No open-pit mines on Coromandel Forest Park, despite confusing fast-track listing

A misleading description of OceanaGold’s Waihi North Project in the Government’s newly released fast-track list suggested the company plans to turn native bush into open-pit mines, but the company says this is not the case.
The project, included as one of the first 149 to pass before an expert panel, was described on the official fast-track list as a “new open pit over multiple project sites at Wharekirauponga”, but the company told Newsroom this was an “appalling” miscommunication.