1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:03,440 MATT DICKSON (NARRATES): This time on Aussie Gold Hunters... 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:05,120 The Gold Devils are forced 3 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:07,960 to move their multi-million dollar mining operation 4 00:00:08,040 --> 00:00:10,120 in a search for richer ground. 5 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:11,640 The gold is running out at this lease 6 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:14,000 so, it's time to pack up and find the gold elsewhere. 7 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:15,440 Aw, there's a lot of pressure. 8 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:16,760 It's thousands of dollars an hour. 9 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:18,000 This is nerve wracking. 10 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:22,080 Just what we need. 11 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:24,760 Let's go and dig some gold. Let's go dig some gold. 12 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:25,880 Whoo-hoo! 13 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:28,720 In the legendary gold fields of Victoria, 14 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:31,200 a new team of prospectors... 15 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:32,640 Let's go chase some real gold. 16 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:36,480 ..break ground on a life changing mining project... 17 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,080 This is our first day, first hole. 18 00:00:39,160 --> 00:00:42,120 ..but equipment failure threatens to shut them down 19 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:44,120 before they can get started. 20 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:46,080 We don't need this at the moment. 21 00:00:46,160 --> 00:00:48,480 It could be expensive. 22 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:50,960 It feels so good to be back. 23 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:52,120 Jacqui and Andrew 24 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,960 return to Australia's wildest gold hunting ground, 25 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:57,960 Queensland's Palmer River. 26 00:00:58,040 --> 00:00:59,880 It's only the hardcore adventurers 27 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:02,200 who want to come in and work this ground. 28 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:04,120 Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, hang on! 29 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:06,840 But their mission to reach new ground 30 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:09,160 leaves them stranded. 31 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:10,400 Hang on. 32 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:12,240 I don't think we'll make it. 33 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:14,120 We're not getting through that mud. 34 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:15,640 It's too risky. 35 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:19,520 And for one team the gamble pays off big 36 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:23,640 with a massive three kilogram haul of gold! 37 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:33,520 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) 38 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:39,880 You ready? Yeah, give it to her. 39 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:42,000 Make sure you're out of the road. 40 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:45,760 Do you want me to just give it a good rip 41 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:46,880 and just see what happens? 42 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:48,120 Alright. 43 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,640 Alright, well, that will pretty much do for this one then. 44 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:57,880 So, we realised the gold is running out at this lease 45 00:01:57,960 --> 00:01:59,240 and we have 1,000 ounce target 46 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:00,720 this season so we can't afford 47 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:01,880 to waste time on ground 48 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:03,000 that won't deliver. 49 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:06,800 So, it's time to pack up and find the gold elsewhere. 50 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:08,480 Moving site, it's not cheap. 51 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:09,880 There's just so many things to get done, 52 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:11,080 so many moving parts. 53 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,200 We've got every man and his dog here. 54 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,320 Cranes, trucks, 55 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:17,880 we've got the works 56 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,520 and it's costing us $7,000 an hour, 57 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:22,120 every hour they're on site. 58 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:24,000 Getting everything out of here and on the trucks 59 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:25,560 it's only half of the job. 60 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:28,200 Got to get it off at the other end and then set it all up. 61 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,800 In the arid Goldfields of Western Australia, 62 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:37,200 at the Meldorado lease, the Gold Devils, Paul Mackie, 63 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,800 Melanie Wood and Alex Stead 64 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:43,720 are battling to load and move over 150 tonnes of equipment 65 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:45,960 and heavy machinery. 66 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:47,640 So, at the moment we're pulling apart the sluice. 67 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:49,080 We need to send that back to 68 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:50,920 the Phoenix Project on the other lease. 69 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,440 Got a fair bit of stockpile dirt to run through it. 70 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:54,880 Problem is it's about six hours away 71 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:56,280 west and yeah, 72 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:57,360 we gotta get it there safely, 73 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:59,400 otherwise we won't be able to use any of it. 74 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:02,520 We've got a lot of equipment to move and if anything goes wrong 75 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:04,640 and breaks at this point we're out of the season 76 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:06,840 before we've even started. 77 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:08,360 The trucks will line up pretty quickly 78 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:09,560 and that's the main container. 79 00:03:09,640 --> 00:03:11,880 That's got the biggest crushing equipment in it. 80 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,640 There's 100 grands worth of crushing equipment in that. 81 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:16,760 We can't afford anything to happen to that. 82 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:20,080 That didn't sound healthy. 83 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:25,720 Just what we need. 84 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:28,680 That's what I didn't want to happen. 85 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:31,160 Hey, Paul. Hey, Mel. 86 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:32,280 How you going? Alex. 87 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:33,360 Yeah, good. 88 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:36,240 Last week, team leaders Paul and Mel, 89 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:38,520 along with Mel's partner Alex, 90 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,600 joined forces to create a new mining venture 91 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:43,640 with $2 million worth of equipment, 92 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:48,880 ten leases and decades of experience hunting for big gold. 93 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:53,360 All in all we're gonna make a pretty good team. 94 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:54,720 They set their sights 95 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,560 on a massive 1,000- ounce season target. 96 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,400 We could both walk away with a million dollar profit each. 97 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:03,080 Awesome. 98 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,840 But their main operation, Meldorado, 99 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:07,840 delivered a meagre return. 100 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:11,040 5.7. 101 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:14,200 It's still ten grand but it's not what we need. 102 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:18,440 Forcing the team to relocate to the Phoenix Project, 103 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:21,600 gambling on its cyanide gold retrieving set up 104 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:23,440 and stockpile of pay dirt 105 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:25,800 to get their season back on track. 106 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:32,840 That's what I didn't want to happen. 107 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:36,160 It's over 35 tonnes in that one container. 108 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:38,720 The weakest point on the inside's just bending in. 109 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:41,320 It's going to bend up more than what it is already. 110 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,520 I'd say just go for it, lift it. Just get it up. 111 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:46,160 Put some air on it. 112 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:49,760 Oh, god, it's nerve wracking. 113 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,240 Here we go. It's up. 114 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:56,560 Just had to put some air on it. 115 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:58,800 There's over 100 grand of just equipment 116 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:00,320 in that one container. 