Kiwis Against Seabed Mining

Fortesque Metals Group : -
West Australian Miner shows interest in New Zealand ironsands

Update 17 July 2008

Two new West Coast prospecting permit applications by Western Australian based Fortesque Metals

FMG Pacific Ltd has made application to Crown Minerals for Prospecting Permit No 50874 and Prospecting Permit 50960

On the 6 June 2008 FMG Pacific Ltd lodged a prospecting application for 590 sq km of seabed licence immediately north of New Plymouth and on 30 June 2008 lodged an application for 8204 sq km extending from the Port Waikato Heads to Cape Reinga.

In addition to the seabed applications listed above are five land based applications in Southland, Nelson, Taranaki, Waikato, and the Auckland-Northland regions

FMG Pacific Ltd is a New Zealand registered company # 2138870 on 5 June 2008, Registered Office 412 Lake Rd, Takapuna

Directors: Catlow C. J., Rowley, W. G., & Scrimshaw, R. J.

Sole shareholding is Fortesque Metals Group Ltd Level 2, 87 Adelaide Terrace, East Perth WA 6004, Australia

The minerals included in the prospecting permit applications are: Aluminium, Antimony, Bismuth, Copper, Gold, Ilmenite, Iron, Ironsand, Lead, Magnesium, Molybdenum, Nickel, Platinum Group Metals, Rare Earths, Rutile, Silver, Tantalum, Tin, Titanium, Tungsten, Zinc

Map of the prospecting application areas extracted from the Crown Minerals website