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January 2016
Inaugural Field Trip
Ron Gregory has kindly offered to host our inaugural field trip at his Back Creek gold lease on the 16th of January 2016. This is also a good opportunity to have our AGM, which will be held on-site. Back Creek is a good location for detecting gold nuggets, and a few nuggets and specimens have been found in the last few months. There is also a large pond for panning, or in case you want to bring your highbanker. Ron will…
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Field Trip to Weldborough – gemstones (and a little gold)
After a series of floods hit the north during winter, the fossicking is excellent in the creeks and rivers around Weldborough. Join us on Sunday the 23rd of October at 9:00 at the Weldborough Hotel camping area (in Weldborough) for our regular meeting (usually 1/2 hour or so), followed by a day of fossicking in the area. Since the last trip we went to the main Moorinna Fossicking Area, this time we'll spread out and head to other creeks in…
Find out more »November 2016
Field Trip to Doctors Rocks (Gold)
There aren't a lot of times of the year when a low tide falls both in the middle of the day and on a weekend. Sunday the 20th of November is one such day, so it's too good an opportunity to miss. Meeting Place: Outside the entrance to the Seabrook Golf Course, on the Old Bass Highway at Seabrook (Between Doctors Rocks and East Wynyard), at 9:00 am on Sunday 20th November 2016. Please RSVP by 13th November. Places to stay:…
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2017 AGM and Lisle Field Trip
The 2017 PMAT AGM will be beld at Lisle, in north-eastern Tasmania, on Saturday 18th March 2017, starting at 9:00 am. Lisle is the site of the largest alluvial goldfield in Tasmania's history. Towards the middle of 1878, Charles Bessell together with Alfred and Edwin Thomas discovered gold in the Lisle basin, and the discovery triggered a rush of 2,500 diggers within 12 months. Several years later, in 1885, there were still 2,000 men working the field, and the town…
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Mathinna Metal Detecting Trip
New Golden Gate mine battery Rod Holden has kindly given us permission to hold a field trip in his Mathinna exploration licence on Saturday the 30th of September 2017. Since we will be inside a tenement, RSVP is required for this trip, please let PMAT know by the 15th of September if you intend to come. There is no cost to attend, as long as you're a PMAT member. If you have recently applied and we still haven't sent you an invoice,…
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Gladstone Fossicking Area Trip
The next PMAT field trip will be held at the Gladstone Fossicking area on Saturday the 28th of October 2017. Since we will be in a designated Fossicking Area, no Prospecting License is needed. The Fossicking Area is along the south side of Waterhouse Road, west of Gladstone. The main collecting areas are Mt Cameron Creek, Ah Kaw Creek and Sextus Creek. For more information visit the MRT website. There is also a post on the Fossicking Area and Mt…
Find out more »December 2017
Lune River Field Trip
The Prospectors and Miners Association of Tasmania will hold a field trip on Saturday the 2nd of December 2017, to the Lune River Fossicking Area. Since we will be in a designated Fossicking Area, no Prospecting License is needed. The Fossicking Area is around the junction of the Leprena Track and South Cape Road. For more information visit the MRT website. There is also a post about fossicking in Lune River here. There is no cost to attend, as long as…
Find out more »March 2018
2018 AGM and Lefroy Field Trip
AGM: The Annual General Meeting of the Prospectors and Miners Association of Tasmania (Inc.) will take place on Saturday the 10th of March at 9:00 a.m. at the Beechford Oval. Membership dues for 2018 are now payable. If you wish to keep supporting us, by far the easiest way is to pay on the day, but if you prefer to pay electronically or can't make it, please get in touch and we'll send you an electronic invoice. This notice should…
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