117 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,880 Even dropping that thing a foot would smash it. 118 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:04,800 Come on. Down you go. 119 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:07,320 It's down. 120 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:09,360 It's not over yet. Yeah. This is halfway. 121 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:12,200 It's got the transport and anything could go wrong. 122 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:17,520 Oh, there's a lot of pressure. 123 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:18,840 You know, we've got three road 124 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:21,160 trains sitting here idle and a big crane 125 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,880 as well, and it's thousands of dollars an hour. 126 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:25,960 Oh, lift from both sides, it's probably easier. 127 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:29,720 Yeah, so we've almost loaded everything up 128 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:31,080 and I'm about to hit the road. 129 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:33,640 Most things have gone smoothly but we're not really going to be 130 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:35,200 able to tell until we get to the other side. 131 00:05:35,280 --> 00:05:39,080 All Mel's seeing at the moment is the dollar signs rolling up 132 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:40,280 incredibly quickly 133 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,840 but we've got damage already and we're halfway through 134 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:47,640 so, let's hope this all makes it in one piece. 135 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,160 We are almost about to hit the road and do the big convoy. 136 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:56,120 Righto, pulling out. 137 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:00,600 We need to get everything up there as quick as we can. 138 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:03,960 The longer we're not processing, the longer we're not making money. 139 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:14,280 Hello. 140 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,080 Hey, Murray, how are ya? 141 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:17,960 You've got some good news, have ya? 142 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:21,800 Unreal, mate, unreal. 143 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:23,080 Mate, this is awesome news. 144 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:24,560 I'm just going to go and pick up Bibbi 145 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:25,760 and I'll meet you down the lease. 146 00:06:25,840 --> 00:06:27,800 Let's get into it eh. 147 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:29,600 Just got the phone call from Murray. 148 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:31,160 We've got all our licences 149 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:33,800 and approvals so I'm just going to go and pick up Bibbi 150 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:34,880 and give her the good news 151 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:36,560 and meet Murray down on the lease. 152 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,040 We can finally start. 153 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:40,480 Hey, babe! Hi. 154 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,400 You won't believe it, honey. What? 155 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:43,880 Just had a phone call from Murray. 156 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:45,040 We've been approved. 157 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:47,000 Oh! Are you excited? 158 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:48,560 Yeah, I'm excited. Well done. 159 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:49,920 Congratulations! 160 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:55,600 Outside Talbot, in Victoria's legendary Golden Triangle, 161 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:59,200 Vince Malacria and partner Bibbi Jerali... 162 00:06:59,280 --> 00:07:00,480 Jump in there, darl. 163 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:04,000 ..are about to realise their dream 164 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:06,320 of mining their 12-acre property. 165 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:10,080 Oh, wow, honey. Are you excited? 166 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:11,640 I'm so excited. 167 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:12,960 Let's go dig some dirt. 168 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:17,400 It's taken a long time, a lot of money, 169 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:19,080 blood, sweat and tears. 170 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:21,640 Let's go and dig some gold. Let's go and dig some gold. 171 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:23,320 Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo! 172 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:25,520 Rookie miners, Vince and Bibbi 173 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:27,840 have been together 18 years 174 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:30,800 but Vince's work managing remote solar farms 175 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:34,160 forced the couple to spend the majority of their lives apart. 176 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:37,880 To build a new life together 177 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,000 the pair made the radical decision 178 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:42,920 to quit their jobs and take up gold mining. 179 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:47,640 Hello, hello. Hello. 180 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:50,240 Hello, partners. How are you? 181 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:51,720 Very well. How are you? 182 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:53,400 Not too bad. How are you, buddy? 183 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:54,480 Good. How are you, Bibbi? 184 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:55,560 Good. 185 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:57,560 So, you're all fired up and ready to have a crack at it? 186 00:07:57,640 --> 00:07:58,760 Oh, mate. 187 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:02,640 Vince and Bibbi's mentor, mining veteran Murray Cox, 188 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:04,800 has been mining the Talbot Goldfields 189 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:06,400 for over 30 years. 190 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:10,880 In the past decade he's pulled hundreds of thousands 191 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:14,000 of dollars worth of gold from the neighbouring lease. 192 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:17,880 So, you want to go down and we can see if we can work out 193 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:19,360 exactly where this lead is. 194 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:20,480 Yeah, you're going to use 195 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:21,680 those divining rods and have a go are you? 196 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:22,800 Yeah, that's for sure, mate. 197 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:24,040 Yeah. Are you ready? Come on. 198 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:25,720 Fantastic, let's do it. 199 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:28,880 So, I'd like to mark out the lead itself 200 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,840 and then that's the main area we are going to strip today. 201 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:33,080 OK. Sounds good. 202 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:37,800 Murray uses the rods to help him locate leads, 203 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:39,160 hidden ancient rivers 204 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:42,520 that once flowed through this area carrying gold. 205 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:49,760 Over millions of years gold nuggets 206 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:51,560 became trapped in the river bed, 207 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:53,400 along with other heavy metals 208 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:54,840 like ironstone, 209 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:56,680 hematite and magnetite. 210 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:00,440 Murray believes he can pick up 211 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:01,640 the magnetic signals 212 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:03,080 from heavy metals buried 213 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:04,240 in these channels, 214 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:07,320 giving the team a clear indication of where to dig. 215 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:10,920 With the divining, it's told me the width of our lead, 216 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,200 it's told me the depth of the lead. 217 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:17,880 Really now all you can do is just open it up and hope. 218 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:20,000 And if I'm wrong you can kick me in the ass later. 219 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:21,840 (LAUGHTER) 220 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:24,400 I'll go and get the dozer. Yep, no worries. 221 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:25,880 Sounds good. And start stripping some top soil. 222 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:27,000 Yeah, right. Alright. 223 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:28,080 It's a plan. It's a plan. 224 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:29,680 Let's do it. OK. 225 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:30,800 The team's lease 226 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:33,440 is just a few kilometres from Clunes, 227 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:36,720 the site of Victoria's first gold strike, 228 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:40,720 a find that led to one of the world's greatest gold rushes. 