Australia, 26th Aug 2026 – WT Compensation Lawyers, a prominent provider of personal injury legal services, has confirmed that its Brisbane practice continues to act for employees progressing statutory claims through Queensland’s workers compensation scheme. The firm reports sustained demand for assistance at the application, medical assessment, and common law stages, particularly among workers uncertain about how procedural decisions early in a claim affect entitlements available later.

Queensland’s workers compensation arrangements operate under the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003, which establishes a statutory scheme administered by WorkCover Queensland and by employers licensed to self-insure. The scheme provides for weekly payments, reasonable medical and rehabilitation expenses, and, where an injury results in permanent impairment, a lump sum payment calculated by reference to an assessed degree of impairment. Access to those benefits does not depend on establishing employer fault, which distinguishes the statutory pathway from a common law damages claim.

Workers seeking statutory benefits are generally required to lodge an application for compensation within six months of the entitlement arising, which is typically the date a doctor first assesses the injury and issues a work capacity certificate. Applications lodged outside that period may still be considered in defined circumstances, though acceptance is not automatic. Once a claim is accepted, the insurer manages rehabilitation and payment of benefits until the injury is assessed as stable and stationary, at which point a notice of assessment is issued setting out the degree of permanent impairment.

“The statutory scheme is structured so that a worker can lodge and manage a claim without representation, and many do so without difficulty,” said Jonathan Wu, Owner of WT Compensation Lawyers. “The complications tend to arise where an injury is disputed, where a claim is rejected on medical grounds, or where the assessed degree of impairment does not reflect the practical effect of the injury on a person’s capacity to work. Those situations carry consequences that are not always apparent at the time a decision is made.”

The notice of assessment stage is a significant point in the process because it requires an election. A worker who receives a lump sum offer in respect of an injury assessed below twenty per cent impairment must decide whether to accept that payment or defer it in order to pursue common law damages. Accepting the offer in those circumstances ends the entitlement to damages for the same injury. Workers assessed at twenty per cent or above may accept the lump sum and still pursue a damages claim.

Common law claims proceed under a separate pre-court procedure requiring a notice of claim for damages, disclosure of medical and financial material, and a compulsory conference at which the parties exchange mandatory final offers. Damages in these matters may account for past and future economic loss, care requirements, and general damages assessed under statutory scales. A three-year limitation period generally applies from the date of injury, and claimants who allow that period to expire without commencing proceedings or securing an extension can lose the right to pursue damages entirely.

WT Compensation Lawyers operates from the Brisbane central business district and acts for workers across the metropolitan area and regional Queensland in claims involving manual handling injuries, falls, machinery incidents, psychological injury, and industrial deafness. The firm assists with applications for compensation, reviews of rejected claims through the Workers’ Compensation Regulator, responses to notices of assessment, and common law damages matters. Files are handled under conditional costs arrangements, and initial claim assessments are conducted without charge.

Psychological injury claims form a growing portion of the firm’s workload, reflecting a broader trend across the Queensland scheme. Such claims carry additional evidentiary requirements, including the exclusion of injuries arising from reasonable management action taken in a reasonable way, which is a frequent basis for rejection and subsequent review.

“Demand for advice on impairment assessments and damages claims is expected to remain steady as awareness of the election requirement improves,” said Wu. “The emphasis over the coming period will be on earlier engagement, so that time limits, medical evidence, and election decisions are addressed well before deadlines fall due rather than in the weeks immediately preceding them.”

WT Compensation Lawyers is a personal injury firm based at Level 54, 111 Eagle Street, Brisbane City. The practice acts in motor vehicle accident claims, workplace injury matters, public liability accidents, and Total and Permanent Disability insurance claims, and provides legal guidance shaped to the circumstances of each client. The firm has confirmed that its representation of employees within the Queensland workers compensation scheme continues as part of its established practice.

For additional information about the work of a workcover lawyer Brisbane and related developments in Queensland workplace injury law, contact WT Compensation Lawyers at Level 54, 111 Eagle Street, Brisbane City QLD 4000. Enquiries regarding the firm’s services, claim assessments, review applications, and consultation arrangements can be directed to (07) 3924 9544 or by email at info@wtlaw.com.au.

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Selkirk Copper Mines has released three significant updates over the past month, including an updated Mineral Resource Estimate for its Minto Project in Yukon. With copper prices up 50% and SCMI shares up approximately 300% since November 2025, the company is advancing exploration, engineering and mine planning toward a planned 2028 restart and a targeted 12–15 year mine life.

Canada, 26th Aug 2026 – Global Stocks News – Sponsored content disseminated on behalf of Selkirk Copper Mines. In the last month, Selkirk Copper Mines (TSXV: SCMI) (FRA: IO20) (OTCQX: SKRKF) issued three significant press releases, starting with the July 30, 2026 announcement of an updated Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) for the Minto Project in the Yukon, Canada.

Fourteen months ago, Selkirk First Nation (SFN) purchased the former Minto Mine out of bankruptcy, then partnered with the Frank Giustra-backed Fiore Group to form Selkirk Copper Mines.

The stock began trading on November 4, 2025. Since then, the price of copper has increased 50%, while the SCMI share price has risen approximately 300%. 

