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‘Pure’ New Zealand chases gold as record prices burnish allure
New Zealand is fast-tracking gold projects and courting mining investors as soaring bullion prices revive a sector long in decline, testing the country's "100% Pure" brand as the government looks for ways to lift a weak economy. New Zealand's gold production is on track to double by the mid-2030s to its highest in at least three decades, according to Reuters calculations, helped by two new projects already approved and a third awaiting a final decision. That would put the country on course to exceed the government's target of lifting annual mineral exports, including coal and silver, to NZ$3 billion ($1.8 billion) ... (full story)