Kia ora Suze

We acknowledge receipt of your official information request received by us
31 October 2025 for:

 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, whether these relate to the Fast Track
Approvals Act process or other consenting processes.
 2. Any / all emails / papers / reports etc describing preparations ORC
has made for the Bendigo Ophir mine application, whether these relate
to the Fast Track Approvals Act process or other consenting processes.
 3. That you have from September 15, 2025, until present day.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 28 November 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. 

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, 

Finn

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Kia ora Suze

Your official information request received by us 31 October 2025 for:

 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, whether these relate to the Fast Track
Approvals Act process or other consenting processes.
 2. Any / all emails / papers / reports etc describing preparations ORC
has made for the Bendigo Ophir mine application, whether these relate
to the Fast Track Approvals Act process or other consenting processes.
 3. That you have from September 15, 2025, until present day.

has been granted. 

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.  

Matakanui Gold Limited have submitted their substantive fast-track
application, and it has now been published on the fast track website:
[1]Substantive application. Specifically, the documents:

-[2]Economic Impacts of the Bendigo-Ophir Gold Project (Benje Patterson
2025)

-[3]ORC Response Letter Section 30 of the FTAA

Would have formed part of this release but are publicly available at the
links above.

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
[4]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

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