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simon		Posted : Tuesday, 20 September 2011 11:06:54 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 7/01/2011(UTC) Posts: 789 Location: Central Otago Thanks: 33 times Was thanked: 239 time(s) in 150 post(s)		just been reading about mining in the longwood range, southland (southland times, 20 sept). seems they have suspended new applications prob to allow in foreign consortiums etc. what interested me was they mentioned last month new mining law was made. can anyone explain what has changed? it was great that this was well announced. i knew it was coming up. the way its been gone about i have doubts anything good has come about for anyone that is a new zealander and wants to get a small scale permit of some kind.
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Lammerlaw		Posted : Tuesday, 20 September 2011 11:24:34 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		New Zealand is not ours any more so rest well assured that whatever it is forebodes bad for the average Kiwi. We allow this sort of twaddle to rule our lives assuming of course that the new mining law is not in the interests of the common citizen and his/her rights to get out there to look for some gold as a recreational fossicker.

goldfinger		Posted : Wednesday, 21 September 2011 5:18:56 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 6/01/2011(UTC) Posts: 37 Location: Westland Thanks: 43 times Was thanked: 19 time(s) in 16 post(s)		this web site always a good follow on this subject http://canterbury.cyberp....org.nz/community/CAFCA/

under the bedrock		Posted : Wednesday, 21 September 2011 10:34:34 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 6/07/2011(UTC) Posts: 116 Location: invercargill Was thanked: 14 time(s) in 13 post(s)		they are after platnum and anything else that they find.Estimates of 2billion +.....