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"Oceana Gold’s Waihi North mining project is a nationally significant investment that will deliver substantial economic benefits for the Waikato region and New Zealand,” Mr Bishop says.
“A project of this scale and complexity requires numerous consents, permits and authorisations across a range of decision-makers. The one-stop shop of the Fast-track process brings all these approvals together.”
The project took 112 working days to approve, from the time the panel was convened. Mr Jones estimates that had it gone through the usual process, approval would have taken longer than five years.
Read more here: Major Fast-track mining project approved | Beehive.govt.nz
A list of projects approved by expert panels is available here: Projects