Shane Jones heads to Australia to woo mining investors

Shane Jones heads to Australia to woo mining investors
Resources Minister Shane Jones is off on a crusade to Australia, to encourage mining investment in NZ. (Image: NZME)
Ian Llewellyn
Resources Minister Shane Jones is heading to Australia as part of his ongoing campaign to entice international miners to invest in New Zealand.The trip comes as work begins preparing a critical mineral list and stocktake of NZ’s known mineral potential.Jones is first heading for Perth in Western Australia, the centre of some of the country’s most intense mining activity.The message will be that NZ is “open for business", but Jones said despite the Government working on more mining-friendly policy settings, there were perc...

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