229 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:47,240 Today, the trio have the advantage of powerful, modern machines. 230 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:50,200 We are here and we're ready to go. 231 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:53,080 Fire up these machines and start stripping some topsoil 232 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:54,920 and see if we can make some money today. 233 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:00,600 This season we've set a target of 40 ounces. 234 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,160 The gold split up always goes 50-50. 235 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:08,240 I get 50 and Bibbi and Vince get 50. 236 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:12,440 Murray's bulldozer will clear the topsoil 237 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:16,520 before their 25 tonne excavator digs 4 metres down 238 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:18,400 to the ancient riverbed, 239 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:22,240 where the team hopes they'll find nugget rich pay gravel. 240 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:28,000 It's our first day. 241 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:29,360 Our first hole. 242 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:31,000 I'm a bit nervous about it. 243 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:33,240 I'd like to see some gold today. 244 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:35,040 (DETECTOR BEEPS) 245 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:37,560 Whoo, that sounds good, mate. 246 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,000 What's going on? I'm not listening to your detecting. 247 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:43,400 What's going on, Murray? You hear that, babe? 248 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:46,240 Yeah. I love it. 249 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:49,040 I love it when it's coming out of the ground like this. 250 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:50,720 Yep. 251 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:52,440 Flippin' hell. It's hard. 252 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:57,720 It's out, mate. 253 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:59,840 Wow! Oh, my god. 254 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:00,250 00:11:01.960 -- 00:11:03.320 We're on the road. Finally. 255 00:11:04,680 --> 00:11:06,240 It took six hours getting these trucks out 256 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:07,600 the driveway and on the road. 257 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:12,640 Leaving Meldorado. Onto bigger and better things. 258 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:16,560 Well, do you know what? I'm excited for a new adventure. 259 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:18,480 The gold's running out so we've got to move all the gear 260 00:11:18,560 --> 00:11:21,640 and make those decisions on the fly and just got to chase that gold. 261 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:26,720 The Gold Devils' convoy is making a four-hour trip 262 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:30,840 in 40 degree heat across the Western Australian desert 263 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:33,840 to their new home, the Phoenix Project, 264 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:38,520 carrying over 150 tonnes of critical mining equipment. 265 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:44,520 We've got three vehicles, two car trailers, 266 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,560 three road trains and the crane. 267 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,280 Every single hour is costing us 7 grand. 268 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:01,600 Pretty much here. 269 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:11,680 It was a long and expensive but we're here now and I'm rapt. 270 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:12,880 It's a relief, that's for sure. 271 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:14,880 Seeing as everything's here and offloaded, 272 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:18,680 I'll check over all the machinery, make sure there's no major damage, 273 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:20,400 see what we need to do just to put this right 274 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:21,960 before we glue it all together. 275 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:23,760 Yeah, the leach is done. 276 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:24,880 OK. 277 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:26,320 So, I'm dumping the carbon at the moment. 278 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:28,760 I want to get that loaded up onto the truck and get it out of here, 279 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,880 get it stripped so we can actually pay for the massive invoice 280 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:33,280 that's coming from moving all this gear. 281 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:34,720 Right, let's get it done. Right. 282 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:38,360 Just a few metres from the offload 283 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:42,960 is a heap leach that Paul filled with 1,500 tonnes of pay dirt 284 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:45,280 over two months ago. 285 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:47,280 I guess the easiest way to explain 286 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:50,200 a leaching set up is you've got a dam, 287 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:51,840 inside that dam it's full of dirt, 288 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:53,960 the gold ore that you want to leach out. 289 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:56,480 The cyanide solution basically turns that gold into liquid. 290 00:12:56,560 --> 00:12:58,200 You pump that liquid from the dam 291 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:00,520 into a carbon column from the bottom upwards, 292 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:02,600 the gold's extracted from that liquid solution 293 00:13:02,680 --> 00:13:04,240 and sticks itself to the carbon 294 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:06,320 and that's pretty much where we're at this stage right now. 295 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:08,560 The tanks contain 296 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:12,000 over 2,000 kilos of activated carbon. 297 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:13,720 After being chemically treated, 298 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:16,240 the carbon becomes incredibly porous. 299 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:19,880 When the cyanide solution 300 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:22,440 carries the gold leached from the pay dirt 301 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:26,240 through the tanks, the gold molecules bond to the larger, 302 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:30,240 porous carbon particles, trapping the gold in the tanks. 303 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:32,120 It's been leaching for nearly a couple of months. 304 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:33,440 We're ready to drop the carbon, 305 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:35,840 get that carbon into the stripping plant, 306 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:37,960 get them to extract the gold out of the carbon. 307 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:46,320 Doesn't look like much but to me that's beautiful. 308 00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:49,280 Knowing that there's all gold in that carbon, 309 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:52,080 which we desperately need right now anyway to cover all the costs. 310 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:54,520 Liquid gold. 311 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,400 Another year on the Palmer. I can't wait. 312 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:07,320 After last year and all that gold 313 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:09,440 we got and all the adventures we had. 314 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:11,360 It feels so good to be back. 315 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:13,000 And this is without a doubt 316 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:15,200 the most dangerous goldfield in Australia. 317 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:17,560 But that's why I like it. It's the adventure. 318 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:19,800 It's the challenge. 319 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:21,880 Have a look. There it is, right in front of us. 320 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:23,240 Our playground. 321 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,600 These are the hills that we are going to be searching 322 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,040 and walking and sweating through. 323 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:30,480 I can't wait. I can't wait to get in amongst it. 324 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:36,680 In Far North Queensland, prospectors Jacqui Buzetti 325 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:40,880 and Andrew Leahy are making a return expedition to the harsh, 326 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:43,440 tropical depths of The Palmer River. 327 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:47,040 Well, here we are at Cannibal Creek. 328 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:49,400 I think this is some of the last unsearched ground 329 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:50,760 in the whole area. 330 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:51,880 That's awesome. 331 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:53,440 We're gonna have to be pretty careful here. 332 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:54,960 It's a dangerous gold field. 333 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:56,440 But there's big gold. 334 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:57,960 Let's get into it. 335 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:01,360 Last season... 336 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:03,080 Wahh! 337 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:05,960 ..Jacqui and Andrew travelled North... 