Day Two
Morning Session
8.30am start – 12.30pm (lunch break)
Basic safety in the bush
- Equipment
- Responsibilities
- Planning
- Communications
Metal detector advanced
- Research methods
- Patch hunting
- Working a patch
- GPS logging
- The unwritten ‘Rules’
Ground acquisition
- Purpose
- Pegging
- Paperwork
- Costs/benefits
Tenement expenditure and paperwork
- Why own your own tenement?
- Form 5’s
- Rents/rates
- Programme of works and rehab
Lunch time and another chance to
catch your breath.
Afternoon Session
1.00pm start – 4.00pm finish (approx)
DMIRS website
- GeoVIEW.WA
- Downloads
Dollying
- Dollying for sampling
- Dollying ready for sale
Basic GPS
- The basics
Smelting and selling gold
- Selling gold
- Profit control
- Smelting gold
Working the ground
- Bulldozing for gold
- Important considerations
- Another approach
NOTE:● Light refreshments will be provided ● Please bring some tucker for lunch ● Course subjects may vary slightly.