New Zealand-registered company TiGa Minerals & Metals Limited has welcomed the decision by independent commissioners to allow it to proceed with its proposed mine on the West Coast’s Barrytown Flats.

Read the full media release published on 29 April 2024.

TiGa’s resource consent application has now been publicly notified through the Greymouth Star and the Westport News.

Read the full public notice here as published in the Greymouth Star on 15 September 2023.

An article on a proposed mineral sands mine at Barrytown in the spring 2023 issue of Forest & Bird magazine is misinformed and unbalanced says TiGa.

Learn more in this media release from TiGa in response to a recent Forest & Bird article.

TiGa has released computer-generated images showing how the mineral sands mine site will be screened from the road.

Learn more in this article from the Greymouth Star, published on 2 September 2023.

We need geoscientists more than ever, and here are three big reasons why: Construction demand, geohazards and climate, and critical minerals.

Learn more in this article from Martin Brook, published on The Conversation.

The mining industry is calling on the next elected government to think smart, think big and think ahead when it comes to mining.

Learn more in this media release, published online by Straterra.

It is time for a strategic focus on what minerals we need for the future, and where we are going to get them from, says Straterra chief executive Josie Vidal.

Learn more in this article from Straterra, published on voxy.co.nz.

Have you ever thought about what mining means for our quality of life today and for our vision of a greener future?

Learn more in this opinion piece from Josie Vidal, published in the New Zealand Herald 21 June 2023.

TiGa says it has a raft of measures to protect Westland petrels, such as pointing lights downwards and stopping trucks from running at night.

Learn more in this article from Greymouth Star. Published on 15 June 2023.

TiGa is strongly committed to ensuring that its proposed mine will be an exemplar of how sustainable mining can work with the natural environment.

Learn more in this media release from TiGa in response to a Greymouth Star inquiry.

The public will get a say on a proposed open-cast mineral sands mine on farmland at Barrytown, West Coast.

Learn more in this article from Greymouth Star reporter, Laura Mills.

West Coast mines are struggling to fill jobs, mine managers told a recent minerals forum (West Coast Minerals Forum) in Westport.

Learn more in this article from Westport News reporter Ellen Curnow. Published on 2 June 2023.

The company behind mining plans at Barrytown says it wants to increase its mine permit area and is confident there are enough minerals there for a long-term project.

Learn more in this article from Greymouth Star reporter, Laura Mills. Published on 27 May 2023.

New Zealand’s mining lobby group Straterra is about to launch an eight-week campaign, as the general election looms.

Learn more in this article from Greymouth Star reporter, Laura Mills. Published on 19 May 2023.

West Coast mining industry leaders are keen to shake off a legacy of poor environmental rehabilitation and create a cleaner, greener image.

Learn more in this article from Westport News reporter, Ellen Curnow. Published on 18 May 2023.

The WCRC should ensure the rejected Te Kuha coalmine in Buller gets a ‘fair crack of the whip” in light of the recent adverse court decision, a councillor says.

Learn more in this article from Westport News reporter, Brendon McMahon. Published on 17 May 2023.

West Coast mines are taking on staff, and the country is ‘open for business’, industry leaders said today at the Minerals West Coast annual forum, in Westport.

Learn more in this article from Greymouth Star reporter, Laura Mills. Published on 17 May 2023.

A recent minister of conservation asked for urgent information about the Barrytown mineral sands mining proposal, but was told it was on private land.

Learn more in this article from Greymouth Star reporter, Laura Mills. Published on 13 May 2023.

A new and determined bid has been made for a proposed open-cast mineral sands mine on farmland near Barrytown on the West Coast.

Learn more in this article from Rural Life reporter, Laura Mills.

An Australian mining company has reapplied for a resource consent for a mineral sands development on the West Coast, which it contends will earn the Coast millions but have only a light environmental impact.

Learn more in this article from RNZ.

A new and determined bid has been made for a proposed open-cast mineral sands mine on farmland near Barrytown.

Learn more in this article from Greymouth Star reporter, Laura Mills. Published on 26 April 2023.

New reports on radiation have been supplied to the West Coast Regional Council by TiGa Minerals, which proposes mining the mineral sands of Barrytown Flat.

Learn more in this article from Greymouth Star reporter, Laura Mills. Published on 26 April 2023.

Adirondack garnet mined from Barton Mines’ quarry in Johnsburg is playing a key role in the refurbishment of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier.

Learn more in this article from U.S. publication, Sun Community News.

A proposed opencast mineral sands mine on farmland near Barrytown would provide significant economic benefits for the Grey District and West Coast region.

Learn more in this article from Westport News. Published on 12 April 2023.

A proposed open-cast mineral sands mine on farmland could produce $63 million of export earnings each year, the trans-Tasman mining company says.

Learn more in this article from Greymouth Star reporter, Laura Mills. Published on 5 May 2023.

Titanium is a unique metal with important applications in aerospace, automotives, and medicine. The U.S. has declared its strategic importance in the defence sector.

Learn more in this article from online publication, Visual Capitalist.

An Australian mining company behind plans for an open cast mineral mine, has agreed to make the re-application for resource consents publicly notified.

Learn more in this article from Stuff reporter, Keiller MacDuff.

The mining company making a second run at approval to mine on a remote stretch of the West Coast is “100% confident” the project will be approved this time around.

Learn more in this article from Stuff reporter, Keiller MacDuff.

Residents of a small West Coast settlement fear an Australian mining company is readying for another run at a consent to mine thousands of tonnes of heavy mineral concentrate on remote farmland.

Learn more in this article from Stuff reporter, Keiller MacDuff.