3-AD006.00 ENGAGEMENT OUTCOMES PROPOSED WAIHI NORTH PROJECT OceanaGold New Zealand Limited WSP April 2022 22 Table 17: Current limiting factors on respondents' business CURRENT LIMITING FACTOR ON BUSINESS N. (%) Orders or sales 29 (34.1%) Labour 24 (28.2%) Materials or components 19 (22.4%) Capacity 13 (15.3%) 5.1.3 DEPENDENCE ON WAIHI MINING OPERATIONS When asked what percentage of their business could be attributed to the presence of the Waihi mining operations a majority (66.2%) stated that only 1 to 10% of their business revenue was. Most respondents (85.2%) also stated that the closure of the Martha Pit in 2015 had minor to no impact on their business revenue or staff numbers. In response to a question regarding what the effect on their business would be of mining operations continuing to 2037, the majority (58.4%) responded that this would have minor to no effects on their business. When asked how resilient they believed their business was to mining operations potentially ceasing in 2037, a majority of respondents (63.7%) stated that their business was not dependent on mining and would continue largely unaffected. Finally, when asked their level of agreement with the statement “Our business is well prepared for the eventual closure of mining in Waihi” a majority of the respondents (59.9%) either ‘Agreed’ or ‘Strongly agreed’ with the statement. A breakdown of responses can be seen in Table 18 to Table 22. Table 18: Percentage of business attributed to Waihi mining PERCENTAGE OF BUSINESS ATTRIBUTED TO WAIHI MINING N. (%) 0 9 (6.5%) 1 to 10 92 (66.2%) 11 to 20 9 (6.5%) 21 to 30 6 (4.3%) 31 to 40 6 (4.3%) 41 to 50 4 (2.9%) 51 to 60 2 (1.4%)
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