THE purported discovery of a rare frog should stop the proposed Fingerboards mineral sands minds from going ahead, opponents claim.
Volunteer researcher Brendan Casey says he has recorded multiple call events of the Giant Burrowing Frog (Heleioporus australiacus) on private land near the Fingerboards at Glenaladale.
The frog is listed as vulnerable to extinction within the federal Environment Biodiversity Conservation Act, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act.
The Fingerboards is the site of the proposed Kalbar mineral sands mine which will cover more than 2000 hectares of private and public land.
For more read Friday’s Gippsland Times.