![]() ![]() In fact having done some research the regional plans for most gold bearing areas in the South Island include at least some provision for suction dredging. ![]() In other words the scale and impacts are not considered to be sufficient enough to require a consent. On the subject of resource consents – some district and regional plans for gold bearing areas already allow the use of suction dredges and like equipment as a permitted activity. Potentially fairly straightforward in the case of private land, but apt to be rather difficult for DOC land.Īs an aside I note a press release on the Crown Minerals website that refers to combining several reviews currently underway into a single larger one that will now be released for public consultation in April 2011. However with that said there are other legal requirements to consider, including landowner (be it private/commercial, DOC, or other govt dept) and resource consent. In theory anyone wishing to operate a small suction dredge for gold recovery would need to obtain a mining permit from Crown Minerals at the cost of mere thousands not including ancillary costs such as survey accurate boundary definition and consultation with iwi! The aforementioned requirements also apply to metal detecting and the even the humble sluice box and gold pan when used outside of a designated fossicking area!īut despair not, for salvation may soon be at hand in the form of proposed amendments to the Crown Minerals Act, which would provide for small scale activity without the need to obtain a mining permit. As NZGOLD rightly points out – unfortunately the current legislation doesn’t distinguish between different scales of activity. ![]()
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