![Kathryn Warhurst, The Wilderness Society and Sam Regester, GetUp! deliver the resolution forms to Santos HQ in Adelaide. Kathryn Warhurst, The Wilderness Society and Sam Regester, GetUp! deliver the resolution forms to Santos HQ in Adelaide.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-agfeed/2073058.jpg/r0_0_1024_683_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
ANTI-coal seam gas (CSG) activists from North West NSW will travel to Santos’ annual general meeting in Adelaide this Friday, to argue for the abandonment of operations in the Pilliga.
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The group will debate a resolution to abandon the Narrabri gas project, in an attempt to prevent potential environmental damage to the Pilliga forest.
In March, a group of Santos shareholders banded together and raised sufficient support to force the company to hold a vote on the future of its controversial Narrabri CSG project.
The resolution was brought under section 249N of the Corporations Act, which states 100 shareholders holding at least a $500 parcel of shares are required to force a vote.
Santos will oppose the resolution, saying it has been driven by activists groups which misrepresent its operations.
Tambar Springs grazier and Gunnedah Shire councillor David Quince is planning to attend the AGM.
“Santos’s Narrabri Gas Project is the Trojan horse that threatens to expand out and destroy the Liverpool Plains and beyond,” Mr Quince said.
Gomeroi traditional owner and Narrabri community services worker Deborah Briggs is also heading to Adelaide.
“I’ve seen the damage that Santos coal seam gas has done to the Pilliga, the heart of our Gomeroi Nation. I don’t trust Santos with our precious country,” Ms Briggs said.
A spokeswoman for Santos told The Land in March the company “will treat a resolution as seriously as any other. But the company's Board will oppose this resolution and advise shareholders to do the same.
“And we remain confident that the development of gas resources in Australia can be done safely and sustainably.”
It is expected about a dozen residents from North West NSW will make the journey to Adelaide.
Meanwhile, NSW Planning and Assessment Commission will consider Santos’ proposal to expand its exploration activities at the Narrabri project.