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Facts and Figures
Gold & Silver
Based on average of sale values reported in Royalty Returns:
Gold - $38,840.86 NZD per kg ($1,184.61 NZD per ounce or $755.07USD per ounce at the Trade Weighted index of $1NZD=$0.6374USD as at June 2009 (figures taken from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand)
Silver – $711.24NZD per kg ($453.34 USD per kg)
Gold Production(kg) 1993-2009
Ironsand
Waikato – North Head
585,978 tonnes of sand was reported to have been mined this year at the Waikato North Head mine. The deposit contains more than 150 million tonnes of ironsand.
Industrial Minerals
Aggregate Production 1994-2009
Production data*
- 2009 Mining Production Statistics [90 kB XLS]
- 2008 Mining Production Statistics [91 kB XLS]
- 2007 Mining Production Statistics [144 kB XLS]
- 2006 Mining Production Statistics [107 kB XLS]
- 2005 Mining Production Statistics [67 kB XLS]
- 2004 Mining Production Statistics [71 kB XLS]
- 2003 Mining Production Statistics [63 kB XLS]
- 2002 Mining Production Statistics [54 kB XLS]
- 2001 Mining Production Statistics [52 kB XLS]
- 2000 Mining Production Statistics [50 kB XLS]
- 1970-1999 Mining Production Statistics [263 kB XLS]
Expenditure Statistics
During the 2008 year, a change in expenditure reporting requirements for prospecting and exploration permits came into effect under regulation 37 of the Crown Minerals (Minerals and Coal) Regulations 2007. Expenditure is now reported for a 12 month period from the permit anniversary date, as opposed to being for a period from the 1 April YYYY to 31 March YYYY in previous years for all permits. Please note this change if comparing the aggregated data prior to 1 April 2008
Expenditure Statistics
Prospecting and exploration expenditure
Includes all expenditure on prospecting and exploration activities within permits, other than expenditure on consents and agreements, legal fees, the purchase of plant and equipment, office and administrative expenses, or the amount of any fees related to the permit.
Consents and agreements expenditure
Includes expenditure on legal fees in obtaining and maintaining access arrangements and resource consents relating to prospecting and exploration.
Other expenditure
Includes expenditure on plant and equipment, office and administrative expenses, fees, restoration costs and other expenditure related to permits.
Please note: The information provided on the Mining Production and Exploration/Prospecting Expenditure statistics is intended to provide general information to the public and although every effort has been taken to ensure that the information set out is accurate, visitors to this website are advised that the information provided for industrial mineral commodities is based on an industry-wide survey, and variations in yearly production may be due to information not being supplied during the survey period.
* Crown Minerals was notified in 2010 of a discrepancy in the figures reported for gold production dating back to the 2006 year. As such, the spreasheets from 2006,2007 and 2008 have been amended and replaced.
