Supporting Technical Assessments

GHD | Oceana Gold (New Zealand) Ltd | 12552081 | Waihi North 142 Table 6.4 Mataura Stream water quality (values in mg/L) Parameter Existing water quality* (median values) Predicted water quality after WRS seepage mixing Receiving water quality criteria Median Maximum Al 0.04 0.04 0.04 As 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.19 Ca 2.4 2.4 6.5  Cd 0.00005 0.00005 0.00006  0.0003 Co 0.0002 0.0002 0.001  Cu 0.0005 0.0005 0.0005 0.003 Fe 0.04 0.04 0.2  1.0 Hg 0.00008 0.00008 0.00008 0.000012 K 1.2 1.2 1.3  Mg 1.4 1.4 3.3  Mn 0.003 0.0035  0.4  2.0 Na 7.0 7.0 7.9  NH3-N No data No result (increase of 0.00008)  No result (increase of 0.02)  0.19 Ni 0.0005 0.0005 0.003  0.04 Pb 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0004 Se No data No result (increase of 0.000001)  No result (increase of 0.00005)  0.02 Sb 0.0002 0.0002 0.0002 0.03 SO4 9.0 9.1  27  Zn 0.002 0.002 0.003  0.027 Notes: Receiving water quality criteria values for hardness 20 g/m3 CaCO3 Values in bold indicate an exceedance of the receiving water quality criteria * Median from sampling results at sites Mataura 1 and 2 (Section 6.2.2) ** The mercury (Hg) criterion is lower than available laboratory detection limits  Denotes a predicted increase from existing surface water quality (note: not all increases are expected to be measurable) Table 6.5 Predicted mass flux (kg/d) to the Mataura Stream Parameter WRS (maximum height) Al 0.003 As 0.00002 Ca 4.2 Cd 0.000008 Co 0.001 Cu 0.00002 Fe 0.14 Hg 0.000004 K 0.1

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