Efforts to get major mining project off ground, deliver country's critical minerals deal | ABC NEWS

The Northern Territory government has called in its economic development czar to get the high-stakes Arafura Rare Earths project in central Australia off the ground.

The $1.6 billion critical minerals project has been given "significant project status" giving Territory Coordinator Stuart Knowles his full suite of powers to get the project approvals signed. Joseph Hathaway Wilson has this report for ABC News Northern Territory.

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