Multi-national company seeking fast track to prolong life of Otago gold mine

Checkpoint · Sep 10, 2026 · 4m

A multi-national company is seeking to fast track plans to prolong the life of its Otago gold mine for the next decade. OceanaGold's fast-track application wants to expand the existing open pit and underground areas at Macraes mine, revisit previously mined ground and process stockpiled low-grade ore. The company says the extension will produce about 130-thousand ounces of gold a year and support hundreds of jobs, but Forest and Bird has concerns. Tess Brunton has more.