In May 2007, due to the prolonged drought which was likely to adversely affect production in the near future, the company approached Orange City Council requesting to use some of the town water supply.

Orange City Council subsequently agreed to allow a supply initially from Gosling Creek Reservoir and then if necessary from Lake Canobolas.

Cabonne Shire Council later offered to supply water from a disused quarry on Icely Road to the east of Orange.

in the courts between Orange City Council and Newcrest to the current rights to the towns treated effluent water that the mine has received for free since beginning its operations in the late 1990s.

[2][needs update] In 2021, Newcrest contracted 55% (about 650 GWh/year) of the Rye Park 396 MW wind farm to supply some of its power needs for 15 years.

[6] On 22 July 2022, water from an aquifer entering a ventilation shaft caused all underground production to cease while visual and other examinations were undertaken.