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Across: 1. A person who extracts gold 2. A large gold mine in New Zealand 4. Region in NZ that experienced a gold rush 6. Putting the environment back to original state 8. An environmental problem of mining 11. Will be formed when the Martha mine is closed 13. A property of gold that makes it useful 14. Able to be bent and shaped 16. The type of rock that gold is found in 18. A problem caused by all the machines 20. A process that happens to the gold after mining 22. Vertical tunnel from surface to the ore 23. Form in which gold leaves the mine 25. Old method of mining using a dish 26. Many of these are made of gold 28. Small deposits of gold in a rock are called these

Down: 1. Name of mine at Waihi 3. This happens to waste rock for later use 4. Rock that contains gold is called this 5. The most accessible gold is in this form 7. Used to help grass to grow on mine sides 9. Machine used to mine gold 10. The mine company aims to maximise this 12. Method of bringing river deposits to the surface 15. Chemical used to dissolve gold 17. Waste matter after gold is removed 19. Used to keep dust levels down 21. Measure of gold's purity 22. Another mineral found close to gold 24. Gold and silver are shaped into these for export 27. Chemical symbol for gold