Application documents
Personal details have been redacted from the application documents
Part A – Substantive application report
- A.01 Covering Letter to the Environmental Protection Authority (PDF, 445 KB)
- A.02B Legal Overview (PDF, 3 MB)
- A.03 EPA Substantive Application Form also completed online (PDF, 3 MB)
- A.04 List of Lodged Documents (PDF, 124 KB)
- A.05 Acronyms and Glossary (PDF, 317 KB)
- A.06 Substantive Application Document Cover Page (PDF, 120 KB)
- A.07 Substantive Application Document Table of Contents (PDF, 120 KB)
- A.08 Section 1 Introduction (PDF, 1 MB)
- A.09A Section 2 Existing Environment (PDF, 12 MB)
- A.10 Section 3 Project Description (PDF, 11 MB)
- A.11 Section 4 Approvals Sought (PDF, 1 MB)
- A.12 Section 5 Consultation and Engagement (PDF, 268 KB)
- A.13- Section 6 Assessment of Environmental Effects (PDF, 923 KB)
- A.14- Section 7 Management and Monitoring of Actual and Potential Environmental Effects (PDF, 300 KB)
- A.15- Section 8 Fast Track Approvals Act 2024 Requirements (PDF, 3 MB)
- A.16 Section 9 Conclusion (PDF, 134 KB)
- A.17 Proof of Payment Remittance Advice (PDF, 30 KB)
Part B – Technical reports
- B.00 Cover and List of Documents (PDF, 191 KB)
- B.01 Benje Patterson (People and Places)- Economic Impacts of the Bendigo-Ophir Gold Project (Benje Patterson 2025) (PDF, 894 KB)
- B.02 Kōmanawa Solutions Limited Bendigo Groundwater Bore Take Effects Assessment (Kōmanawa 2025a) (PDF, 9 MB)
- B.03 Kōmanawa Solutions Limited - Groundwater Existing Environment and Effects Assessment (Kōmanawa 2025b) (PDF, 5 MB)
- B.04 Kōmanawa Solutions Limited Surface Water and Catchment Existing Environment Effects Assessment (Kōmanawa 2025c) (PDF, 6 MB)
- B.05 Kōmanawa Solutions Limited Groundwater Modelling Analysis for Mining Bendigo-Ophir Gold Deposit (Kōmanawa 2025d) (PDF, 9 MB)
- B.06 Mine Waste Management Limited Mine Impacted Water Overview Report (MWM 2025) (PDF, 1 MB)
- B.06A Mine Waste Management Limited Mine Impacted Water Overview Report Appendix B to G (PDF, 43 MB)
- B.06B Mine Waste Management Limited Mine Impacted Water Overview Report - Appendix (PDF, 40 MB)
- B.06C Mine Waste Managment Limited Mine Impacted Water Overview Report - Appendix I to O (PDF, 35 MB)
- B.07 Greg Ryder Consulting Recommended Water Quality Compliance Limits for the Bendigo Ophir Gold Project (Ryder 2025) (PDF, 10 MB)
- B.08A Alliance Ecology Consulting Assessment of Ecological Effects (PDF, 33 MB)
- B.09 Habitat NZ Mammalian Pest Survey (Habitat NZ 2025a) (PDF, 3 MB)
- B.10 Habitat NZ Native Bat Survey (Habitat NZ 2025b) (PDF, 1 MB)
- B.11A Habitat NZ Terrestrial Invertebrate Survey REDACTED (PDF, 4 MB)
- B.13A RMA Ecology Vegetation Values Assessment (PDF, 10 MB)
- B.12 RMA Ecology - Wetland Values Assessment (RMA Ecology 2025a) (PDF, 15 MB)
- B.14A RMA Ecology Avifauna Values Assessment (PDF, 5 MB)
- B.15A RMA Ecology Lizard Values Assessment (PDF, 12 MB)
- B.16 Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research - Applied Research Plan for Conservation Management, Rehabilitation and Expansion of Cushionfield (Landcare 2025) (PDF, 4 MB)
- B.17 Water Ways Consulting Assessment of Effects on Aquatic Habitat (Waterways 2025) (PDF, 10 MB)
- B.18 Boffa Miskell Assessment of Freshwater Ecological Effects (Boffa Miskell 2025a) (PDF, 14 MB)
- B.19 Boffa Miskell Landscape, Natural Character and Visual Effects Assessment (Boffa Miskell 2025)_Part1 (PDF, 38 MB)
