Media Releases

4 June 2013
WERGI Media Statement

27 May 2013
Newmont Waihi Gold Media Statement on Correnso appeal to Environment Court

21 May 2013
Newmont Waihi Gold Media Statement Waihi West

7 May 2013
Newmont Waihi Gold Correnso Media Statement

7 May 2013
Decision by the Independent Commissioners’ Hearings Panel to carry out underground mining at Waihi, released Monday 6 May 2013 (6MB PDF)

24 December 2012
Media Statement Gladstone Road Properties

20 November 2012
Environment Court recommendation

20 November 2012
Martha Exploration Project Approved by Environment Court. 20 November 2012

15 November 2012
Newmont Waihi Gold transfers Puhipuhi exploration permit to De Grey Mining Ltd.

25 September 2012
Newmont Waihi Gold Redundancies
Newmont Waihi Gold announced on 25 September that is was beginning the process of consulting with staff and contractors about changes in the workforce that are likely to include a small number of redundancies.

29 August 2012
Truck fire investigation findings 29 August 2012
This report includes a description of the fire event, a summary of the key findings and corrective actions as a result of the investigation. (Note: some corrective actions listed were identified during the process of the investigation but were not necessarily related to the incident).

A separate review of staff actions was also conducted. A worker who was underground during the emergency response and did not follow procedures has been dismissed.