Day One
Morning Session
8.30am start – 12.30pm (lunch break)
Where you can prospect legally
- Miner’s Right – Rights and obligations
- Tenements
- Section 40E permits
- Approaching companies/lease holders
Geology of Western Australian gold
- Primary deposits
- Secondary deposits
- Basic rock identification
Identifying target areas
- Tengraph/WAMEX
- Google earth
- Geological maps
- Maps, books, historical references
- Reading the ground
By now your head will be spinning with
information! We’ll break for lunch and a cuppa.
Afternoon Session
1.00pm start – 4.00pm finish (approx)
Metal detector basics
- How they work
- Set up/settings
- Associated equipment
- Coil selection and sweep speed
- Target retrieval
Sampling methods
- What and why
- Equipment
- Old and new methods
NOTE:● Light refreshments will be provided ● Please bring some tucker for lunch ● Course subjects may vary slightly.