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Oceana Gold Limited – Deepdell North Stage III project

​​​​​​​Waitaki District Council and Otago Regional Council have received the following applications for resource consent:

Waitaki District Council Resource Consent Application Number​: 

201.2019.1454

Otago Regional Council Resource Consent Application ​Number​: 

RM20.024​

Applicant: 

Oceana Gold Limited – Deepdell North Stage III project​

Site Location:

​Deepdell North Satge III Project element​Land Parcel​Record of Title​Owner
​Deepdell North stage III Pit​Part Section 12 Block VII Highlay SD​OT16B/855​OceanaGold
​Horse Flat WRS​Part Section 11 Block VII Highlay SD​OT16B/855​OceanaGold
​Horse Flat WRS​Section 10 Block VII Highlay SD​OT18C/1099​ ​OceanaGold
​Deepdell South Backfill​​Part Section 1 Block VIII Highlay SD​OT16B/854​ ​OceanaGold
​​Deepdell South Backfill​​Part Section 12 Block VII Highlay SD​OT16B/855​ ​OceanaGold
​Noise Bund​​​Lot 1 DP 22318​OT14C/1088​​CH and ML Howard
​Noise Bund​​​​Part Section 11 Block VII Highlay SD​​OT16B/855​ ​ ​OceanaGold

Proposal:

The applicant proposes to carry out open-cast gold mining adjoining Horse Flat Road approximately 3.6km from Macraes Flat township. The proposal is called the Deepdell North Stage III Project and includes: 

  • Extracting minerals and overburden to create a 38ha pit 
  • Depositing waste rock extracted from the pit to create a 70.6ha waste rock stack and to backfill the existing Deepdell South pit that overlooks the Golden Point Reserve 
  • Creating a pit lake following completion of the mining activity 
  • Hauling ore from the pit to the gold processing plant using the existing haul road along the old Golden Point Road alignment
  • Realigning an approximately 900m section of Horse Flat Road​

The estimated duration of mining is two years and a further year to complete rehabilitation.  The applicant proposes to reinstate that part of Golden Point Road south of Horse Flat Road for public use after rehabilitation is completed. 

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Submission period

Saturday 2nd May until Friday 29th May 2020


Applicants Address for service: 

Oceana Gold (New Zealand) Limited, by post at Oceana Gold (New Zealand) Limited, Attention: Duncan Ross, PO Box 5442, Moray Place, Dunedin 9058 or by email to Duncan.Ross@oceanagold.com​

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Application Documents

Decision Outcome​

​Decision Notice on Oceana Gold Limited – Deepdell North Stage III project​ (PDF, 10.6MB)​

Page reviewed: 04 Nov 2020 10:48am
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