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Tibooburra Gold.....a beginners "El Dorado."
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<blockquote data-quote="mbasko" data-source="post: 675893" data-attributes="member: 4485"><p>Not quite correct.</p><p>In NSW you need the permission of the Exploration Lease (EL) holder to fossick on any land covered by one. This is only negated if the area is within a Fossicking District (Tibooburra is not).</p><p>A large amount of area up there is indeed under EL (shown below in blue/purple) & there are still Mining Leases (ML) that require permission of the leaseholder regardless near Mt Browne & the Good Friday bore (shown below in red).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]12330[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Many people do pretty well at Tibooburra fossicking/prospecting & Historically it produced 1700kg of mostly alluvial & eluvial gold (~52,000 ounces). </p><p>Comparing those historic figures against a completely different modern mine that's producing gold/copper concentrates from greenstone ore isn't really showing the hobby fossicker/prospector anything of value. Although Boddington produce a lot of gold it is too deep for hobbyists & may even be too fine. </p><p></p><p>At least one company has an interest in potential at Tibooburra, Manhattan Corporation (owner of the Tibooburra Gold Project) say it's an "Underexplored Goldfield with Multi – Million ounce potential".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mbasko, post: 675893, member: 4485"] Not quite correct. In NSW you need the permission of the Exploration Lease (EL) holder to fossick on any land covered by one. This is only negated if the area is within a Fossicking District (Tibooburra is not). A large amount of area up there is indeed under EL (shown below in blue/purple) & there are still Mining Leases (ML) that require permission of the leaseholder regardless near Mt Browne & the Good Friday bore (shown below in red). [ATTACH=full]12330[/ATTACH] Many people do pretty well at Tibooburra fossicking/prospecting & Historically it produced 1700kg of mostly alluvial & eluvial gold (~52,000 ounces). Comparing those historic figures against a completely different modern mine that's producing gold/copper concentrates from greenstone ore isn't really showing the hobby fossicker/prospector anything of value. Although Boddington produce a lot of gold it is too deep for hobbyists & may even be too fine. At least one company has an interest in potential at Tibooburra, Manhattan Corporation (owner of the Tibooburra Gold Project) say it's an "Underexplored Goldfield with Multi – Million ounce potential". [/QUOTE]
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