338 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:07,440 You alright, mate? It's hot. 339 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:08,880 I'm feeling it already. 340 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:12,800 ..to explore Australia's wildest goldfield. 341 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:14,240 Oh, look at that. Oh, my god! 342 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:17,320 The Palmer River. 343 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:19,080 Oh. 344 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:22,360 They overcame life-threatening heat 345 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:25,680 to make the biggest gold find of their careers... 346 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:27,880 Oh, Jacqui! Check that out! 347 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:29,000 Oh, my god! 348 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:31,080 That is the biggest nugget I have ever found. 349 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:33,800 ..smashing their season target. 350 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:35,960 5.1. We did it, mate. 351 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:38,520 (LAUGHS) Yes! Yes! We busted 30. 352 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:40,240 The river gold's been good to us. 353 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:44,720 Alright, well, what's the plan of attack, do you reckon? 354 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,080 I'm really interested in getting down to Stonyville 355 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:48,800 now that we are up at Cannibal Creek. 356 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:50,720 The history down there is really awesome. 357 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:52,440 They had a town there 358 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:56,760 and there is haul road tracks all through this satellite imagery. 359 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:58,080 Yeah, well, those haul roads, 360 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:00,920 they generally led to gold and we can use 'em. 361 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:02,920 We can still use those roads to drive through. 362 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,480 Yep. We've got a plan. 363 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:06,040 Let's head down to Stonyville. Let's do it. 364 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:07,920 Alright. Everything we need. Let's go. 365 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:13,720 Well, now we need to get down 366 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:15,760 to business 'cause 50 ounce target, 367 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:17,240 that's a lot of gold, mate. 368 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:18,800 It's going to go a long way 369 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:20,320 for setting us up for the future. 370 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:25,160 Stonyville is a punishing three-hour drive away. 371 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:28,600 The abandoned 19th century mining settlement, 372 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:33,200 is surrounded by a series of gullies with extraordinary gold potential. 373 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:38,320 Jacqui and Andrew's plan is to use unmaintained haul roads 374 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:41,280 built by mining companies in the 1980s 375 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:43,160 to reach these target areas. 376 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,000 Yeah, during the '80s 377 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:49,560 they didn't work the ground properly. 378 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:50,800 They just smashed in, 379 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:52,400 smashed those haul roads in, 380 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:54,920 ripped out all the easy to get gravels 381 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:56,720 and went to the next creek, you know. 382 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:57,800 So... Yeah. 383 00:16:57,880 --> 00:16:59,480 ..that does leave us some gold behind. 384 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:01,040 And they didn't have the detectors 385 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:02,200 we are using today 386 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:03,400 so, I think we've got 387 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:07,600 a real good chance of hitting some nice gold out in those areas. 388 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:10,720 Cut through this creek. 389 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:13,120 I think we can get onto a haul road and it will be a bit 390 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:14,360 of a shortcut for us. 391 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,360 Save us a lot of time if we can. 392 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:22,880 So far, so good. 393 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:24,200 Hang on. 394 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:27,840 It's completely filled with water. 395 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:29,240 Have a bit of a look eh. 396 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:35,720 Do you reckon we can get through? 397 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:37,280 We're not getting through that, mate. 398 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:41,600 I love it. 399 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:43,240 I love it when it's coming out 400 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:44,880 of the ground like this. 401 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:48,240 She's out, mate. It's out? 402 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:50,600 Yeah. I can see it in the edge there. 403 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:53,120 Throw it up here. 404 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:55,040 Good on you, mate. Ooh! 405 00:17:55,120 --> 00:17:58,560 Look at that. It's not very big but it's our first bit. 406 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:00,480 Unreal. (INAUDIBLE). 407 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:02,920 It's beautiful. Look at it. 408 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:04,640 How many grams do you reckon? 409 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:06,920 Oh, probably only two, mate, but it doesn't matter. 410 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,680 That's right. I'm happy. It's beautiful. 411 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,360 It's our first bit. Oh, yes! 412 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:13,600 Congratulations, Bibbi. Yeah. 413 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:17,480 In Victoria's Golden Triangle, Vince, Bibbi and Murray 414 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:20,280 have made their first find just hours 415 00:18:20,360 --> 00:18:22,560 after breaking ground on their new lease. 416 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:25,440 Two grams is a good start 417 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:28,640 you know, so hopefully, there's a big one in here somewhere 418 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:31,040 and release a bit of the pressure off me, so. 419 00:18:31,120 --> 00:18:32,840 No going back to work. 420 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:35,880 The promising discovery is only 200 metres 421 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:39,080 from one of veteran miner Murrays old leases. 422 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:41,600 Pass that bush line there, 423 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:42,960 we've got so much gold 424 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,000 but one of the things that 425 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:47,640 is really exciting to me 426 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,080 is the fact that a lot of it was crystal gold. 427 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:55,240 Formed when crystals grow rapidly in a gold rich vein, 428 00:18:55,320 --> 00:19:00,440 crystalline or crystal gold nuggets are the rarest form of gold. 429 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:03,120 Crystal gold's value isn't based on weight 430 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:05,040 but rather on the uniqueness 431 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:07,120 of its shape and configuration. 432 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:12,400 At auction, super rare crystal nuggets like this one 433 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:17,080 can fetch up to 500 times the value of their weight in gold. 434 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:24,840 If we can get onto the crystal gold 435 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:26,920 we can get a big pay day out of this. 436 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:32,280 I've just touched on a bit of pipe clay down there now. 437 00:19:32,360 --> 00:19:33,400 OK. 438 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:36,080 Yeah, well, Murray's pulled all the rest of the gravels 439 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:38,680 and pipe clay out of that hole and he's throwing that up top here 440 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:41,000 and he's grabbed that dozer and he's flattened it all out 441 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,440 to about 150 mil thick so 442 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:45,080 just in case there are some smaller bits, 443 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,600 mate, these detectors will hear it from a mile away. 444 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:51,080 Over time, heavy gold sinks deeper 445 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,160 and deeper in the soil 446 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:56,760 but the densely packed layer of pipeclay acts like bedrock, 447 00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:58,920 trapping the gold on its surface. 448 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,280 So, start here, darling, 449 00:20:00,360 --> 00:20:01,880 and make sure you are covering everything. 450 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:03,320 Yep. 451 00:20:04,360 --> 00:20:07,560 Any little sound you always double check it, alright? 