- B.19 Boffa Miskell Landscape, Natural Character and Visual Effects Assessment (Boffa Miskell 2025)_Part2 (PDF, 11 MB)
- B.19A Boffa Miskell Landscape Graphic Supplement (PDF, 25 MB)
- B.19B Boffa Miskell Landscape Visual Simulations_Part1 (PDF, 35 MB)
- B.19B Boffa Miskell Landscape Visual Simulations_Part2 (PDF, 37 MB)
- B.19B Boffa Miskell Landscape Visual Simulations_Part3 (PDF, 36 MB)
- B.19B Boffa Miskell Landscape Visual Simulations_Part4 (PDF, 36 MB)
- B.20 Engineering Geology Limited Site-Specific Seismic Hazard Study Report (EGL 2025a)_Redacted (PDF, 2 MB)
- B.21 Engineering Geology Limited Shepherds Tailings Storage Facility Technical Report (PDF, 29 MB)
- B.22 Engineering Geology Limited Site Geotechnical Factual Report Part 1 (PDF, 24 MB)
- B.22 Engineering Geology Limited Site Geotechnical Factual Report (EGL 2025c) Part 2 (PDF, 39 MB)
- B.22 Engineering Geology Limited Site Geotechnical Factual Report Part 3 (PDF, 17 MB)
- B.23 Engineering Geology Limited Shepherds Silt Pond Technical Report (PDF, 10 MB)
- B.24 Engineering Geology Limited Rise and Shine Pit- Creek Diversion Technical Report (EGL 2025e) (PDF, 40 MB)
- B.25 Engineering Geology Limited Process Plant, Infrastructure and Admin Areas Geotechnical Report (EGL 2025f) (PDF, 29 MB)
- B.26 Engineering Geology Limited Erosion and Sediment Control Report (EGL 2025g) (PDF, 44 MB)
- B.27 Engineering Geology Limited Shepherds, Western and Srex Engineered Landforms, and Come In Time Pit Backfill Technical Report (PDF, 9 MB)
- B.28 Peter O'Bryan & Associates Geotechnical Assessment Open Pit and Underground Mining - Rise and Shine Deposit (POB 2025) (PDF, 14 MB)
- B.29 Marshall Day Acoustics - Assessment of Noise and Vibration Effects (Marshall Day 2025) (PDF, 2 MB)
- B.30 Stantec Integrated Transport Assessment (PDF, 27 MB)
- B.31 Cosgroves Limited Exterior Lighting Report (Cosgroves 2025) (PDF, 27 MB)
- B.32 Geocontam Risk Management Preliminary Site Investigation (GRM 2025) (PDF, 47 MB)
- B.33 Bendigo Ophir Gold Project Assessment of Environmental Effects from the Discharge of Contaminants into Air (PDF, 20 MB)
- B.34 New Zealand Heritage Properties Limited Heritage Assessment Part 1 (PDF, 32 MB)
- B.34 New Zealand Heritage Properties Limited Heritage Assessment Part 2 (PDF, 15 MB)
- B.35 New Zealand Heritage Properties Limited - Magazine and Emulsion Tank Memorandum (NZHP 2025b) (PDF, 4 MB)
- B.36 New Zealand Heritage Properties Limited - Construction Camp Heritage Assessment (NZHP 2025c)_Redacted (PDF, 18 MB)
- B.37 New Zealand Heritage Properties Limited - Ardgour Rise Realignment Memorandum (NZHP 2025d) (PDF, 2 MB)
- B.38 New Zealand Heritage Properties Limited - Come in Time Track Memorandum (NZHP 2025e) (PDF, 5 MB)
- B.39 Rob Greenaway & Associates Recreation Assessment (Greenway 2025) (PDF, 38 MB)
- B.40 Mine Closure Management Mine Closure Plan (MCM 2025) (PDF, 3 MB)
- B.41 Process Flow- BOGP Post Closure Active Water Treatment Plant Order of Magnitude Study (Process Flow 2025) (PDF, 1 MB)
- B.42 Hydro Geochem Group BOGP Wetland Drawdown Assessment (HGC 2025a) (PDF, 1 MB)
- B.43 Hydro Geochem Group BOGP Flow Augmentation Strategy (HGG 2025b) (PDF, 1 MB)
- B.44 Lane Associates Limited Bond Introduction (PDF, 2 MB)
Part C – Project maps
- C.00 Cover and List of Documents (PDF, 164 KB)
- C.01 BOGP Location Overview (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.02 BOGP Project Site Layout (PDF, 20 MB)
