![]() ![]() Getting go-ahead is not a straightforward process, and the company needs to work with multiple authorities to progress its plan. “It is also a moving vessel, and whilst for some private property owners it may be visible it will move on over a couple of days.” “For a good portion of the proposed mining area, the riverbed is incised, set back from public space and in the rural environment, so there are few places where the dredge is actually visible. “It (the dredge) is painted in recessive colours and has worked on the Clutha River for the last ten years with no public complaints or social media outrage. ![]() Mining consultant Darryl Sycamore, who is acting for Cold Gold in the application process, says the company’s ongoing operation has been very discrete and he does not think it will be any different at its proposed new spot. Now, it is seeking resource consents to re-locate it upstream, between Luggate and the top of Lake Dunstan. A commercial gold mining company has its eye on dredging the upper Clutha/Mata-au River downstream from Wānaka, but it says its planned operation will be so discrete most people will not know it is there.Ĭold Gold Clutha Limited already runs its 24-metre dredge further on the river around the Millers Flat and Ettrick area, and it has done for the past decade. ![]()
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