John Carnegie: Energy Resources Aotearoa CEO on the new draft mining strategy - The Mike Hosking Breakfast

The energy sector's viewing Shane Jones' vision for New Zealand's minerals as a common-sense approach. 

The Resources Minister's announced a draft strategy which would see a critical minerals list for the country produced, and a detailed stock-take made of the country's known mineral potential.

He wants to double export value within a decade from $1 billion to $2 billion. 

Energy Resources Aotearoa Chief Executive John Carnegie told Mike Hosking that we have to stay abreast with the rest of the world. 

He says it's hardly unusual for New Zealand to want to pursue its mineral wealth, with Australia and Canada both making strategies within recent years. 

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