Request for Maps of Prospecting Areas
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From: John Joseph
Dear M.B.I.E. - Petroleum and Minerals department
I saw on a gold mining forum that there is an online map but I see that is just a blanket permit maps of a whole property and does not actually show exactly what and where mining activities are planned.
Can I reques t a copy of the permit including any diagrams and or maps of the specific areas that the following mining prospecting permits have supplied to your department in applications or that you requested to know as part of your assessmint of it:
#61428.1, #61384, #61376, #61380,#61296 #61525.1,#61393 ,#61371
If there are no maps or diagams for a specific permit let me know witch ones and if it means they can and want to porospect the whole area applied for.
Is the premit for prospecting just for on land or is it for in the water too? For example, permit 61525.01 seems to be on the south coast by the seal colonies - is it right to the waters edge and in the seabed too?
What exactlly is "prospecting" these days? Is there a website that describes it? If not - please supply a list of the descriptions of the work that can be done under a prospecting permit
Thanks in avance and cheers
JJ
From: John Joseph
Dear MBIE and Petrolem Minerals department
One more questsion. Can more than one person have a prospecting permit on the same site?
Cheers
JJ Murphy
From: Ministerials
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Kia ora JJ Murphy,
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 18/03/2026 requesting, under the Official
Information Act 1982, the following:
Can more than one person have a prospecting permit on the same site?
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
later than 17/04/2026, being 20 working days after the day your request
was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe. If you have any enquiries
regarding your request feel free to contact us via email to
[1][MBIE request email].
Nāku noa, nā
Ministerial Services
Strategy and Assurance
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140
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From: Ministerials
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Kia ora JJ,
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 18/03/2026 requesting, under the Official
Information Act 1982, the following:
Dear M.B.I.E. - Petroleum and Minerals department
I saw on a gold mining forum that there is an online map but I see that is
just a blanket permit maps of a whole property and does not actually show
exactly what and where mining activities are planned.
Can I reques t a copy of the permit including any diagrams and or maps of
the specific areas that the following mining prospecting permits have
supplied to your department in applications or that you requested to know
as part of your assessmint of it:
#61428.1, #61384, #61376, #61380,#61296 #61525.1,#61393 ,#61371
If there are no maps or diagams for a specific permit let me know witch
ones and if it means they can and want to porospect the whole area applied
for.
Is the premit for prospecting just for on land or is it for in the water
too? For example, permit 61525.01 seems to be on the south coast by the
seal colonies - is it right to the waters edge and in the seabed too?
What exactlly is 'prospecting' these days? Is there a website that
describes it? If not - please supply a list of the descriptions of the
work that can be done under a prospecting permit
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
later than 17/04/2026, being 20 working days after the day your request
was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe. If you have any enquiries
regarding your request feel free to contact us via email to
[1][MBIE request email].
Nāku noa, nā
Ministerial Services
Strategy and Assurance
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140
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1. mailto:[MBIE request email]
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