- C.03 BOGP Consent Area (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.04 Permitted Mining Tenure Area Overview (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.05 Permitted Mining Tenure Area Zoomed (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.06 Project Site Land Ownership Overview (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.07 Project Site Land Ownership Borefield Pipeline 1 (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.08 Project Site Land Ownership Borefield Pipeline 2 (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.09 Project Site Land Ownership Borefield Pipeline 3 (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.10 BOGP Consent Area and Adjacent Land Ownership (PDF, 893 KB)
- C.11 Adjacent Land Ownership SH8 Intersection (PDF, 671 KB)
- C.12 Bendigo Conservation Covenant - Overview (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.13 Bendigo Conservation Covenant Project Site (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.14 Bendigo Conservation Covenant Uplift Area (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.15 Planning Context (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.16 Highly Productive Land (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.17 Arsenic-Rich Soils (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.18 Come-in-Time Open Pit Early Disturbance Area (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.19 Indicative Rise and Shine Creek Culvert Location (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.20 BOGP Project Site General Arrangement of Ardgour Terrace Site (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.21 Project Site Access (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.22 Ardgour Rise and Chorus Fibre Cable Alignment (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.23 Ecological Rehabilitation and Enhancement Area (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.24 Proposed Concessions Overview (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.25 Proposed Ardgour Rise Concession (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.26 Proposed Ardgour Rise Concession GPS Coordinates (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.27 Proposed State Highway 8 Concession (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.28 Proposed State Highway 8 Concession - GPS Coordinates (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.29 Proposed Come in Time Concession (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.30 Proposed Come in Time Concession GPS Coordinates (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.31 Proposed Willow Concession (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.32 Proposed Willow Concession GPS Coordinates (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.33 Proposed Monitoring Bore Concession (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.34 Proposed Monitoring Bore Concession GPS Coordinates (PDF, 22 MB)
- C.35 Engineering Geology Limited Stage Plans (PDF, 5 MB)
- C.36 Proposed Stream Diversions (PDF, 22 MB)
Part D – Proposed approvals and conditions
- D.00 Cover and List of Documents (PDF, 177 KB)
- D.01 CODC Land Use Consent and Conditions (PDF, 1 MB)
- D.02 Otago Regional Council Consents and Conditions (PDF, 522 KB)
- D.03 Schedule One - Central Otago District Council and Otago Regional Council Common Conditions (PDF, 1 MB)
- D.04 Schedule Two - General Conditions for Otago Regional Council Resource (PDF, 705 KB)
