Mining Sector Aims To Strengthen Green Growth

Posted by Gold FM on 30/07/2011

Simon Henderson, President and CEO of Glass Earth has been appointed to the Straterra board and will work alongside Newmont Waihi Gold’s General Manager Glen Grindlay, who is also on the board.

Glass Earth and Newmont Waihi Gold are partners in the WKP Project which has been drilling just 10 km from the Martha mine and 5 km north east of the Golden Cross deposit.

Cam Wylie, who is an Institute of Professional Engineers NZ (MIPENZ) Chartered Professional Engineer(CPEng) practising in Geotechnical engineering, and an Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) Certified Professional (CP) in Mine Geotechnics, has also been appointed to the board.

The Straterra press release headline reads ‘Straterra strengthens board to position mining sector for green growth’.

Straterra Chair Mark Cadzow says “We worked hard in the last year to build the organisation to be an effective contributor for the sector, and we are now ready to move to the next stage.”

“Straterra’s membership now stands at 27 firms, representing 84 percent of the value of New Zealand’s minerals production, and also including exploration, services, technical and research companies.”

“We have set up two additional sector groups – ‘Technical, Services and Research’, and ‘Exploration and Minerals’. Cam and Simon will be representing those groups on the board, to strengthen the Board and to better reflect our growing membership,” Mr Cadzow said.

Straterra’s board is: Mark Cadzow (Chief Operating Officer, OceanaGold Ltd); Glen Grindlay (General Manager, Newmont Waihi Gold); Don Elder (CEO, Solid Energy NZ); Brent Francis (Managing Director, Francis Mining, and the Coal Association); Mike Lord (Divisional Sales &Technical Manager, Perry Resources, and AQA); Cam Wylie (Principal, RDCL), and Simon Henderson (President & CEO, Glass Earth Gold Ltd).

Mr Cadzow went on to say. “The challenge now is for exploration and mining to be seen as part of the Government’s agenda for green growth, New Zealand needs jobs, and our sector could triple or quadruple its contribution to New Zealand if properly managed and encouraged. We know our sector produces essential inputs for all economic activity, and makes a positive contribution across economic, social and environmental fronts, but this must be seen and understood by New Zealanders.”

“To date we have made excellent progress, and our strengthened board will ensure we continue that progress.”