Hardie Pacific leverages five decades of experience to support the development of resilient mineral supply chains and future energy systems.
We identify, evaluate, and advance world‑scale opportunities in gold, magnesium, and monazite‑hosted rare earth elements, together with natural hydrogen and permanent CO₂ mineralisation.
We operate with a measured, disciplined philosophy grounded in science, data, partnership, and long-term value. Our structure balances deep geological and scientific capability in New Zealand with operational strength and execution maturity in Australia. As global demand intensifies, Hardie Pacific’s experience, scale, and sustained investment position the group as a trusted, sovereign-aligned partner for governments, industry, aerospace innovators, and international stakeholders shaping the future of critical minerals and emerging energy systems.
Our work aligns with a pivotal global moment, as industries and governments seek transparent, geopolitically trusted sources and secure supply. Hardie Pacific sits at the intersection of this rising strategic need, significant underdeveloped geology in the APAC region, and emerging science-led pathways such as natural hydrogen and permanent CO₂ mineralisation.
Duncan Hardie, the Founder and Director of Hardie Pacific, began his career in New Zealand, securing his first gold permit in 1973 and his first coal permit in 1974, maintaining continuous permits ever since. Alongside these early mineral interests, the Hardie family operated businesses in property investment, real‑estate trading, commercial fishing, and souvenirs—building commercial capability across multiple sectors. In the mid‑1980s, disillusioned with the New Zealand economic climate, Duncan began planning a relocation, ultimately moving his family to Sydney in January 1987.
This move followed the establishment of the group’s first Australian companies in 1986, including Hardie Oceanic and Hardie Pacific Pty Ltd, which formed the foundation for broader expansion in Australia. From this base, Goodman Hardie Limited emerged and later grew into a global player in industrial property. In 2005, the group created Biodiversity Land Pty Ltd, the first dedicated biodiversity land company in New South Wales, reflecting increasing public interest in environmental protection and the significance of sustainability in long‑term land and resource development.
Between 2010 and 2015, Hardie Pacific expanded from property into the resources sector, leveraging its operational depth to move into minerals, geology, and emerging energy technologies. In 2018, the group commenced investigations into carbon sequestration using ultramafic and serpentinite formations in New Zealand and NSW. Ongoing drilling programs in New Zealand continue to deliver encouraging results. Today, Hardie Pacific’s focus spans natural hydrogen, permanent CO₂ mineralisation, and critical mineral exploration—particularly monazite, zircon, copper, magnesium, chromium, and gold—reflecting a strategic shift toward future‑defining resources while maintaining more than fifty years of investment capability and the ability to recognise and act on previously unrealised potential.
Pictured is the Hardie Building in Sydney Australia
Operate in secure, low‑risk jurisdictions.
landholdings, permits, infrastructure access
In rare earths and strategic investments
Focused, high‑value critical mineral exploration.