- D.05 Archaeological Authority and Conditions (PDF, 307 KB)
- D.06 Concession and Conditions for Ardgour Rise (PDF, 250 KB)
- D.07 Concession and Conditions for SH8 and Ardgour Road Intersection (PDF, 300 KB)
- D.08 Concession and Conditions for Access Route to CIT Battery (PDF, 302 KB)
- D.09 Concession and Conditions for Willow Management (PDF, 306 KB)
- D.10 Concession and Conditions for Monitoring and Access (PDF, 311 KB)
- D.11 Wildlife Act Authority and Conditions (PDF, 942 KB)
Part E – Existing approvals and authorisations
- E.00 Cover and List of Documents (PDF, 168 KB)
- E.01 - Existing Mineral Exploration Permit 60311 (April 2018) (PDF, 890 KB)
- E.02 Existing Mineral Exploration Permit 60311 Extension (April 2023) (PDF, 11 MB)
- E.03 Existing Relevant Consents and Approvals (Compiled) (PDF, 30 MB)
- E.04 Bendigo Conservation Covenant 2000 (PDF, 279 KB)
- E.05 Bendigo Conservation Covenant Letter of Agreement Variation (23 November 2023) (PDF, 145 KB)
Part F – Consultation and engagement
- F.00 Cover and List of Documents (PDF, 166 KB)
- F.01 Ardgour Station Access Agreement August 2019 (PDF, 1 MB)
- F.02 Bendigo Station Access Agreement December 2017 (PDF, 2 MB)
- F.04 Ardgour Station - Signed Affected Persons Approval (PDF, 9 MB)
- F.06 Bendigo Station Signed Affected Persons Approval (PDF, 28 MB)
- F.07 CODC Approval as Landowner Letter_Redacted (PDF, 6 MB)
- F.09 Matakanui Station Signed Affected Persons Approval_Redacted (PDF, 4 MB)
- F.11 Ardgour Station Land Acquisition Agreement Announcement - July 2025 (PDF, 153 KB)
- F.12 Formal Consultation Letters to Administering Agencies_Redacted (PDF, 143 KB)
- F.13 Formal Notification Letters to Local Authorities (PDF, 119 KB)
- F.14 CODC Response Letter Section 30 of the FTA Act (PDF, 170 KB)
- F.15 ORC Response Letter Section 30 of the FTA Act_Redacted (PDF, 203 KB)
- F.16 Bendigo Ophir Gold Project Pre Application Engagement Report (PDF, 6 MB)
Part G – Management plans
- G.00 Cover and List of Documents (PDF, 173 KB)
- G.01 Water Management Plan (PDF, 3 MB)
- G.02 Ecological Management Plan Framework (PDF, 709 KB)
- G.03 Habitat Impact Management Plan (PDF, 203 KB)
- G.04 Avifauna Management Plan (PDF, 230 KB)
- G.05A Lizard Management Plan (PDF, 1 MB)
- G.06 Terrestrial Invertebrate Management Plan (PDF, 416 KB)
- G.07A Landscape and Ecological Rehabilitation Management (PDF, 12 MB)
- G.07B Landscape and Ecological Rehabilitation Management Plan Appendices (PDF, 15 MB)
- G.08 Ardgour Restoration Area Management Plan (PDF, 2 MB)
- G.09 Matakanui Sanctuary Management Plan (PDF, 2 MB)
- G.10 Mammalian Pest Management Plan (PDF, 6 MB)
- G.11 Biosecurity and Plant Pest Management Plan_Redacted (PDF, 8 MB)
- G.12 Biodiversity Outcome Monitoring Plan (PDF, 280 KB)
- G.13 Freshwater Ecological Management Plan_Redacted (PDF, 19 MB)
- G.14 Erosion and Sediment Control Management Plan (PDF, 298 KB)
- G.15 Engineered Landform Managment Plan (PDF, 722 KB)
- G.16 Tailings Management Plan (PDF, 265 KB)
- G.17 Pond and Reservoir Management Plan (PDF, 242 KB)
- G.18 Noise and Vibration Management Plan (PDF, 595 KB)
- G.19 Access Road Construction Traffic Management Plan (PDF, 5 MB)
- G.20 Soil Managment Plan (PDF, 1 MB)
- G.21 Hazardous Substances Environmental Management Plan (PDF, 1 MB)
- G.22 Archaeological and Heritage Managment Plan (PDF, 3 MB)
- G.23 Air Quality Management Plan_Redacted (PDF, 2 MB)