March 01, 2026

Tāiko Critical Minerals is pleased to advise that it has received approval for its compliance listing on the NZX and will commence trading on Thursday, 5 March 2026, under the symbol TCM.

The TCM Listing Profile document can be found here, including its latest JORC reports and financial statements.

January 28, 2026

Taiko Critical Minerals (TCM) has released its Initial Mineral Resource Statement for its Barrytown Critical Minerals Project. The report has been compiled by an independent ‘Competent Person’ and confirms the global significance of the deposit and project.

November 26, 2025

Tāiko Critical Minerals, a West Coast-based critical minerals company confirms its plan for a Direct Listing on the New Zealand Stock Exchange early next year.

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November 25, 2025

Tāiko Critical Minerals gets Minerals Separation Plant consent and changes its name.

May 30, 2025

Tāiko Critical Minerals Barrytown Minerals Project is progressing well as the company works towards submitting its Fast-track application with the goal of progressing to full-scale mining in early 2027.

April 04, 2025

Tāiko Critical Minerals’ Barrytown Minerals Project is picking up pace since being granted resource consent for the first stage of its mine development late last year.

January 23, 2025

Tāiko Critical Minerals has made significant progress in its plans to become a mineral sands producer on the West Coast of New Zealand.

October 03, 2024

The appeal against the resource consents secured by the Barrytown Mineral Sands Project in April this year has successfully been resolved by agreement reached through mediation, and has been endorsed by the Environment Court through a consent order.

June, 17 2024

Tāiko Critical Minerals says that as the appeal lodged by the Coast Road Resilience Group (CRRG) is broad and repetitive of the claims made during the consent hearing, it is unlikely to be resolved by mediation.

April, 29 2024

New Zealand-registered company Tāiko Critical Minerals has welcomed the decision by independent commissioners to allow it to proceed with its proposed mine on the West Coast’s Barrytown Flats.

September 15, 2023

Tāiko Critical Minerals’s resource consent application has now been publicly notified through the Greymouth Star and the Westport News.

September 15, 2023

An article on a proposed mineral sands mine at Barrytown in the spring 2023 issue of Forest & Bird magazine is misinformed and unbalanced says Tāiko Critical Minerals.

Learn more in this media release from Tāiko Critical Minerals in response to a recent Forest & Bird article.

September 02, 2023

Tāiko Critical Minerals has released computer-generated images showing how the mineral sands mine site will be screened from the road.

August 29, 2023

We need geoscientists more than ever, and here are three big reasons why: Construction demand, geohazards and climate, and critical minerals.

Learn more in this article from Martin Brook, published on The Conversation.

February 27, 2025

It is time for a strategic focus on what minerals we need for the future, and where we are going to get them from, says Straterra chief executive Josie Vidal.

Learn more in this article from Straterra, published on voxy.co.nz.

June 21, 2023

Have you ever thought about what mining means for our quality of life today and for our vision of a greener future?

Learn more in this opinion piece from Josie Vidal, published in the New Zealand Herald.

June 15, 2023

TiGa says it has a raft of measures to protect Westland petrels, such as pointing lights downwards and stopping trucks from running at night.

Learn more in this article from Greymouth Star.

June 13, 2023

TiGa is strongly committed to ensuring that its proposed mine will be an exemplar of how sustainable mining can work with the natural environment.

Learn more in this media release from TiGa in response to a Greymouth Star inquiry.

June, 2023

The public will get a say on a proposed open-cast mineral sands mine on farmland at Barrytown, West Coast.

Learn more in this article from Greymouth Star reporter, Laura Mills.

June 02, 2023

West Coast mines are struggling to fill jobs, mine managers told a recent minerals forum (West Coast Minerals Forum) in Westport.

Learn more in this article from Westport News reporter Ellen Curnow.

May 27, 2023

The company behind mining plans at Barrytown says it wants to increase its mine permit area and is confident there are enough minerals there for a long-term project.

Learn more in this article from Greymouth Star reporter, Laura Mills.

May 19, 2023

New Zealand’s mining lobby group Straterra is about to launch an eight-week campaign, as the general election looms.

Learn more in this article from Greymouth Star reporter, Laura Mills.

May 18, 2023

West Coast mining industry leaders are keen to shake off a legacy of poor environmental rehabilitation and create a cleaner, greener image.

Learn more in this article from Westport News reporter, Ellen Curnow.

May 17, 2023

The WCRC should ensure the rejected Te Kuha coalmine in Buller gets a ‘fair crack of the whip” in light of the recent adverse court decision, a councillor says.

Learn more in this article from Westport News reporter, Brendon McMahon.

May 17, 2023

West Coast mines are taking on staff, and the country is ‘open for business’, industry leaders said today at the Minerals West Coast annual forum, in Westport.

Learn more in this article from Greymouth Star reporter, Laura Mills.

May 13, 2023

A recent minister of conservation asked for urgent information about the Barrytown mineral sands mining proposal, but was told it was on private land.

Learn more in this article from Greymouth Star reporter, Laura Mills.

May 01, 2023

A new and determined bid has been made for a proposed open-cast mineral sands mine on farmland near Barrytown on the West Coast.

Learn more in this article from Rural Life reporter, Laura Mills.

April 28, 2023

An Australian mining company has reapplied for a resource consent for a mineral sands development on the West Coast, which it contends will earn the Coast millions but have only a light environmental impact.

Learn more in this article from RNZ.

April 26, 2023

A new and determined bid has been made for a proposed open-cast mineral sands mine on farmland near Barrytown.

April 26, 2023

New reports on radiation have been supplied to the West Coast Regional Council by TiGa Minerals, which proposes mining the mineral sands of Barrytown Flat.

April 25, 2023

Adirondack garnet mined from Barton Mines’ quarry in Johnsburg is playing a key role in the refurbishment of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier.

Learn more in this article from U.S. publication, Sun Community News.

April 12, 2023

A proposed opencast mineral sands mine on farmland near Barrytown would provide significant economic benefits for the Grey District and West Coast region.

May, 05 2023

A proposed open-cast mineral sands mine on farmland could produce $63 million of export earnings each year, the trans-Tasman mining company says.

March 06, 2023

Titanium is a unique metal with important applications in aerospace, automotives, and medicine. The U.S. has declared its strategic importance in the defence sector.

Learn more in this article from online publication, Visual Capitalist.

March 15, 2023

An Australian mining company behind plans for an open cast mineral mine, has agreed to make the re-application for resource consents publicly notified.

Learn more in this article from Stuff reporter, Keiller MacDuff.

January 25, 2023

The mining company making a second run at approval to mine on a remote stretch of the West Coast is “100% confident” the project will be approved this time around.

Learn more in this article from Stuff reporter, Keiller MacDuff.

January 24, 2023

Residents of a small West Coast settlement fear an Australian mining company is readying for another run at a consent to mine thousands of tonnes of heavy mineral concentrate on remote farmland.

Learn more in this article from Stuff reporter, Keiller MacDuff.