The Reefton Restoration Project has been rehabilitating the former Globe Process Mine just outside the Buller town of Reefton for several years The project has involved extensive waste rock land forming installation of a passive water treatment system spreading of topsoil and planting of over 800 000 native seedlings with pest and predator
The site is situated seven kilometres southeast of the small town of Reefton in the Victoria Forest Park New Zealand s largest conservation area at 1 800 km was home to New Zealand s 1860 s gold rush and as a result it was the first town in the Southern Hemisphere to have a public supply of electricity
Few places will feel the pain more than Reefton Oceana Gold s now closed Globe Progress mine produced more than 610 000 ounces of gold over 10 years with export receipts of over $1 billion about 20% of total gold production in New Zealand for that decade
HISTORY OF MINING AND CLOSURE AT REEFTON EARLY GOLD Gold was discovered on the West Coast of New Zealand s South Island in the 1860s Fortune seekers flocked from around the globe seeking alluvial gold; tiny grains and nuggets washed down rivers and creeks In the hills around Reefton there was another form of gold trapped in the solid
On the west coast of the South Island the Company operates the Reefton Gold Mine On the north island of New Zealand the Company acquired the Waihi Gold Mine; the transaction has now received regulatory approval and is expected to close on 30 October 2015
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Oceana Gold NZ Ltd s Globe Progress mine Reefton comprises a curvilinear shear zone which is host to mesothermal gold bearing quartz lodes The Main Lode in Globe Progress Pit contains a distinct mineralized zone the Globe Progress shear zone which locally hosts antimony in the form of stibnite Sb2S3
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The mining town of Reefton is sited on river flats where the Inangahua River leaves its narrow gorge through the Victoria Range Originally a gold mining town it became a centre for coal mining in the 20th century Gold mining became dominant again in 2008 when a large opencast pit was opened by Oceana Gold
740 000 ounces of gold from 1908 until the shaft collapsed and the mine was closed in 1951 Oceana s calendar production remains at up to 425 000oz from its mines at Macraes in East Otago Waihi in the North Island and Didipio in the northern Philippines A South Carolina development mine will come into production next year
The Reefton mine closed in 2016 and the area is being restored Using this item Oceana Gold This item has been provided for private study purposes such as school projects family and local history research and any published reproduction print or electronic may infringe copyright law It is the responsibility of the user of any material to
2 OceanaGold is to take full control of mining at its Reefton Gold Mine from April 1 and says there will be a significant increase in mining operations at Reefton 79km northeast of Greymouth this
Abandoned mining town Waiuta near Reefton site of the Prohibition and Blackwater mines on the West Coast A preliminary economic assessment completed by Oceana Gold in 2014 concluded it
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VANCOUVER BC Aug 9 2024 /CNW/ OceanaGold Corporation TSX OGC OTCQX OCANF "OceanaGold" or the "Company" regrets to inform that as reported in our second quarter results a contractor working at our Didipio Mine in the Philippines sustained serious head injuries while attempting to remove a metal blockage from a jaw crusher in late July
Our Haile Gold Mine is located in Kershaw South Carolina OceanaGold acquired Haile in 2015 the current operation was built and first gold was poured in January 2017 In 2023 the mine transitioned to both an open pit and underground operation and employs over 700 people For more information visit the Haile Mine website Quick facts
Reefton Restoration Project; Junction Reefs; El Dorado Project; Sustainability Report About Us Our Stories Operations Operations We have a portfolio of four operating mines the Haile Gold Mine in the United States of America; Didipio Mine in the Philippines; and the Macraes and Waihi operations in New Zealand Haile Gold Mine; Macraes
VANCOUVER BC Sept 14 2023 /CNW/ OceanaGold Corporation TSX OGC "OceanaGold" or the "Company" announces that it has mined first development ore from the Horseshoe Underground and is on track to deliver first stope ore in October 2023 at its Haile Gold Mine "Haile" in the United Company also provides an update in respect to open pit
VANCOUVER BC Oct 6 2024 /CNW/ OceanaGold Corporation TSX OGC OTCQX OCANF "OceanaGold" or the "Company" welcomes the inclusion of projects at both our Waihi and Macraes mines in the list of proposed projects under the New Zealand Government s Fast track Approvals Bill for regionally and nationally significant infrastructure and development
Reefton Restoration Project; Junction Reefs; El Dorado Project; Sustainability Report About Us Our Stories We are driven by our Purpose which is to mine gold for a better future This focus on the value we strive to create for our shareholders — our people the communities that host us our business partners and shareholders — informs