Proposed Resource Consent Conditions

11 C28 The primary function of the Panel is to ensure that the conditions relating to the design, construction, operation, maintenance, rehabilitation and closure of the following facilities are met and that such work is undertaken by appropriately qualified personnel in accordance with good practice: a. Area 1 - Wharekirauponga Underground Mine and the Wharekirauponga Dual Access Tunnel; b. Area 2 – Willows Road Rock Stack and Willows Road Access Tunnel; c. Area 3 – Wharekirauponga Access Tunnel; d. Area 5 – Gladstone Open Pit Tailings Storage Facility; e. Area 6 - Northern Rock Stack; and f. Area 7 – Tailings Storage Facility 3 C29 The Panel shall comprise technical specialists who between them have demonstrated expertise in the following fields: a. Geotechnical engineering, with recognised experience in: i Underground mine construction and mining techniques; Ii. Design and construction of tailings storage facilities; and iii. Design and construction of rock storage facilities. b. Geochemistry, with recognised experience in the management of acid rock drainage; c. Hydrogeology; and d. Rehabilitation, with recognised experience in mine revegetation, rehabilitation, and closure. [Tangata whenua involvement to be informed by the CVA and CIA being produced for the project] There may be any number of individuals on the Panel, so long as the necessary areas of expertise are covered. C30 The members of the Panel identified in Condition C29, and their defined field(s) of expertise, shall be approved by the Councils prior to appointment to the Panel C31 Each member of the Panel identified in Condition C29, when acting as a Peer Reviewer, shall act only in his/her area of expertise.

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