452 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:09,600 (DETECTOR BEEPS) 453 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:12,200 What's that there, darling? I like the sound of that. 454 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:24,440 There it is there. That's a tiny piece of gold. 455 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:26,640 Hey, there you go. A little micro crumb. 456 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,360 Yep. Beautiful. Oh, yeah. A little one. 457 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:30,960 Well done, darling. Your first piece. 458 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:32,560 Look how bright it is. It's beautiful. 459 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:35,120 It's lovely. It all adds up to be honest. 460 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:37,600 So, I'll take anything at this stage. 461 00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:41,960 Sounded like gold to me. 462 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,880 Oh, I think it is. It's a piece of gold. 463 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,880 (LAUGHS) Oh, my gosh it's another nice one. 464 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:51,000 Wow! I really like the look of that one. 465 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:54,320 Oh, my god! Ah! Nice. 466 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:59,360 Oh, just finished detecting that pad over there. 467 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:00,960 It's all looking really good. 468 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:04,320 Murray's just about finished his next hole over here. 469 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:05,400 Oh, look out. 470 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:07,840 I think we've got some sort of issue. 471 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:09,880 Hey, Murray, Murray. 472 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:11,880 Yeah, mate. Mate, do you want to hold up there? 473 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:13,640 I think we've got some sort of a leak. 474 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:15,000 Where abouts? 475 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:17,160 Yeah, I'm just walking over now, mate. Don't move. 476 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:22,240 Mate, we've got some oil coming out of here. 477 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:24,640 Do you want to maybe come down and have a look? 478 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:26,000 We don't need this at the moment. 479 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,320 We're just about to get on to some good gold, I reckon. 480 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:29,250 00:21:36.840 -- 00:21:38.760 Nah, we're not getting through there. 481 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:40,400 We're gonna have to go back. 482 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:42,000 It would have been great if we got through. 483 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:44,480 We would have been there in 15 minutes instead of two hours 484 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:46,080 but we are just going to have to double back, 485 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:47,960 take the long road and walk in. 486 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:50,040 Alright let's pull the pin on this track. 487 00:21:50,120 --> 00:21:51,320 OK. 488 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,720 In the depths of the Palmer River Goldfields, 489 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:04,520 Jacqui and Andrew are battling to reach their target, 490 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:07,840 an abandoned settlement surrounded by what they hope 491 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:09,760 are gold rich gullies. 492 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,440 It was worth a shot. Yeah, yeah, for sure. 493 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:18,960 I think that old town is down here too, isn't it? 494 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:20,280 We're going to Stony Creek, aren't we? 495 00:22:20,360 --> 00:22:21,360 Yeah, yeah. 496 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,440 You know, what that means? There's got to be gold around. 497 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:24,720 That's right. Yep. 498 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:27,400 Oh, well, let's go for a detect. 499 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:28,920 Yeah. I'm sick of driving. 500 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,320 I know, right. 501 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:33,600 Rightio, let's go and have a swing. 502 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:36,240 Looks good here. Yeah. 503 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:42,080 Let's do it. 504 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:43,680 Good luck. Get some. 505 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:45,520 Watch out for snakes. 506 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:49,120 Now, we're just going to check around this old township. 507 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,480 Hopefully, the old timers camped here 508 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:52,720 because there was heaps of gold 509 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:54,640 and we will try and find what they didn't. 510 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:59,280 During the Palmer River gold rush of the 1870s, 511 00:22:59,360 --> 00:23:03,440 over 20,000 prospectors settled in the area. 512 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:06,880 One of the most remote outposts was Stonyville. 513 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:10,640 Despite its isolation, it had a population of hundreds... 514 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:15,720 but only a few decades later, 515 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:17,760 the surface gold had dried up 516 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:19,760 and Stonyville was abandoned. 517 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:25,440 There's heaps of old stuff here. 518 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:28,960 Bits and pieces and relics all over the place here. 519 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:30,520 Old match box tins. 520 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:32,880 Look at all this stuff. 521 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:37,760 I mean, unless you start looking closely 522 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:40,160 you wouldn't even know that there was a town here. 523 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:42,200 Most of it would have been weathered away 524 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:46,400 and all the old buildings are gone but it's a big reminder that, 525 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:51,160 you know, people worked hard here and people, people died here. 526 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:57,640 (DETECTOR BEEPS) 527 00:23:57,720 --> 00:23:58,960 Sounds alright. 528 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:03,800 First bit of gold for the year would be good. 529 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:19,320 Alright. 530 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:20,720 I'm gonna find out what it is. 531 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:28,200 Ah, you beauty! 532 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:29,720 First one of the year. 533 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:31,600 Cracker! 534 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:33,240 Couple of grams there. 535 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:34,920 It's good to see it again. 536 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:38,120 Well, that's pretty much it 537 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:39,480 for the carbon. 538 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:41,880 Got to load it up into the bulkies. 539 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,680 I think I've got about under two tonne sitting here... 540 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:48,040 so, yeah, it's time to get it loaded onto the trailer 541 00:24:48,120 --> 00:24:50,320 and get it out of here. 542 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:52,320 Get the gold out of it and make some money. 543 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:54,960 We're stretched very thin at the moment. 544 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:58,880 I mean, we're trying to set up a whole processing plant. 545 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:02,480 We realistically need this to be done as quick as possible. 546 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:04,920 The longer we're not processing the longer we're not making money, 547 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,320 we're just spending it so we are in the red at the moment, 548 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:09,000 we really need to get back in the black 549 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:10,800 and actually put some gold on the table. 550 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:14,200 At their new base, the Phoenix Project, 551 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,400 the Gold Devils are optimistic 552 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:19,240 that gold from their heap leach will cover the costs 553 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:20,680 of their big move. 554 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,640 Alright, better check out the containers. 555 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:30,320 Check how everything's travelled. 556 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:33,760 Oh, god! 557 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:35,560 It's been crushed. 558 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:38,040 G'day, Paul. Got a copy? 559 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:40,400 Yeah, mate, go ahead. 560 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:44,320 Mate, I think you want to come have a look at this. 561 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:46,760 It's not looking too good up here. Yeah, right. 562 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:48,200 I'm just strapping down these bags, mate. 563 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,040 I'll be there in a sec. 564 00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:52,280 Roger. 