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 15 March 2024
The next round of land status decisions will be made on 28 March 2024.
Mineral group | Permit ID | Permit type | Relinquish reason | Relinquish date | Onshore/Offshore | Area | Minerals | Location (Region) | Allocation method |
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Metallic Minerals | 60700 | Prospecting | Partial Surrender | 9/03/2024 | Onshore | 184.49 sq km | All metallic except Uranium | Otago | AWPO |
Current Newly Available Acreage (NAA) rounds
NAA ID | Mineral group | Prior permit ID | Land area | Region | Open date | Close date |
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NAA1046_40547 | Metallic Minerals | 40547 | 1,476.456 ha | Otago | 22/01/2024 | 18/03/2024 |
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]
NAA1046_40547 - Technical reports available for download
Below is a list of the reports available that contain geophysical, geological and other technical information across the Newly Available Acreage (NAA) NAA1046_40547.
These reports can be download via our Geodata Catalogue website:
For further information or details please contact us at nzpam@mbie.govt.nz.
Reports for permit number EP 40547
- MR3972 – Mining assessment and prospecting potential of the Glenorchy gold-tungsten prospect
- MR4412 – Summary Activity Report EP40547 Glenorchy: Geology Exploration Amenability to Processing and Mining
- MR4516 – Annual Work Programme Report for EP40547
- MR4926 – EP40547 Preliminary Assessment Report for Glenorchy, NZ
- MR5039 – EP 40547 Glenorchy mine scoping study - 2013
- MR5043 – EP 40547 Glenorchy annual technical report - 2013
- MR5258 – MEP 40547 Glenorchy Partial Surrender Report 2015
- MR5386 – EP40547 Glenorchy Annual Technical Report 2016 New Zealand Tungsten Mining Ltd
- MR5498 – Annual Technical Report MEP40547 - Glenorchy
- MR5852 – EP40547 Glenorchy Technical Report November 2021