Don't miss out on the headlines from Central Queensland. Followed categories will be added to My News. Mines Minister Dr Anthony Lynham said the new 181 hectare Flat Diggings fossicking area, 15km ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Business. Followed categories will be added to My News. That's according to Clermont business owner Frieda Berry-Porter, who has called on Burdekin state election ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Central Queensland. Followed categories will be added to My News. Brothers Blake Want, 26 and Luke Want, 29, unearthed six "good sized" nuggets over six days, ...

Gold prospectors are being locked out of some fossicking areas by a new law that allows mining companies with pending leases to say no.

In Australia, the small town of Clermont, in central Queensland, is enjoying a new lease of life thanks to rising gold prices. Tourists and gold diggers flock to the region in search of the precious ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Rockhampton. Followed categories will be added to My News. Visiting politicians have heard local pleas for a change to state laws that would allow the expansion of ...

Gold hunters could soon have access to a large fossicking area in a town once home to one of the world’s most lucrative gold mines. Rockhampton Regional Council is exploring the creation of a General ...