NZ’s former PM Helen Clarke has spoken out on Instagram against Siren Gold’s proposal for a fast-tracked gold mine at Sams Creek. She called it ‘another nightmare proposal’, after reading Newsroom’s Fox Meyers’ article on his November ’25 visit to…
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…
‘On notice’: Greens pledge to revoke fast-track consents for coal, hard-rock gold, seabed mining projects “Today, we are putting the seabed mining, hardrock gold mining and coal mining industries – and their investors – on notice. Your fast-track consents are…
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…
Golden Bay’s Te Waikoropupū Springs is a major regional tourism attraction – the largest cold water springs in the Southern hemisphere and home to some of the clearest water ever measured. Tasman District Council is trying to implement a Water…
The Minister for the Environment Penny Simmonds is being accused of staying silent on fast-track projects which affect the environment. The Fast-Track Approvals Act, which is intended to speed up development and infrastructure projects, requires the Environment Minister to be…
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…
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…