60 Minutes New Zealand has done a piece about gold mining in New Zealand in response to the government's recent release of it's report of precious metals held within conservation land here. You can watch the video here. They were on site for two days filming so you can get a could look of where I work. Like most reports I've seen lately it is slightly imbalanced reporting with more weight given to the scaremongers amongst who think that there will be huge open casts mine dotting the landscape. Let's just say that at this point you're more likely to see nuclear power plants dotting the countryside than opencast mines. I won't go into too many details about what I dispute about the report but suffice it to say that some of the arguments are old and tired. I'm already planning another post about misinformation which seems to be the modus operandi of opposing sides to most of the more complicated issues here. It's funny sometimes that Newmont here in Waihi get a lot of the coverage. We aren't the biggest mine in New Zealand and there are already mines in operation that are on conservation land (82!) but little ole Waihi keeps getting the face time. I'm sure it has nothing to do with being only two hours from where the major newscenters are based in Auckland. But I digress. Anyways, enjoy the video if you haven't seen it already.
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