2005

The Waihi Gold Update is a fortnightly newsletter designed to inform the public about our operations.
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27 December
Highlights 2005

13 December
Exploration
Pumphouse Progress

29 November
Cornish Pumphouse
Newmont Australia Excellence Awards
Pit Rim Walkway
Closure Update

15 November
From Open Pit to Recreational Lake
Waihi Gold Mining Education Trust

1 November
Mineral Permitting
Pumphouse Progress
Newmont's Exploration Programme

18 October
Presplitting
Different Rock – Different Treatment
Pumphouse Progress
Oresome Wearable Arts Waihi 2005

4 October
Bridge to Bridge Riparian Planting
HELP
Pumphouse Progress

20 September
The Pumphouse
GoldFest 2005

6 September
Favona: Life underground, the portal and decline, a typical work cyccle underground

23 August
Beyond Martha: Closing the Open Pit

9 August
Addressing community complaints

26 July
Beyond Martha: working towards Waihi's golden legacy

12 July
Favona: underground mining returns to Waihi

28 June
Pumphouse Investigations

14 June
What's happening around the Pumphouse?
Scrub clearing, drilling, site preparation, cone penetration tests, where to from here?

31 May
Pumphouse progress
Pumphouse past
Gold and silver: Made in Waihi

17 May
Just ducking in for a visit
Waihi Lions Club donates Open Day money
Maori Television goes for gold at Martha Mine
Exploration drill rig tours
Exploring for Gold on video and DVD
Want to get hold of your own 'bar of gold'?

3 May
Ten years of HELP
ECHO Festival walk under Union Hill

19 April
Community Consultative Committee makes progress as Martha Mine winds down.
Rare opportunity offered as part of Echo Walking Festival
Thunderbirds are gone: Fleet reduction at Development Site

12 April
Asha Jogia: graduate environmental officer
Waihi Gold commits to Cyanide Management Code certification
This job is for the birds: wildlife monitoring
The dotterels friend: Gary Choat
Once in 50 years: the Easter rainstorm

29 March
Seventeenth Miners' Reunion
Cheque this out: Waihi Lions Club presents Open Day cheque
Ngati Tamatera hui
Enviroschools Expo

15 March
Favona decline construction
MCEP: Mining Certification Evaluation Project
Fantail Garden – producing green from gold
Mark Samson: Golden Legacy & Closure Manager

1 March
Martha Mine Open Day 27 February

15 February
Favona residents visit site
Young Explorers – staff children on site
Learning the drill
Business as usual – Decline construction company HWE in voluntary administration

1 February
Open Day proceeds to benefit tsunami relief
Popping in for a quick visit – visitors over the Christmas holiday period
Exploration drill rig tours

18 January
Application criteria for Local Community Support
Newmont Waihi Gold Support of Community Projects 2004
Funding the Future

5 January
2004: The Year in Pictures, Part 2
Martha Mine Pit Stability
Drill Rig Tours