Kia ora Suze,

We acknowledge receipt of your official information request received by us
15 September 2025 for:

* any/all correspondence ORC has had with Santana Minerals / Matakanui
Gold about the Bendigo Ophir Mine development, including, but not
limited to, emails, meetings, phone conversations, presentations,
technical reports etc

* any/all emails / papers / reports etc describing preparations ORC has
made for the Bendigo Ophir mine application.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 13 October 2025, being 20 working days after the
day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request
by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

We may choose to publish your request and the response on our website in
line with our Proactive Release Policy. Your name and personal details
will be redacted before the request is uploaded. Please let us know if you
have any concerns around this.

If you have any queries, please contact us by return email. If any
additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request,
please contact us so that these can be taken into account.

Kā mihi,

Adam

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Kia ora Suze,

Your eighth official information request received by us 15 September 2025
relating to the Bendigo-Ophir Gold Project has been granted. You
requested:

 1. Any/all correspondence ORC has had with Santana Minerals / Matakanui
Gold about the Bendigo Ophir Mine development, including, but not
limited to, emails, meetings, phone conversations, presentations,
technical reports etc
 2. Any/all emails / papers / reports etc describing preparations ORC has
made for the Bendigo Ophir mine application.
 3. That you have from August 25, 2025, until present day.

The information you have requested is attached. Information has been
withheld in order to protect the privacy of natural persons in accordance
with section 7(2)(a) of the Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987.

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact
us by return email.

Kā mihi,

Finn

Legal

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Important notice

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to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not
peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this email or attachments. If
you have received this in error, please notify us immediately by return
email or telephone (03 474-0827) and delete this email. The Otago Regional
Council accepts no responsibility for changes made to this email or to any
attachments following the original transmission from its offices. Thank
you.

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