A wide range of information about activities at Martha and Favona is presented on this website. New items of interest will appear in the Updates.
Sections which feature this logo link to educational resources. Click on the logo to access or use the Educational Resources site map at the bottom of this page.
You can visit the Education Centre on line, or in person in Waihi.
Please note: for specific requests for information you should write to:
The Education Officer
Newmont Waihi Gold Ltd
PO Box 190
Waihi
New Zealand.or email us
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SITE MAP
- timeline
- the original Martha
- the Victoria Battery
- the Cornish Pumphouse
- the Cornish Pumphouse: extracts from the past
- Cornish Pumphouse on the move
- regional geology - a recipe for gold
- geology of Martha Mine
- geology of the waste disposal area
- overview
- the gold and silver recovery process
- the open pit
- introduction
- pit design and pit wall stability
- geological sampling
- mining
- dewatering
- monitoring
- peer review panel
- crushing & conveying
- Processing Plant
- introduction
- grinding & sizing
- leaching & adsorption
- precious metals recovery
- Waste Disposal Area
- waste rock and tailings characteristics
- tailings storage facilities
- embankment design
- surface water and stormwater
- embankment zoning
- acid drainage control
- hydrogeology
- subsurface drainage
- processes of water movement
- construction control and monitoring
- long term management of the tailings storage facilities
- mine vehicles
- from open pit to recreational lake
- from Waste Disposal Area to pasture, plantings and ponds
- rehabilitation - other areas
- closure and post closure
- rehab, closure & bonds (4.2MB PDF)
- How do I register a complaint or concern about Newmont's operations in Waihi?
- We welcome your feedback about noise
- We welcome your feedback about vibration
- Funding Criteria
- Social Impacts of Closure of Newmont Waihi Gold operations.
October 2009 (1MB PDF) Prepared by CSRM, University of Queensland - Mining and the Community
- Wild about Waihi.
- Martha Mine's Community Story, AusIMM 2000, Mike Slight
- Beyond Compliance: Newmont Waihi Gold's environmental, heritage and community initiatives 2007 (.5MB PDF)
- Social Impact Assessment 2006 (5.4MB PDF)
- Newmont Asia Pacific Policies
- Waihi: New Zealand's Heart of Gold, AusIMM 2006, Adriaan van Kersen (PDF)
- The Challenges of Success, AusIMM 2007, Glen Grindlay (PDF)
- Green Gold: if not here, where? AusIMM 2008, Glen Grindlay (PDF)
- Western Layback Survey July-August 2008 (PDF)
- Beyond the Mine 2007 (1.6MB PDF), Newmont Waihi Gold's Sustainability report for 2007 (released November 2008)
- Operating Scenarios When will the mine close? Are there any other projects are planned?
- APAC Policies: Newmont policies on Environment, Health, Safety & Loss Prevention, Social Responsibility (PDF)
- Getting On with the Neighbours (3.5 MB PDF)
ECONOMICS & EMPLOYMENT
- assaying: how does the mine determine the amount of gold and silver in the rock during mining and processing?
- gold refining: what happens to the gold and silver after it leaves Martha Mine?
- pH and acid drainage
- cyanide
EAST LAYBACK PROPOSALS
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
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