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Petroleum exploration and mining permit and licence holders must carry out decommissioning activities and meet the full financial cost of those activities.
Find a summary about what is required and by when. For more detailed information see the legislation.
Find out what gold fossicking is, and if you need a permit to do it.
Royalty rates for minerals listed in Schedule 2 of the Crown Minerals (Royalties for Minerals Other than Petroleum) Regulations 2013 have been updated.
New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals is working to resolve almost 150 outstanding minerals permit applications by the end of the financial year, enabling valuable mining activity and signalling to the sector that New Zealand is open for business.
We are implementing an ongoing improvements programme for our minerals permitting systems and processes to ensure we are an effective, consistent, and timely regulator.
