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Metal Detecting for Gold
Tibooburra Gold.....a beginners "El Dorado."
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<blockquote data-quote="gardnep" data-source="post: 675892" data-attributes="member: 6235"><p>Visited in 2020 and came up empty, like most treasure hunters. Found about 3 lead shots in the slate so the whites was working. Contrary to other advice, this has been a small field with a small yield 9000 oz rings a bell and even if it was 10 x higher it is still a small yield. Australia is the second largest producer of gold in the world and if the Tibooburra field was compared to our current production, there is a good reason why the big companies have not moved in. One mine, Newmont Boddington gold and copper mine in WA produced 798,000 oz in 2022 and 898,000 oz in 2021.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, before claiming that there is a mining lease over the country, please check the NSW mines department website because an Exploration lease is different to a mining lease and mining leases usually take years to get approved. Some property owners use the terms interchangeably to claim we metal detector operators are not allowed when there is no restrictions on an Exploration lease. I believe the claimed lease was withdrawn a few years ago.</p><p></p><p>There are many small gold specks at Tibooburra and I hope we all find a few and it never was an Eldorado.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gardnep, post: 675892, member: 6235"] Visited in 2020 and came up empty, like most treasure hunters. Found about 3 lead shots in the slate so the whites was working. Contrary to other advice, this has been a small field with a small yield 9000 oz rings a bell and even if it was 10 x higher it is still a small yield. Australia is the second largest producer of gold in the world and if the Tibooburra field was compared to our current production, there is a good reason why the big companies have not moved in. One mine, Newmont Boddington gold and copper mine in WA produced 798,000 oz in 2022 and 898,000 oz in 2021. Secondly, before claiming that there is a mining lease over the country, please check the NSW mines department website because an Exploration lease is different to a mining lease and mining leases usually take years to get approved. Some property owners use the terms interchangeably to claim we metal detector operators are not allowed when there is no restrictions on an Exploration lease. I believe the claimed lease was withdrawn a few years ago. There are many small gold specks at Tibooburra and I hope we all find a few and it never was an Eldorado. [/QUOTE]
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Gold Prospecting
Metal Detecting for Gold
Tibooburra Gold.....a beginners "El Dorado."
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