Minerals Strategy for New Zealand and Critical Minerals List

The Minerals Strategy adopts a lens out to 2040, focusing New Zealand’s approach to the development of our minerals estate, with a delivery roadmap to get us there. It outlines actions that will be taken to position the minerals sector to deliver for New Zealanders, focused on three key outcomes of productivity, value, and resilience. The Strategy is guided by overarching principles to honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations and responsible practices.

There are 37 minerals included on the Critical Minerals List, which identifies minerals that are essential to New Zealand’s economy. New Zealand has the potential to produce 21 of these, which will enable us to contribute to the growing critical minerals market as a trusted and reliable partner, particularly in the support of global mineral supply chains of minerals needed for clean energy technologies.

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