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1987 AusIMM New Zealand Branch Annual Conference

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1987 AusIMM New Zealand Branch Annual Conference

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History of Mineral Exploration in New Zealand

In this address I look back over the past 40 years of mineral exploration in New Zealand - essentially the period since the Second World War (ie since 1945)._x000D_
It was the period of my personal involvement, and indeed of the personal involvement of a number of you. Luckily it was aperiod of great interest and activity._x000D_
In the previous 50 years, virtually nothing had happened, and it is kindest to draw a veil over that period. In the very important earlier 40 years (1855 - 1895) the New Zealand gold rush occurred. That must have been a fascinating, rewarding period, which has been thoroughly documented by better historians than myself. I will simply comment firstly that its mineral explorers (gold-prospectors) were very successful indeed, and found most localities of the minerals they sought, in spite of using very different methods from ours of today. Secondly, they were preceeded by one of Maori exploration, which searched for a much restricted list of minerals, but succeeded in finding virtually every locality we know of today. The explorers of both of these early periods were obviously highly successful, but, in the time available, I must restrict myself to the period since 1945._x000D_
I am currently editing the effective up-dating of Gordon Williams' 'Economic Geology of New Zealand' (1974). It covers the last 12 years or so. Many of you are contributing to that volume - both as authors and as referees - and I would like to take this opportunity of thanking you all. Although this new volume excludes the energy field, many of us have been involved in it, and I am therefore including energy minerals in this review, as Williams did in 1974.
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