About Us
Advanced Mineral Solutions was founded by Garret Huelson to balance effective mining with responsible environmental care. Unlike theoretical consultants, Garret brings his hands-on experience to every project.
Practical Solutions for Mining and the Environment
Garret's background includes building mines from scratch, water management solutions, and taking projects through regulatory requirements in several countries. This gives our mining consulting approach a difference - we focus on solutions that work in the real world.
Our clients like working directly with the principal consultant. As a boutique mining project management company, we eliminate unnecessary layers and respond quickly to changing conditions. Your needs drive our solutions, not corporate procedures or packaged approaches.
We service mining operations throughout New Zealand and beyond, specialising in quarry consulting that takes into account your actual equipment and team. Our contaminated site remediation and wetland restoration work has turned unusable land into assets whilst saving expected costs.
It doesn't have to be one or the other. Our soil and groundwater solutions show that environmental solutions can help your business, not harm it.
Meet Garret Huelson
Garret has his NZ A Grade Certificate of Competence for Quarry Managers from years of hands-on work. This gives official recognition to what he's learned from running real mines in 4 different countries.
New Zealand has some amazing un-mined gold deposits that few have the skills to get into. We have seen what works when setting up operations in these areas. The same practical knowledge applies when we deal with contaminated sites that others struggle to clean up.
The permit process stops most projects in their tracks, but we know the system from the inside and help your applications meet what the regulators actually want to see. Your project keeps moving while meeting operational needs and compliance requirements. No unnecessary delays. No costly revisions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Our principal consultant, Garret Huelson, draws on over 20 years of hands-on experience in building and operating mines across four countries. We focus on practical, real-world solutions tailored to your specific needs—not generic, off-the-shelf packages or rigid corporate processes. Clients work directly with Garret, ensuring quick responses and solutions that are grounded in reality.
Absolutely. Our expertise covers everything from quarry management to contaminated site remediation and wetland restoration. We believe environmental solutions can make your business stronger—not restrict it. Our practical soil and groundwater strategies aim to add value and save costs, transforming otherwise unusable lands into productive assets.
We are based in New Zealand and work with mining operations across the country as well as internationally. Our approach adapts to your location, equipment, and team to ensure solutions fit your real-world circumstances.
Navigating the permit process can be a major hurdle, but we have deep experience with regulatory requirements in New Zealand and abroad. We know what regulators look for and help you prepare applications that satisfy compliance and operational needs—keeping your project moving forward without unnecessary delays or costly revisions.
You will work directly with Garret Huelson, our principal consultant and a certified NZ A Grade Quarry Manager. Garret's extensive, hands-on experience means you get expert advice and guidance at every step—no bureaucracy, just real solutions from a trusted professional.
Let's Work Together
Got a mining or remediation project coming up? We can help with everything from tough excavation problems to quarry expansions to site restoration work. Advanced Mineral Solutions is ready when you are.
- Phone +64 27 403 1085
- Location Hamilton, New Zealand
