Seabed miner wants to list on the NZX

The company wants to seabed mine off the Taranaki coast. (Image: Getty)

Tue, 23 Sep 2025

Manuka Resources is preparing a foreign exempt listing on the NZX as it pushes ahead with plans for a large ironsands project off the Taranaki coast, while also gearing up to restart silver and gold operations in Australia.The Australia-based company is targeting a debut on the NZX on Sept 26, trading under the ticker MKR, already used on the ASX where it has been listed since 2020.Manuka holds the Taranaki vanadiferous titanomagnetite (VTM) ironsands project through subsidiary Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR).The proposal involves dredging seabed...

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