JamesGreen
JamesGreen
09/17/10
Omagh Churches Forum
In a recent Ulster Herald article from 09/09/2010, Mr Bob Lingwood, speaking on behalf of the Omagh Churches Forum, has been singing the praises of Cavanacaw Goldmine management from high heaven. We too are well aware of the importance of job creation and decent working conditions for people, and broadly speaking wouldn't disagree with him on this point, but in our opinion if the truth be told, never did the Lord inflict such an ungodly company on anybody as when He gave us Omagh Minerals.
I take it that as spokesperson for the Omagh Churches Forum you consider yourself a good Christian man Mr Lingwood, but how Christian an act is it to support a company who illegally removed up to 500,000 tons of contaminated waste rock which was then buried under the Aughnacloy bypass, undoubtedly poisoning the drinking water of Gods children for many years to come?
How Christian an act is it to support a company who in doing so, did up to half a million pounds worth of damage to the local roads infrastructure as figures released by DRD now show, and left the people of Tyrone to pay for it?
How Christian an act is it to support a company who have stockpiled a further estimated million tons of their contaminated waste rock which can be seen for miles, intent on supplying it, we are told, to the new A5 Dual Carriageway, poisoning more of Gods children between Omagh and Sion Mills? I hope the Lord finds in His goodness to forgive you for supporting these people Mr Lingwood, but I doubt if the children of Tyrone ever will.
Furthermore, Omagh Minerals are currently being pursued by HMRC for £330,000 of unpaid aggregate levy in relation to the rock removal scandal, they have made a number of appearances recently at Omagh Court because of a water pollution incident, on top of that the company’s own figures show that the almost exhausted Kearney vein which supposedly contained 92,000 proven ounces of gold, has so far only produced 17,500 oz a shortfall of some 70,000 oz valued at £56,000,000 at today’s prices. Is it any wonder that their 2009 accounts are showing deficits in the millions? We believe that the people of Omagh will once again be picking up the tab for this company in the not too distant future.
Cavanacaw Residents Group
