Exploration

Newmont Waihi Gold continues to explore for gold and is conducting a series of near-mine and regional exploration programmes.

Access the Crown Minerals website for an interactive permit map showing current mineral tenements.

Download a Crown Minerals Fact Sheet on gold deposits in New Zealand.

Find out about exploration activities, permits and land owners' rights. Exploring for Gold (2.8 MB)

Get an overview of the exploration process. Exploration Overview ( .5MB)

See the video: Gold Exploration on the Hauraki Goldfields

Schedule 4

In March 2010 the NZ Government released its discussion paper "Maximising our Mineral Potential:

Stocktake of Schedule 4 of the Crown Minerals Act and beyond" and called for submissions.

Read Newmont Waihi Gold's submission.

Waihi

Waihi township is situated near the east coast of the North Island, within ninety minutes’ drive of half the population of New Zealand, including the major cities of Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga and Rotorua.

Areas of natural beauty within the locality include the Karangahake Gorge, Waihi Beach and the coastline north and south.