Toro Energy Limited (ASX:TOE) has taken another important step in the development of the Wiluna Uranium Project with the signing today of an agreement with the Wiluna People providing the consent of native title holders.

More than seven years of relationship building between the Wiluna People and Toro culminated in a community meeting at Wiluna to ratify the agreement.

Toro’s Managing Director, Dr Vanessa Guthrie, expressed the Company’s deep appreciation for the constructive approach the Wiluna People had taken to the development of their relationship with Toro and the negotiation of the mining agreement.

The agreement recognises opportunities for a range of business and employment initiatives. Toro has already provided funding to build the capacity of the Wiluna People to undertake environmental and radiation monitoring. Both Toro and the Wiluna People aspire to extend this into other areas of environmental work such as groundwater monitoring, mine closure and rehabilitation.