The mining and exploration company, which has recently announced the Conrad silver and Elsmore tin projects in the Inverell district, is hoping this will be one of many donations to the community.

Managing director Garry Lowder said he wanted to be able to help the community where he could.

“With the nature of mining and exploration, we may one day have to call on the services of the VRA, which is why we wanted to help them out,” Mr Lowder said.

“We are also hoping to keep in contact with the VRA so we can help them out where we can.”

Inverell Rescue Squad volunteer Des Clark said the money would go towards fitting out the new truck for the squad.

“We are pleased about the donation and we appreciate Malachite’s generosity,” Mr Clark said.