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Wharekirauponga (WKP) Gold Project 11
A low-sulphidation epithermal Au-Ag discovery in New Zealand
21 Century Exploration
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Newmont
• 2002 acquired Waihi Gold Mine through acquisition of
all Normandy’s assets
• 2005 initiated 18 month long “Framework Study” of
Hauraki Goldfield – similar data intervention and GIS
evaluation process to Glass Earth
• Prospectivity map derived from favourability matrix
calculation supported by weights of evidence identified
WKP as a high priority target to be acquired and
assessed for Martha size deposits
• Feb 2007: Farm In and Operating Agreement with
Glass Earth covering all Glass Earth tenements in the
Hauraki Goldfield including EP40598 over WKP

