It would let OceanaGold build mining infrastructure on a 'paper road' running through DoC land.
Resource consent will be applied for the mine mid-year and the owners promise it will tick all the green boxes - but critics remain unimpressed.
The Coromandel Forest Park is being eyed up by Australian-owned OceanaGold to mine gold.
They are calling on Bathurst to shut down the open cast mine.