565 00:25:52,360 --> 00:25:55,680 The housing for the team's $90,000 ball mill, 566 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,120 the most expensive part of the wet plant, 567 00:25:58,200 --> 00:25:59,680 was damaged in the move. 568 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:02,520 What is happening? 569 00:26:04,120 --> 00:26:06,800 Come and just take a look and let me know what you think. 570 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:08,120 Oh. 571 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,720 Well, we knew it was doing something 572 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:11,800 when the crane was lifting it. 573 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:13,120 We could hear it. Yeah. 574 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,800 And we have folded the roof. 575 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,160 Yeah, well, that cable could be pinched on the inside 576 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:20,200 and if that happens and you start it up 577 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:21,480 it will electrify the whole thing. 578 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:25,760 The team's best hope for gold is their stockpile of pay dirt, 579 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:27,440 which can't be processed 580 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:30,120 until they make the repairs to the housing. 581 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,920 We need to straighten it out, get the electrician in, 582 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:35,080 run fresh cable. 583 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,640 Great, so that sounds like more time and money. 584 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:40,120 But the good thing is we can get all that from Kal anyway. 585 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:41,200 Yeah. 586 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:44,400 I'm about to shoot through to Kal and get this carbon stripped. 587 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:46,680 Well, nothing can go together while this is in that state. 588 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:47,800 No. 589 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:49,640 Alright well, we might as well, pack up and head off. 590 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:52,960 We desperately need to turn our season around 591 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:56,400 to have any chance of getting back on track for this 1,000 ounces. 592 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,880 Paul's heap leach has to deliver. 593 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:04,680 I'll go back and see Jacqui and see how she's gone. 594 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:06,440 We got those couple of little nuggets, 595 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:10,720 which have covered fuel for the day but it's really not good enough. 596 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:11,880 Hey, how did you go? 597 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:14,000 I don't want to talk about that. 598 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:15,440 Oh, that well, eh? 599 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:18,400 Yeah, I think we should just move away from here. 600 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:20,600 Righto. We'll go and see if we can get on this haul road hey? 601 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:22,080 Yep. Yep. Let's give that a shot. 602 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:23,760 Sounds like a plan. Righto. Let's go. 603 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:28,840 In remote Far North Queensland, Jacqui and Andrew 604 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:30,800 are using unmaintained roads 605 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,680 built by mining companies in the 1980s. 606 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,880 Hopefully this haul road leads straight to a good patch 607 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,760 because if we don't get onto some decent gold pretty quick, 608 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,680 things are going to get tight for us hey. 609 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:48,640 Just watch out for that edge 'cause that is a steep drop. 610 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:51,880 I can't even see the track. 611 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,040 This is really sketchy. 612 00:27:54,120 --> 00:27:55,920 It's impossible to turn around here. 613 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:57,520 Oh, there's no turning around. 614 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,000 This is a pretty squeeze in through here. 615 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:04,880 Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa! Hang on. 616 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,720 There is a massive wash out in the track there, Andy. 617 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,520 Yeah, well, I'm tied up against the side of the hill there. 618 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,760 I can't really go over. Alright, just nice and steady. 619 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:17,360 I can't even see. 620 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,320 I'm right on the edge. Oh, god! 621 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,400 It is so tight. 622 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,200 Watch out! 623 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:26,480 Righto, we're through. 624 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:29,320 Over we go, hey? 625 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:30,640 Oh, man. 626 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:35,840 Whoa. Whoa! Oooh! 627 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:39,680 Oh, we made it. That was a mission. 628 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:45,640 That was a hard drive. Far out! 629 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:47,560 There'd better be some gold when we get there. 630 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:50,040 Alright, let's get going. 631 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:51,760 There's no stopping this car. 632 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:54,880 Well, this looks good. 633 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:56,800 This is getting us right down there now, mate. 634 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:58,360 We made it! 635 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:01,520 Ooh! 636 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,000 Hell, yeah! Well done! 637 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:05,640 How good's that? Yeah! 638 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:08,560 Nice job. Alright. 639 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:10,600 And this looks wicked. 640 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:12,080 Yeah, it does, hey? Yeah. 641 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:14,640 Let's go detecting. I'm keen to get some gold. 642 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,000 This must have been just all old timers diggings, 643 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:20,520 this whole area and they have just come in 644 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:22,040 with the bulldozer and just taken the lot. 645 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:23,520 Taken it all. Yep. 646 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,320 Good luck. Yeah, good luck. 647 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:26,600 Get that gold. 648 00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:30,200 I'm really hoping this little bit of a gamble 649 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:32,600 Andy and I took with these haul roads paid off 650 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:35,600 because our plan and strategy is to travel 651 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:39,120 deeper and deeper and hopefully get those big nuggets 652 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:40,600 that no-one else has found yet. 653 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:42,840 Going to head up to a bit of higher ground 654 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:46,240 and see if there's any gold sort of surrounding this area. 655 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:09,080 It's either another piece of junk or a really good piece of gold. 656 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:18,360 Piece of junk. 657 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:22,520 So, this looks like an old pellet, a little bit of lead. 658 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:23,960 Not what I came here for. 659 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:31,240 Mate, we've got some oil coming out of here. 660 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:32,880 Do you want to come down and have a look? 661 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:34,120 Yep, coming down, man. 662 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:37,280 Oh, (BLEEP)! 663 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:41,480 Mate, it's not looking good. OK, mate. 664 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:42,960 Look how much has come out. 665 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:44,440 You haven't been here long, have you? 666 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:46,720 Nah. Mate, it's soaking wet. 667 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:48,840 Yeah. 668 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:52,720 In the Talbot Goldfields, in the eastern state of Victoria, 669 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:56,880 work has ground to a halt on Vince and Bibbi's new lease, 670 00:30:56,960 --> 00:31:00,720 due to an oil leak on their 25 tonne excavator. 671 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:03,520 It appears we've got a serious leak 672 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:04,760 in one of the final drives. 673 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:06,800 It's not what we need right now. 674 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:07,960 It could be expensive. 675 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:10,560 Hopefully, it's just a hose and it can get a nip up 676 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:11,800 but it's the final drive. 