Coromandal mining deal reneged.
A crisis has developed again over mining on the Coromandel Peninsula. The mining companies group, the Mineral Exploration Society, has repudiated an agreement to restrict mining north of Thames and Tairua. This agreement late last year between conservation groups, the Mineral Exploratior Society, Mines Division and the ThamesCoromandel District Council sought to control mining in environmentally-sensitive areas on the Peninsula. Forest and Bird's Coromandel branch has actively supported the stand by the district council to control mining, through the district scheme. With the breakdown in the agreement, Coromandel conservation groups have resolved to use passive methods to physically prevent mining in sensitive areas. The present inability of the Mining Act to take account of environmental problems is being exploited by the Mineral Exploration Society. Conservation Staff
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Forest and Bird, Volume 18, Issue 1, 1 February 1987, Page 6
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130Coromandal mining deal reneged. Forest and Bird, Volume 18, Issue 1, 1 February 1987, Page 6
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