Sams Creek Mine – potential threat to our drinking water and Te Waikoropupū Springs

“From a financial point of view, it is gold ore.

However, from an ecological viewpoint, it is an arsenic ore.” — Andrew Yuill

“The ecology problem, or risk, is that if the waste heap leaks some time in the future it will get into the Tākaka River, or the gravels, or the marble aquifer, and poison them. ” — Andrew Yuill

“Uncontaminated water is the lifeblood of the area from Upper Tākaka to the sea. It sustains the residents, whether at home or at work & what we grow to consume or sell to others to consume. In my view, the potential flow-on effect of contaminated water to the economy of Golden Bay would be huge, would affect property prices & undermine the potential of generations to come.” — Andy Clark

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“We acknowledge the kaitiakitanga and rangatiratanga of mana whenua and acknowledge the work done to protect our waterways.”