GNS wants to further study Zealandia, the submerged continent surrounding New Zealand.

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The Regional Council is remaining staunch on proposed oil and gas prohibition.

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Todd Corporation has won backing from the Western Australia government for a $6 billion iron ore mining and transport project.

A researcher who has uncovered new insights into New Zealand's ocean environment says seafloor communities need better protection against any future deep-sea mining.

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OceanaGold Corp, the gold and copper miner, said its annual profit halved due to low commodity prices and extra costs from its purchase of Waihi Gold Mine.

A company which spent up to $65 million in a failed bid to mine ironsands from the South Taranaki seabed, has applied for a prospecting permit covering a huge swathe of seabed north of Ross.

Most of $8 million the Government is putting into mineral and oil and gas geotechnical studies will be spent on aerial aeromagnetic surveys.

Taranaki oil and gas explorer Tag Oil, of Canada, is expanding into the New Zealand minerals sector through its 49 per cent ownership of a listed Canadian explorer.

Many areas too remote or dangerous for humans could be opened for exploration.

A ''rapid response'' team of up to 260 people has been set up to take to the water to hinder Anadarko's deep-sea drilling operations.

Three companies, including one partly owned by Far North Mayor Wayne Brown, have been awarded permits to explore for minerals at five Northland locations