In a plan unveiled late last night and approved under the Government’s Fast Track Approval‘s Act 2024 permission has been granted to a gold mining company to begin excavation of a small opencast mine in the Recreation Reserve adjacent to the Omarama Hall. The Act makes it faster and easier to get resource consent and other regulatory approvals for mining, housing, urban development, and infrastructure and has been used to fast-track other gold mining consents in the region. While little information was available publicly last night, rumours have been circulating New Zealand First leader Winston Peters together with Associate Energy ...
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