Queensland's hobby gold-diggers under threat from law giving veto power to miners

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

Gold prospector selling permit claiming 186kg discovery near Mount Carbine

But Gordon Pringle is adamant that Queensland exploration permit 28594, awarded to his private company Xringer Pty Ltd on May ...
The Conversation

Queensland has an important network of private conservation areas, but they’re dangerously exposed to mining

Rebecca Louise Nelson is a volunteer director of the Board of Bush Heritage Australia. She receives funding from the Australian Research Council (#DE180101154). Rebecca Spindler receives government ...