![]() “Councils now impose more on applicants to demonstrate the degree of effects and require multiple peer reviews from independent consultants, which absolves the councils of any decision-making responsibility. ![]() “Consenting seems to be getting more complex each year, and councils are tending to adopt a more conservative approach to assessments. Mr Sycamore says the consenting process is complicated, but that is not unusual. “For a good portion of the proposed mining area, the riverbed is incised, set back from public space and in the rural environment, so there are few places where the dredge is actually visible.Īt the company’s request, its applications to the Otago Regional Council, the Central Otago District Council and the Queenstown Lakes District Council are publicly notified – allowing members of the public and other interested parties to have a say on the proposal. ![]() “It (the dredge) is painted in recessive colours and has worked on the Clutha River for the last ten years with no public complaints or social media outrage. Mining consultant Darryl Sycamore, who is acting for Cold Gold in the application process, says the company’s ongoing operation has been very discrete and he does not think it will be any different at its proposed new spot. ![]() ![]() Now, it is seeking resource consents to re-locate it upstream, between Luggate and the top of Lake Dunstan. A commercial gold mining company has its eye on dredging the upper Clutha/Mata-au River downstream from Wānaka, but it says its planned operation will be so discrete most people will not know it is there.Ĭold Gold Clutha Limited already runs its 24-metre dredge further on the river around the Millers Flat and Ettrick area, and it has done for the past decade. ![]()
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