Hardie Pacific is proud to be a part of the transition to the low carbon revolution. Our key interests are in rare earth minerals, strategic minerals, copper, ilmenite and garnet,  all being vital to clean and modern technology, industry, and the lessening of our environmental footprint.

Our aim is to identify commercial deposits with sufficient scale to appeal to international investors.

Australia

Munuku

Munuku Pty Ltd is a Queensland registered mineral exploration company, privately owned by Hardie Pacific’s Director Duncan Hardie and Michael Thirnbeck. Munuku have ten exploration permits, with emphasis on copper, gold, rare earths and critical minerals. The permits are accessible via the Cape York Peninsula Development Road in Far North Queensland. Munuku’s portfolio total 249,460 hectares.

www.munuku.com

Curwon

Curwon Pty Ltd, is a Queensland registered, dedicated copper exploration company, with the same ownership as Munuku Pty Ltd. The four permits are concentrated within the catchment of the Coleman River in Far North Queensland. The Curwon prospect was first drilled in the early 1990’s, with interesting results. Little subsequent exploration has occurred until the last two years following Curwon’s applications.

www.curwon.com

New Zealand – Smylers Gold

The Smylers Gold Pty Ltd project is located in Central Otago. Through detailed surface mapping, geochemical sampling, and drilling currently with three rigs, we have extended the known Hyde-Macraes Shear Zone 5km eastwards towards Palmerston, within our licence area (EP60389). The c.10 million-ounce Hyde-Macraes Shear Zone hosts the Macraes Mine, New Zealand’s largest producing gold mine. Recent work has revealed multiple gold-bearing shear structures that display characteristic Macraes gold and tungsten mineralisation across seven key prospects.

Westland Mineral Sands

Hardie Pacific is the largest shareholder in this Company, holding permits in Westland, New Zealand, containing in excess of 50m tonnes of heavy mineral concentrate (HMC), which include garnets, ilmenite, and rare earths. WMSL is committed to the re-opening of the Buller River Port at Westport, to allow for the bulk export of HMC to the world markets. A Wet Concentrator Plant (WCP) has recently arrived from Australia awaiting assembly.  Export production expected 3rd Quarter 2022.

www.wmsnz.com

Commitment to Research & Industry Bodies

In New Zealand we are closely aligned with NZIMMR, a regional research institute for minerals to materials and Otago University. In Australia, we work with several of the Queensland Government Collaborative Exploration Initiative (CEI) Schemes.