Significance
On 28 May 1568 two mining monopolies were created, the Company of Mineral and Battery Works and the Society of Mines Royal. The effects of the decision were limited by the Mines Royal Act 1690, which removed the monopoly of these two companies.
The case has remained the leading case in New Zealand law on the royal prerogative to the royal metals of gold and silver. The case was also the authority on which the controversial Miner's Licences in Australia were introduced at the time of the Australian gold rushes.
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