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<blockquote data-quote="Troutman" data-source="post: 595119" data-attributes="member: 8744"><p>Hi Goody,</p><p></p><p>Just adding to the mention that a lot of the gold bearing creeks around Coffs Harbour are within State Forests which require a permit. </p><p></p><p>The other thing that has become very noticeable recently are the very large areas of State Forests in northern NSW that have had Exploration Leases (EL) put over them. As Coffs Harbour Shire is NOT a Declared Fossicking Area this means that all of these areas under EL are now out of bounds without permission from the mining company. There's a huge part of Northern NSW that was available only a year or so ago that is now gone. You find this out by looking at the Forestry NSW maps of State Forests and it brings up cross hatched areas that are some sort of lease. Click on the cross hatching and you can see who has the lease, when it began and when it expires.</p><p>One assumes this is happening because of the global price rise of gold during COVID times. It may be time for some of these Northern NSSW Local Government areas to be lobbied to apply to the NSW Government for Declared Fossicking Area Status. From what I've read it is up to Councils to ask the State for this declaration. </p><p></p><p>No doubt some interesting discussions would have to be conducted with what are some of the most radically environmentalist councils in the land. But if they are serious about attracting tourist dollars why shouldn't they encourage fossicking in their regions?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Troutman, post: 595119, member: 8744"] Hi Goody, Just adding to the mention that a lot of the gold bearing creeks around Coffs Harbour are within State Forests which require a permit. The other thing that has become very noticeable recently are the very large areas of State Forests in northern NSW that have had Exploration Leases (EL) put over them. As Coffs Harbour Shire is NOT a Declared Fossicking Area this means that all of these areas under EL are now out of bounds without permission from the mining company. There's a huge part of Northern NSW that was available only a year or so ago that is now gone. You find this out by looking at the Forestry NSW maps of State Forests and it brings up cross hatched areas that are some sort of lease. Click on the cross hatching and you can see who has the lease, when it began and when it expires. One assumes this is happening because of the global price rise of gold during COVID times. It may be time for some of these Northern NSSW Local Government areas to be lobbied to apply to the NSW Government for Declared Fossicking Area Status. From what I've read it is up to Councils to ask the State for this declaration. No doubt some interesting discussions would have to be conducted with what are some of the most radically environmentalist councils in the land. But if they are serious about attracting tourist dollars why shouldn't they encourage fossicking in their regions? [/QUOTE]
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