"We have achieved our purpose, which was to highlight that this area should never be mined.
"We camped for two days on the drilling rig in the remote forest because we want to protect the environment and the endangered species in this forest," Miss Annan said.
The area is not protected by Schedule Four in the Crown Minerals Act, something Ms Annan called "an accident of history".
Schedule Four lists highest value conservation lands that are not allowed to be mined.
"We will continue to take peaceful action against Newmont's attempts to drill for gold in the Forest Park, a Forest Park which is the habitat of the rarest frog in the world.
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