TiGa Minerals & Metals
Barrytown Mineral Project
In a decision published on 29 April 2024, TiGa Minerals & Metals (TiGa) was granted a resource consent to mine and process minerals and heavy metals on private farmland on the Barrytown Flats on the West Coast, New Zealand.
TiGa is committed to ensuring mana whenua and the community had an opportunity to participate in the consenting process.
TiGa welcomes the decision of the consent commissioners to grant its application.
We are pleased that the commission commended TiGa on its extensive and cooperative consultation with community, iwi Māori and environmental groups.
Our process helped develop the conditions of consent by which TiGa must operate to mitigate against potential impacts of the mining operation.
This website includes information about the project and its economic and environmental benefits, provides all the resource consent reports and answers key questions.
We want people to understand the advantages for the community as well as any impacts from mining activities, and how we propose to mitigate them.
Resource consent secured following Environment Court appeal
The appeal against the resource consents secured by the Barrytown Mineral Sands Project in April 2024 has successfully been resolved by agreement reached through mediation, and has been endorsed by the Environment Court through a consent order.
TiGa now has all the permits and approvals required to allow mining to commence with agreed amendments to the conditions of consent, that address objectors’ concerns while still enabling mining activity.
The key condition changes relate to wetland setbacks and reduced hours of operation for trucking, loading of trucks, mining, overburden and topsoil stripping, bund development and related activities. The amendments to the consent conditions further reduce the risk of adverse effects on indigenous avifauna, such as the Westland Petrel.
TiGa acknowledges and thanks all participants involved in the appeal for the good faith and constructive manner in which the final agreement was reached.
Employment and contracted services opportunities
Since TiGa’s consent was announced, the company has received numerous inquiries about employment or the provision of contracted services.
TiGa is collating these approaches and will respond to all expressions of interest as our planning develops.
We encourage anyone seeking employment or offering services to continue to file their expressions of interest to our public inquiries email.
The Barrytown Mineral Project will provide significant economic benefits for the Grey District and wider West Coast community.
Employment, economic activity, local spending and exports will all increase significantly.
The mine will generate an estimated $63 million per year and create 57 directly employed mining jobs and 80 support jobs elsewhere in the economy.
More people will be attracted to the area and young people will have more employment opportunities on the West Coast.
TiGa accepts and supports its environmental obligations.
We will put provisions in place for the operation of the Barrytown Mineral Project that ensure water, wildlife and the wider environment are protected and enhanced, and the land is fully restored to farming pasture.
We propose to increase the area of native planting on the site and along bordering wetlands and waterways, remove pest weeds and institute a pest control programme for introduced mammalian predators.
TiGa will work with the West Coast community to ensure locals are involved in the resource consent process.
We asked the West Coast Regional Council and Grey District Council to publicly notify our resource consent application so anyone with an interest could have their say on the project. We have set up a community liaison group to make sure community voices continue to be heard now that the consent process has been completed. The first meeting of that group was on 11 December, 2024.
We also propose to create opportunities for local youth to study and gain employment.
“We’re committed to ensuring mana whenua and the West Coast community continue to have input into our ongoing operations, via the community liaison group we established.”
— Robert Brand, TiGa Managing Director