"The lack of consultation is a back-down on the Government's 2010 promise to publically notify significant applications to mine conservation land.
"The public should have its say on the decision to destroy dozens of hectares of precious conservation land for more open cast gold mining.
"With its huge waste rock stacks and tailings impoundments, the Globe Progress Mine is a toxic time bomb in the hills behind Reefton. This seismically active area receives heavy rainfall, and a failure of the tailings dam would be catastrophic," said Ms Sage.
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