677 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:14,640 It could be thousands and thousands of dollars. 678 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:18,080 The final drive powers the excavator's tracks. 679 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:21,600 If it has failed, the machine will be unusable, 680 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:23,920 leaving the team dead in the water. 681 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:27,080 Alright, let's go see what we got. 682 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:32,080 Unreal! 683 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:37,440 Righto. 684 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:39,520 So, we've got a split in the hose, somewhere around here hey? 685 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:40,680 Yeah. 686 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:42,600 The only way we are really going to be able to find out 687 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:45,360 what the story is here, Murray, is if you track it a little bit, 688 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:47,760 I guess, and see where it's pumping out from. 689 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:52,280 It appears like it's only a hose, 690 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:56,680 which is a lot cheaper than a final drive so it should only be, 691 00:31:56,760 --> 00:32:00,160 you know, $500, $600 dollar repair instead of a couple of 1,000. 692 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:07,400 Yep. 693 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,880 Yeah, here it is here. 694 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:12,280 It's the steel hose, Murray. 695 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:14,000 It's got a small pin prick hole in it 696 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:16,640 and it's leaking out pretty good. 697 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,680 Well, it's not as bad as we thought but it's not ideal. 698 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:23,440 What do you reckon, mate? 699 00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:26,080 Well, look I reckon we can keep going today mate, 700 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:29,360 as long as we stay in this area and we don't track too far. 701 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:33,000 Alright, let's get back to business eh? 702 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:35,560 Back to get some gold out there. 703 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:37,640 We can't fix it today. 704 00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:40,560 We'll continue on today and we'll do very little tracking. 705 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:42,800 That way we'll lose very little hydraulic oil. 706 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:45,280 We'll fix it in the next couple of days. 707 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:48,000 There's plenty at stake here. 708 00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:51,560 I've invested over $0.25 million with the machines and the property. 709 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,480 I really want to make it work so yeah, 710 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:56,640 I'll do my darndest to make it work. 711 00:32:57,960 --> 00:32:59,520 Be nice to get some gold through. 712 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:07,680 Murray's just finished cleaning out the bottom of this hole. 713 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:09,960 Got a fair few bits of good gold out of the one before 714 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:11,480 so, I'm just going to head down the bottom 715 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:14,880 and see if we can find anything in the bottom of the hole. 716 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:16,000 You just never know 717 00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:18,040 what you're going to pull out of the ground. 718 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:21,040 It could be anything. It could be a $5 piece. 719 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:23,320 It could be $100,000 piece. 720 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:28,080 (DETECTOR BEEPS) 721 00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:36,040 Whoa! Hey, Murray, have a listen to this. 722 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:39,240 That sounds nice. They sound good, don't they? 723 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:40,600 Hurry up and dig it out. 724 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:45,720 She's out, mate. She's out. 725 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:49,200 Geez I love that sound though. Yeah. 726 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:55,480 Look at this, mate. Does it feel heavy? 727 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:57,720 Please tell me it feels heavy. Oh, yeah. 728 00:33:57,800 --> 00:33:59,480 Oh, my god. I can see it from here. 729 00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:01,520 That's more than a bloody ounce, hey? 730 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:04,040 That's it. Oh, my goodness. 731 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:06,880 That is stunning from here. 732 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:08,880 It is gorgeous. Ooh! 733 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:10,250 00:34:12.240 -- 00:34:13.280 I've started working 734 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:14,840 in this little gully, 735 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,120 see if I can find the stuff the old timers missed 736 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:18,920 and the '80s boys never got. 737 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:22,600 This is exactly what we want to see, a little gully like this 738 00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:25,920 and often the nuggets will run up on the side walls. 739 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,000 They get stuck in the clays there. 740 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:33,840 Wow, this one is screaming. 741 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:37,720 I'm excited now. 742 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:44,720 Oh, you bloody ripper! 743 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:45,880 Now, we're getting there. 744 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:49,160 There's a good six or eight grams of gold in that one. 745 00:34:49,240 --> 00:34:51,400 That's making money. That's wicked. 746 00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:58,280 Once you get onto gold you've got to go low and slow 747 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:00,160 and investigate every single noise. 748 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:03,880 (DETECTOR BEEPS) Oh, yeah! 749 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:05,360 Hell, yeah! 750 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:07,720 Hope she's gold but that sounds wicked. 751 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:14,280 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) 752 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:17,200 Alright. 753 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:23,160 Time to find out. 754 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:30,760 Oh, yes! That's solid that one. 755 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:33,200 You bloody ripper! 756 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:35,040 That's got to be an ounce of gold there. 757 00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:39,360 That's why we come here. 758 00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:41,400 That's what The Palmer's all about, that one. 759 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:44,400 Phew! 760 00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:46,280 That's how you make money. 761 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:49,080 That's 2,500 grand, 3,000 grand right there. 762 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:57,880 What a start to the season, you know, to punch out $4,000 day 763 00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:00,760 straight up, straight on to old timers workings. 764 00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:03,280 Our method worked, the haul roads paid off, 765 00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:04,560 everything's going to plan. 766 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:11,040 You did good today. Yep. 767 00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:12,960 You alright? 768 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:14,480 Oh, I just had one of those days. 769 00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:16,320 Sorry. No, it's alright. 770 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:18,400 I've been there. I've been where you are. 771 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:19,680 You'll get it tomorrow, mate. 772 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:20,960 One swing of the coil 773 00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:22,560 and everything can change in one swing. 774 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:24,400 You know that. 775 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:25,480 Thank you. You'll be right. 776 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:26,680 C'mon, let's get out of here. 777 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:33,320 Alright, let's see how we went. 778 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:35,800 I'm looking forward to seeing how much that big one weighs. 779 00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:37,640 I think you might bust the ounce on that. 780 00:36:37,720 --> 00:36:39,120 I'm hoping so. Let's find out. 781 00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:42,560 Alright. 782 00:36:43,720 --> 00:36:46,160 Yes! Awesome! 783 00:36:46,240 --> 00:36:49,000 Just over an ounce. 1.09 ounces. 784 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:51,480 Let's see what we get now. That's a nice nug. 785 00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:52,840 Well done. 786 00:36:54,720 --> 00:36:56,000 Ooh! 1.5. Yeah. 787 00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:58,520 Just over 1.5 ounces. That's not a bad start. 