2011

The Waihi Gold Update is a fortnightly newsletter designed to inform the public about our operations.
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29 December 2011
Our year in 2011
  - a photographic summary of the year's events

 

14 December 2011
Golden Link - consultation progress December 2011
What are some of the main points?
  - Independent panels
  - Property sales and 'top-ups'
  - We break, we pay
  - Insurance
  - Amenity Effect Programme
  - School, kindergarten, day care centres
  - The 'green fund'
  - Community improvement fund
Where can I find a copy of "Golden Link - consultation progress December 2011"?

30 November 2011
What's in it for Waihi?
  - What has modern mining done for our town and district?
Golden Link shop hours
Q&A
  - How reliable is the information gained from Newmont's telephone poll?
  - Why did we poll when we did?
Property and Community Improvements
  - Our response to your feedback will be available mid December
Waihi's Gold FM
  - A weekly interview aired live on Waihi radio

23 November 2011
Dust
  - What steps do we take to manage dust on our site?
  - How do we rate when compared with other Waikato towns?
  - Other influences

16 November 2011
What's that noise?
  - What do we do currently to control noise?
  - What else are we doing or planning to do to control noise?
  - The consent conditions
  - Sound monitoring - the standards
Q&A - What is dBA?

9 November 2011
In the wee small hours
  - a noise complaint is recorded in the community engagement telephone logbook
Pit operating 24/7? The facts
  - open pit operations will continue at the current permitted hours if the Martha Exploration Project goes ahead
We're talking ... and listening
  - communication and consultation about Golden Link proposals
Favona underground mine tours

2 November 2011
Telephone poll - some findings from our July survey of 500 residents
  - Benefits of mining
  - Disadvantages of mining
  - Understanding of the Amenity Effect Programme
"Golden Link: Your Views October 2011" - we welcome your comments and further suggestions
Calling all absent homeowners - despite our best efforts to keep homeowners informed, we may have missed some people.

26 October 2011
Telephone poll - some findings from our July survey of 500 residents
  - Benefits of mining
  - Disadvantages of mining
  - Understanding of the Amenity Effect Programme
"Golden Link: Your Views October 2011" - we welcome your comments and further suggestions
Calling all absent homeowners - despite our best efforts to keep homeowners informed, we may have missed some people.

19 October 2011
What lies beneath? - Many towns and cities around the world have tunnels and services underground
Get to the bottom of it - Favona Mine tours
Correnso vibration testing - last week's trial blasts
What do you think? - Please return your feedback forms

12 October 2011
Correnso vibration testing - Why, when, where, how, etc
Ten times more - trials are not typical of normal operations
Martha Exploration Project applications lodged
"Golden Link: Your Views October 2011" - a summary of your suggestions to date

5 October 2011
Golden Link - Where are we up to? (visits, meetings, displays...)
What happens next?
 - discussion document "Golden Link: Your Views, October 2011"
 - a summary of questions and answers
Correnso vibration tests October 12 and 13 2011
Q&A - How does the high price of gold affect mining in Waihi?

28 September 2011
Mining then vs mining now
Top down (then) vs bottom up (now)
Open stopes (then) vs backfilling (now)
Martha Exploration Project Q&A
 - How big is the MEP and will the tunnels be underneath residential properties?
 - What variations to the Mining Licence are required for MEP?
 - Where are the trial stopes in MEP?
Golden Link information office hours

21 September 2011
Properties are safe
Dewatering
Historic dewatering
Questions and answers
- maintaining property values
- getting the right information
To find out more

14 September 2011
Correnso and Martha Exploration Project
Your views
Maintaining property values
The Amenity Effect Programme
Questions and answers
To find out more

7 September 2011
Correnso and Martha Exploration Project
Golden Link - Where are we up to?
And what happens next?
Call us
New website www.marthamine.co.nz
Seven ways to find out more

31 August 2011
Golden Link
Property
Dust
Insurance
Amenity Effect Programme
Blasting vibration
Seven ways to find out more

24 August 2011
Waihi Heritage Alliance
Waihi Arts Centre and Museum
Victoria Battery Tramway Society Inc.
Waihi Heritage Vision

10 August 2011
Waihi Community Vision
Vision Waihi Trust

27 July 2011
The Underground Mine Cycle
Backfilling Underground

13 July 2011
Ornithologists visit is for the birds
In the swim (Annual mid winter Walrus Race)
Is that the phone? (phone polling by Newmont Waihi Gold)

29 June 2011
Good as Gold (Newmont at Fieldays)
Newmont at Education Expo
Measuring Groundwater

15 June 2011
Workplace Accidents
ACC
If it Can't be Done Safely ...
Hazards Underground

1 June 2011
Really Useful Stuff
Changes at Mill in 2012
International Audits

18 May 2011
Crushing & Conveying
On the Horns of a Dilemma
Water Stories

4 May 2011
Ground Survey (CSAMT)
Autumn on the Pit on Walkway

20 April 2011
Progress at Trio
Greening Up
Thumbs Up for Icon
Best Corporate Citizen List

6 April 2011
Earthquakes and Tailings Dams
Old-time Miners Reunite

23 March 2011
Focus on Photographs
East Layback
Storage 2 Planting Trial

9 March 2011
Lots of reasons to visit Waihi
Beach Hop
ECHO Walking Festival
Nugget Multisport Event
Miners' Reunion

23 February 2011
Investing in our community
How to apply for donations and sponsorships
How we allocate funds

8 February 2011
The Nugget Multisport Festival

25 January 2011
Trio mine consents granted
A hive of activity
Promising season for dotterels on Coromandel Peninsula
Extended hours

11 January 2011
Wet, wet, wet!
From tailings storage to wetland
Water birds
Reusing and reycling water
Tailings defined
Extended hours
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