Mining on conservation land shouldn't be banned

Most people know about the”No mining on conservation land” protest. I know everyone that was at the Taramakau bridge opening will know about it(there was a whole convoy protesting). Anyway, there are 2 types of people, people that are against mining and people that are for mining. Today I will be telling you why we should be able to mine on conservation land.
Mining is a big part of history, people have mined for a long time and if we get rid of mining how will we find valuable resources/minerals such as coal and gold? If we can’t find enough of these resources then what will happen? We need coal for our fires and petrol so if we get rid of a whole lot of mining in NZ we might have to start importing coal and petrol from other countries(if we aren’t doing that already). Quite a few people will be driving electric cars but what about the people that can’t afford an electric car or people that have vintage cars, not many people will be able to get fuel. And if we don’t mine enough gold how will we make fancy NZ jewellery.

Just about everyone also knows that lots of people are losing their jobs and here on the west coast it is really hard to find jobs so that means a lot of people have to move to find new jobs, some even have to leave the country. If we can plant plants and restore the nature after we mine why do we need this restriction? We may never know...