Selkirk Copper is derisking the Minto Project through exploration, resource expansion, engineering and mine planning, with the goal of establishing a 12-15 year mine life prior to a planned production restart in 2028.

Fresh data in the updated MRE is feeding into an updated Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA), which is expected to be published in Q3, 2026.

“This focused Phase 1 program has provided the mine planning and development team with significantly more material in the Measured & Indicated Resource categories on which to build integrated mine plans that will inform our targeted 12-15 year mine life at 4,100 tonnes per day mill feed,” stated Colin Joudrie, Selkirk Copper President & CEO, in the July 30, 2026 press release.

“Growing the Measured and Indicated Resource category by 280% in our Phase 1 drill program supports the overall restart program objectives and strongly suggests that we have the opportunity to further upgrade and enhance the quality of the copper-gold-silver mineralized lenses.”

“We have developed an enhanced understanding of the geology and structural controls of the sixty-nine mineralized lenses, which has created a coherent and actionable drill targeting methodology that has resulted in the discovery of several new lenses of high-grade copper-gold-silver mineralization within the mine footprint.”

“We look forward to integrating results of our Phase 2 50,000-metre drill program, of which 37,000 metres of drilling has already been completed, into the growing Inferred, Indicated, and Measured Resources on the Minto Project. The Phase 2 program will support a feasibility study scheduled to start in Q3 2026,” concluded Joudrie.

On August 17, 2026, Selkirk announced the launch of a scoping study to evaluate options to safely, environmentally responsibly, and sustainably ship critical mineral concentrates through the Port of Skagway, pursuant to a Funding Agreement entered into by the Parties on July 17, 2026.

The Skagway port provides tidewater access to Pacific and Asian markets. That is strategically important. China buys 20% of Canada’s copper exports. Prior to the mine’s closure in 2023, the Minto ore was shipped across the Pacific Ocean to Japan.

Earlier in 2026, Skagway received notice their application for a Port Infrastructure Development Program grant was approved, providing US$38.6 million in US Federal funds towards the construction of a new industrial dock, which could be used for the loading of mineral concentrates.

Selkirk Copper will provide funding up to US$200,000 to complete the Scoping Study to establish a critical mineral shipping methodology that meets the needs of Skagway and its citizens as well as the future shipping requirements of Selkirk Copper.

“Creating a modern, cost-effective, and environmentally responsible option to ship Selkirk Copper’s high-value copper-gold-silver concentrate to the global market is a critical part of our mine restart strategy,” stated Joudrie.

“The Port of Skagway is an integral part of tourism, industry, and commerce in Southeast Alaska and the Yukon Territory,” stated Orion Hanson, Mayor, Municipality of Skagway. “Working with Selkirk Copper presents Skagway with the opportunity to assist in responsibly delivering critical mineral concentrates to market in a mode that meets the needs of the citizens of Skagway.”

Above: Port of Skagway

On August 20, 2026, Selkirk announced additional results from the Phase 2 drill program, which began in May 2026, at the Minto Project in Yukon, Canada.

“The Phase 2 program, led by the exploration and development team, continues to expand known zones of mineralization in the central mine area with very good grade copper-gold-silver intercepts over mineable widths at Minto North and Area 118,” stated Joudrie.

“In the last 11 months, Selkirk Copper has completed over 97,000 metres of diamond drilling and is on track to exceed 100,000 metres by the end of August,” added Joudrie.

“Copper’s roughly 50% surge over the past year is looking less like a traditional commodities cycle and more like a structural squeeze as mine shortages collide with rising demand from power grids, AI and defense”, stated Sprott Asset Management analyst Jacob White. 

“The metal has climbed from below $10,000 per metric tonne over the past year and has continued setting records this month, recently reaching about $14,545 per tonne.”

In this July 2, 2026, Crux Investor interview, “Restart Developer Targets Mid-2028 Production”, Selkirk Copper CEO Colin Joudrie describes the pathway to production.

“We’re a copper, gold, silver mine opportunity that’s targeting a restart of production of a high-quality copper-gold concentrate by mid-2028,” Joudrie told Crux Investor. “We have the benefit of significant above-ground resources, including infrastructure and camp facilities. We’ve completed a drill campaign that is augmenting our understanding of the resource so that we can get to that targeted 12 to 15 year mine life.”

References

1 See Technical Report “NI 43-101 2025 Mineral Resource Estimate Update for the Minto Property, Yukon, Canada” prepared by Moose Mountain Technical Services and submitted to Venerable Ventures Limited; original effective date of 2025-04-07; subsequently amended on 2025-10-08; filed and available on SEDAR+ (sedarplus.ca).

2 See Technical Report “NI 43-101 Preliminary Economic Assessment Technical Report; Minto, Yukon, Canada” prepared by JDS Energy & Mining Incorporated and submitted to Minto Explorations Limited; effective date March 31, 2021; filed and available on SEDAR+ (sedarplus.ca).

Technical aspects of this news release have been reviewed, verified and approved by Leif Bailey, P.Geo., Director of Geoscience & Exploration of Selkirk Copper Mines Inc., who is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.

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