Why Tasmanian Farmers Might Get Paid in a Trade with a Rare Earths Miner: Dr Mark Cooksey.

Tasmanian farmers sell into a market with very few buyers, which is a weak position to negotiate from.

Dr Mark Cooksey runs ABx Group, exploring for rare earths in northern Tasmania — some of it under farmland he would like access to.

That's a trade.

This conversation is about what a fair version looks like.

Mark is direct about what farmers might fear: damage to land, losing access to it, groundwater.

He explains why he thinks mining could leave some land better than before mining.

Whether the trade is worth making is the farmer's call.