The map below is the New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals web map – the Governments map of minerals permits across Aotearoa. It’s live.

This map is hosted on the NZPAM.govt.nz website and it is searchable.  You can take a good look at current permits, and permit applications, anywhere in  the country – you can zoom right in and check out your own property – and your favourite places!

Permit Key:

Red = Prospecting

Green = Exploration

Blue = Mining

*Striped areas are permit applications, and the pink areas are old permits that the Government is ‘offering (pimping out) via competitive tender…

There is currently over 60,000 hectares of land, including conservation land and private land, that is subject to prospecting, exploration or mining permits across Hauraki Coromandel.

The current Government  has created one of the most permissive mining regimes in the world by amending our laws – and writing new ones, like the Fast Track Approvals Act – to make it easier for mining to happen. Gold prices are at record highs – and rising as the geopolitical situation becomes increasingly unstable.