The Bathurst Resources Ltd owned Takitimu Coal Mine, at Nightcaps. [File photo, taken October 2019]A Southland coal mine could be extended into an area of commercial forestry by the end of next year. The Southland District Council has granted a mining company access to its forestry block at Ohai for exploration, about 60 kilometres north-west of Invercargill. However, if the council had not granted the access, Bathurst could have escalated the matter under the Crown Mineral Act. Robyn Edie Bathurst Resources chief executive Richard Tacon (front) and Takitimu Mine manager Paul Matheson looking over the mine’s Black Diamond Pit.

Source: Stuff April 26, 2021 07:18 UTC