The Golden Cross mine is situated in a sensitive environmental setting on the North Island of New Zealand, about 150
kilometres south-east of Auckland and about 8 kilometres NW of Waihi. The mine is situated in dipping topography, with
volcanic ashes making up soils, fault zones running through the area, and rainfall of about 3m per year on average. Water
management is the most demanding environmental challenge on site, and a comprehensive programme has been put in place
to address tailings deposition, long term tailings storage, and water treatment during and after operations.