Our neighbours are joining the fight for our environment, waters and communities – In today’s Press: Residents and iwi of a Marlborough Sounds inlet say they will challenge any moves by an Australian company to restart mining operations in the…
Great article out this week after Newsroom’s Fox Meyer travelled to Golden Bay to join a public walk up to the proposed Sams Creek mining location. The walk was organised by Sams Creek Collective and local walking group Wednesday Walkers.…
Sams Creek Collective (‘SCC’) representatives have had an introductory meeting with Siren Gold’s new CEO Zane Padman in Takaka on 9 September. The meeting was facilitated by Community Board member Grant Knowles at the Council Service Centre, after he had…
As proposals for new gold mines explode across New Zealand, sparking criticism and controversy, a more fundamental question is being asked: Do we actually need any more gold? Mike White reports in the Sunday Star Times. “The total amount of…
After a tailings dam burst back in February resulting in an environmental disaster, a Zambian community’s court action received media coverage around the world just two weeks ago. Could a mining accident like this happen here? Yes, it could. We…
Cyanide contaminating an iconic river, or rivers of gold for Central Otago? Arsenic poisoning famous pinot noir vines, or growth, jobs and prosperity? A controversial gold mine in Central Otago is dividing a community and country, and highlighting fears about…
In the interests of balance and fairness, here are two stories published on Siren Gold over the past week in both Melbourne’s The Age (also run in the West Australian and Sydney Morning Herald) and in mining trade media. On…
Uploaded slides from the Sams Creek Public Meeting in Takaka. Thank you to all who came along to learn more and learn too what you can do to take action.
Excerpt: “Siren has written that there’s “hydro power available”. But that’s not the whole story. In realitythere is a power line nearby, joining the Cobb power station to the national grid. At full power theCobb station could generate enough for…
We sincerely thank mining geologist Chris Stone for his time and expertise in reviewing Siren Gold’s Mining Permit Application to New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals (‘NZPAM’). Information from this review was presented for the first time at our 31 August…