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Kiwis Against Seabed Mining and Greenpeace today confirmed they will oppose Trans-Tasman Resources\u2019 application to seek leave from the Supreme Court to appeal the recent Court of Appeal decision quashing its seabed mining proposal.\u00a0

Trans-Tasman Resources is seeking to dig up 50 million tonnes of the South Taranaki Bight every year for 35 years in a 66 square kilometre area, to access five million tonnes of iron ore, and dump the rest back onto the seabed. It received a marine discharge consent from the Environmental Protection Authority in 2017, but this decision has been quashed by both the High Court and the Court of Appeal (April 3)\u00a0

In a press release today announcing the filing of its application to the Supreme Court, Trans-Tasman Resources\u2019 Executive Chairman Alan Eggars made claims <\/a>strongly disputed by the two organisations.\u00a0

\u201cClaiming that this unproven, experimental industry would employ an \u201cenvironmental best practice sustainable environmental approach\u201d is utterly absurd,\u201d said Cindy Baxter, chairperson of Kiwis Against Seabed Mining.\u00a0\u00a0

\u201cWe will oppose this application, on behalf of the many thousands of people we represent, as well as on behalf of the marine environment.\u00a0 This destructive practice has no place in our waters.\u201d\u00a0

Greenpeace oceans campaigner Jessica Desmond added that as outrageous as Eggars\u2019 comments were, she wasn\u2019t surprised the company was appealing the Court of Appeal decision because it had already invested so much in this long, drawn-out legal battle.\u00a0

\u201cThe\u00a0 company has admitted<\/a> that if allowed to stand, this would effectively be the end of seabed mining in Aotearoa. Trans-Tasman Resources already has mining permits for other areas in the South Taranaki Bight that would dwarf this mine site. If allowed, this could see our marine environment being subjected to the one of the first commercial-scale seabed mining operations in the world. New Zealanders do not want this to happen.\u201d

If the application is successful, the two groups will be at the Supreme Court to defend the Court of Appeal decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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