Gippsland Critical Minerals (GCM), Media Release, 11 May 2026
Gippsland Critical Minerals (GCM) has launched live weather monitoring on its website, giving the East Gippsland community real-time access to on-site conditions at the Fingerboards Project.
Available now via the Monitoring and Studies page, the live feed draws data from two on-site weather stations: one south-west of the Fingerboards intersection and a second on the Mitchell River plateau, installed in response to feedback from landholders and community.
Readings update throughout the day and include wind speed and direction, temperature, rainfall, humidity, air pressure, dew point and solar radiation.
Community members can view current conditions or track trends over the past 3 hours, 24 hours, 5 days or 7 days, with each measure explained in plain English, so anyone visiting the page can make sense of the data without needing a technical background.
The same data is also informing independent technical studies underway as part of the Environment Effects Statement (EES), including air quality, surface water and ecological assessments.
GCM Project Manager Allison Heskey said the live feed is a practical step to make more project information directly accessible to the community.
“Transparency is vital to how we engage with the East Gippsland community. This gives people a simple way to see what’s happening on site, when it’s happening, in their own time,” Ms Heskey said.
“Local conditions matter, particularly when activities are underway. Sharing this data openly is the right approach, and the same data is informing the technical studies that will sit at the heart of the EES.”
The launch follows a week of on-site environmental work at Fingerboards, where contractors for lead environmental consultant AECOM installed shallow bores targeting dune sands on GCM-owned land to investigate potential ‘perched’ groundwater across the project area.
The work responds to questions raised by the local community and will improve understanding of how groundwater, surface water and ecological values interact across the Fingerboards area.
Environmental investigations will continue next week, with ecology specialist GHD undertaking flora and fauna surveys, including a roadside survey along about 1.5 kilometres of the Bairnsdale-Dargo Road reserve south-east of Fingerboards on Tuesday 12 May.
Traffic control and reduced speed limits will be in place on Bairnsdale-Dargo Road during these works. GCM asks drivers to take care and follow all signage in the area.
The live weather feed is available at gippslandcriticalminerals.com/environment/monitoring-studies. For questions about site activities or monitoring, contact 1800 791 396 or contactus@gippslandcriticalminerals.com.
Find the series of stories relating to the Fingerboards Project including statements by Gippsland Critical Minerals and the community action group opposing the project, Mine Free Glenaladale here: Fingerboards Mineral Sands
