Land available for minerals applications
Land that has recently become available for minerals applications.
The following report provides notification of land available for mineral permit applications. The report is updated fortnightly, to provide timely information on new minerals opportunities across New Zealand.
Find out more about the permit history and exact location of the permit by entering the permit ID and viewing the permit document in the Online Permitting System.
See if the relinquished areas are still open ground for permitting with the minerals permit webmap by cross referencing the location of the permit from the online permitting system and webmaps.
Land status decisions made on Friday 27 March 2026
The next round of land status decisions will be made on Friday 10 April 2026.
| Mineral group | Permit ID | Permit type | Relinquish reason | Relinquish date | Onshore Offshore |
Area | Minerals | Location (Region) | Allocation method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coal | 41274 | Mining | Full surrender | 18 Dec 2025 | Onshore | 197.532 ha | Coal | West Coast | AWPO |
| Coal | 41332 | Mining | Full surrender | 18 Dec 2025 | Onshore | 49.384 ha | Coal | West Coast | AWPO |
| Coal | 41456 | Mining | Full surrender | 18 Dec 2025 | Onshore | 69.607 ha | Coal | West Coast | AWPO |
| Metallic | 60207 | Mining | Partial surrender | 26 Feb 2026 | Onshore | 14.86 ha | Gold and silver | West Coast | AWPO |
| Metallic | 60624 | Exploration | Partial surrender | 21 Jan 2026 | Onshore | 15990.6 ha | All metallic minerals | West Coast | AWPO |
| Metallic | 61001 | Prospecting | Full surrender | 20 Mar 2026 | Onshore | 66.460 sqkm | All metallic minerals | Otago | AWPO |
| Metallic | 61029 | Exploration | Partial surrender | 13 Mar 2026 | Onshore | 1115.34 ha | Gold | Tasman | AWPO |
| Metallic | 60486 | Mining | Full surrender | 30 Jan 2026 | Onshore | 45.211 ha | Gold | West Coast | AWPO |
Current Newly Available Acreage (NAA) rounds
| NAA ID | Mineral group | Prior permit ID | Land area | Region | Open date | Close date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None. |
Applications over Newly Available Acreage (NAA) must be received within the specified 40 working day contest round.
More information about NAA applications and how to apply:
Guidance on making applications for Newly Available Acreage (NAA) [PDF 341KB]
Current Newly Available Acreage (NAA) rounds can be found on our collections page: