It's the latest move in an escalating community campaign against the miner's 15-hole drilling program and long-term plans to start a mine.
At a meeting last Tuesday, Moorabool Environment Group joined forces with the Lock the Gate Alliance, a nationwide anti-mining movement which promotes the display of signs.
Lock the Gate has spearheaded a major campaign in Queensland and NSW to stop the expansion of the coal-seam gas industry.
The decision to join the movement followed Mantle Mining's announcement to the stock exchange that preliminary coal tests from two bore holes in the area had exceeded expectations.
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