WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Dec. 11, 2018 /CNW/ - Chatham Rock Phosphate Limited (TSXV: "NZP" and NZAX: "CRP" or the "Company") wishes to advise that a year after first communicating with the incoming government it's timely for the Company to reiterate the messages it has sent directly to key Ministers during this period.
We keep sending these messages as the benefits of this project include a well documented and established range of environmental and health related benefits as well as providing an obvious boost to our economy.
Chatham rock phosphate is already located here in New Zealand and doesn't have to be imported from the other side of the world. Its ownership is also undisputed, unlike the rock being imported from the Western Sahara. And our permit area contains significant by-products including rare earths and other green minerals.
The area we would disturb during our mine life (less than 500 sq km in total or 30 sq km a year) represents less than a quarter of one percent of the Chatham Rise, a tiny area compared with the 19,000 sq km of the Rise bottom trawled annually in the area by the fishing industry with few identified ill-effects; the impacts on the seafloor are broadly the same.
Chatham is a really good news story which is why it's worth repeating these messages again below. And it's also why we will continue to request meetings with our key ministers in order to communicate these messages in person.
This project deserves to be supported by any government, in any country, and particularly so by the Labour/Green/NZ First coalition we have in New Zealand.
In summary it ticks all the boxes: environmental, health, ethical, security of supply, economic, regional development, rare earths and other green minerals
We repeat our request to meet and brief the key Ministers of this government in order to gain the support that this project so richly merits. It's good for the environment, good for the economy and good for New Zealand.
Regards
Chris Castle, President and CEO
chris@crpl.co.nz or +64 21 55 81 85
Skype: phosphateking
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SOURCE Chatham Rock Phosphate
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