25 Jan 2022

Is the Gold Worth it?

From Nights, 7:12 pm on 25 January 2022

Patrick Phelps from Minerals West Coast joins us once again. he's taking a look at the extension of OceaniaGold's mine at Wharekirauponga, 10 kilometres north of Waihi. in the Coromandel which is causing a lot of controversy in the region and beyond.

The Wharekirauponga bush in the Coromandel where OceanaGold is planning an underground tunnel to mine gold.

Photo: Supplied / Coromandel Watchdog

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