{"id":22865,"date":"2019-07-24T14:31:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T04:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=22865"},"modified":"2019-07-27T11:35:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T01:35:42","slug":"permit-to-strike-it-rich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/permit-to-strike-it-rich\/","title":{"rendered":"Permit to strike it rich"},"content":{"rendered":"

A RECENT find of a two-kilogram gold nugget near Ballarat<\/a>, and a thirty-five thousand dollar piece in Bendigo by a family walking their dog in May, has raised an interesting issue.<\/p>\n

Recreational fossickers must hold a Miner\u2019s Right to keep any gold they find, as without one minerals are owned by the Crown on behalf of all Victorians.<\/p>\n

\u201cGood luck to the family who found the nugget near Bendigo, it\u2019s a good reminder to think about purchasing a Miner\u2019s Right if you visit historic gold discovery areas \u2013 it could be the best $24.20 you ever spend,\u201d said Anthony Hurst, Earth Resources Regulation\u2019s Executive Director.<\/p>\n

A 10-year Miner\u2019s Right is available online from the state government\u2019s Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources.<\/p>\n

Bush walkers, grey nomads, family groups out for a day in the country and residents who live in a goldfields area should consider obtaining the permit just in case they stumble across something valuable.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you would be better off spending the $24.20 on a Tattslotto ticket, you would probably have a better chance on Tattslotto than finding a lump like that,\u201d said Bryan Robilliard, President of the Ballarat Branch of Prospectors\u2019 and Miners\u2019 Association Victoria.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the family in Bendigo didn\u2019t have a Miner\u2019s Right when they found the nugget, in theory they would have to give it back to the government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know how the government would reclaim the gold, or if the government would even do it, they might just turn a blind eye and let it go.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor every prospector with a Miner\u2019s Right there are ten without one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Victorian goldfields have the greatest concentration of gold nuggets and have produced more large nuggets than any other field in the world.<\/p>\n

The 69kg Welcome nugget was discovered in Ballarat 1858 while in more recent times the 3.7kg Destiny nugget, worth about $500,000 was unearthed in 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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