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EPISODE · Jun 26, 2026 · 2 MIN

Santana Minerals voluntarily pauses its fast track application

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The fast-track panel assessing plans for a vast gold mine in Central Otago wants to know if the applicant would foot the bill after a catastrophic failure. The panel is seeking a social impact assessment and a worst-case economic scenario from Australian company Santana Minerals, which this week voluntarily paused the processing of its application. Otago Southland reporter Katie Todd has the story.

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