788 00:37:00,720 --> 00:37:02,600 With 1.52 ounces 789 00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:03,720 on the scales 790 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:05,240 and on the tally board, 791 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:07,040 Jacqui and Andrew's return 792 00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:08,200 to Palmer River 793 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:10,840 is off to a solid start. 794 00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:12,760 But we have got a 50-ounce goal too 795 00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:14,880 so, we've still got a long way to go yet. 796 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:16,120 You did well, mate. 797 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:17,840 If it was up to me that would by saying zero 798 00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:21,520 right now, so we're on our way to hitting our 50-ounce target. 799 00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:22,600 We are. 800 00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:24,160 Every nugget, great and small counts. 801 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:27,080 The Palmer River eh? 802 00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:28,640 It's one of a kind this place. 803 00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:33,000 That's a beautiful piece. 804 00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:34,800 That's gotta be three or four ounces. 805 00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:37,120 I hope so, mate. This will put a dint in our tally. 806 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:39,880 Yes. Well done! 807 00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:42,200 That might pay for our leaks in our excavator. 808 00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:44,560 I'm shaking. I'm nervous. 809 00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:47,560 It's been small, small, small and we didn't know 810 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:52,040 there was anything decent here and that's a ripper. 811 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:56,040 The first week of Vince and Bibbi's dream mining project 812 00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:59,240 has delivered a morale-boosting find. 813 00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:01,040 Mate I'm over the moon. 814 00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:02,200 Thank God it's here. 815 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:05,200 You want to have a look, Bibbi? Yeah, yeah, I do. 816 00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:08,760 One hand. 817 00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:11,320 Oh, it's gorgeous. 818 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:12,720 Oh, my god! 819 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:14,520 Oh, yes! 820 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:15,800 More of this. 821 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:17,520 How much do you reckon that's worth, Murray? 822 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:19,200 I don't know. I'm going to put it on the scales. 823 00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:20,440 Yeah, alright. 824 00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:22,360 I've got scales in the car, mate. I want to know now. 825 00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:23,960 I want to know. I need to know. 826 00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:27,480 Let's see what we got. 827 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:28,600 Yeah. Yeah. 828 00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:30,040 What do you think? I don't know, mate. 829 00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:32,160 I'm... The scales will tell the truth? 830 00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:34,480 ..They do. They always tell the truth. 831 00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:35,840 Alright, Bibbi, after you, darling. 832 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:37,480 Shall I go first? Let's go. 833 00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:38,800 Yep, let's see how we go. 834 00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:42,160 That's a nice little haul. What have we got there? 835 00:38:42,240 --> 00:38:44,600 0.434 of an ounce. 836 00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:46,880 So, I'll go next and see if we can add a bit more. 837 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:48,600 Yeah. 838 00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:50,280 Beautiful. That's alright. 839 00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:51,560 0.6. Nice. 840 00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:53,160 Well, let's see if we made a profit. 841 00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:58,000 4.690 4.690. 842 00:38:58,080 --> 00:38:59,160 Wow! Absolutely beautiful. 843 00:38:59,240 --> 00:39:00,600 Excellent. That's what we want to see. 844 00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:02,480 Quick multiply that in dollars. 845 00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:07,200 $12,000. 846 00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:09,360 The haul is a good first step 847 00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:11,960 towards the trio's 40-ounce target. 848 00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:14,520 Well done, guys. 849 00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:16,000 Good work team. Well done. Champs. 850 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:19,480 Bibbi. Bibbi, you did well. 851 00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:21,880 Gold's not going to dig itself out. Sun's out. 852 00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:23,760 Let's go dig some more gold. Yes. Let's do it. 853 00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:25,160 Let's go get some more, guys. Come on. 854 00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:30,760 It was such a relief to see there was potential big gold 855 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:33,240 through that gully there that we've got an opportunity 856 00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:34,800 to go and get and chase. 857 00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:36,480 Good one, darling. Yeah. 858 00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:39,320 More gold. More gold, hun, more gold. 859 00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:44,600 Well, it's been a hard few weeks 860 00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:46,480 of packing and moving, hasn't it? 861 00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:49,120 We desperately need to get this season back on track 862 00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:52,080 if we are gonna have any hope of hitting this 1,000 ounces. 863 00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:56,000 Let's see what this black carbon sludge has to offer. 864 00:39:57,080 --> 00:40:00,640 After processing the carbon solution at a nearby plant, 865 00:40:00,720 --> 00:40:04,440 Paul has brought the recovered gold to his workshop. 866 00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:05,760 Stage one complete though. 867 00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:08,480 We've stripped it, tried to do a bit of a gold pour, 868 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:09,840 we didn't leave it in for long enough. 869 00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:10,920 Oh, OK. 870 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,880 So, when we pulled it out of the mould, she broke in half. 871 00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:16,400 Wow, it's not the colour that I was expecting. 872 00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:18,880 Just looks horrible, doesn't it? 873 00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:20,360 We don't know how much of that is gold. 874 00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:21,840 There's still a lot of impurities in there 875 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:23,000 so, we will re-melt it 876 00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:24,240 and get a proper weight at the end of it hey. 877 00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:25,320 Yeah. 878 00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:27,400 This could be a couple of 100,000 or it could be 879 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:29,600 virtually nothing. 880 00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:32,360 The gold contains high levels of copper 881 00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:35,280 and a semi-metal called antimony. 882 00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:38,360 Only re-melting at a high enough temperature 883 00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:42,480 will remove the impurities and reveal the true gold value. 884 00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:47,840 Some of the chemicals that make the metal bind together better, 885 00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:51,160 others are in there to pull out the impurities 886 00:40:51,240 --> 00:40:54,680 and hopefully when we pour the bar, the gold's on the bottom, 887 00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:56,760 the impurities on the top, you snap off the slag, 888 00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:59,960 the waste and you are left with a nice chunk of gold. 889 00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:04,320 The first load's in 890 00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:06,520 and now it just has to get up to temperature, 891 00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:08,400 1,150. 892 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:12,600 Right. Be careful. 893 00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:15,680 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) 894 00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:43,440 Didn't explode. Well, that's always a good thing. 895 00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:46,400 What do you think? 896 00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:48,040 It's hard to tell when you tip it out, 897 00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:50,680 break the slag off, we'll see. 898 00:41:58,080 --> 00:41:59,320 So, that bit there, that's the slag 899 00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:00,400 that's come off the top of it? 900 00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:02,600 Yeah. That's the rubbish. The first bit. 901 00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:04,600 Yeah, it still looks pretty silvery though. 902 00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:13,400 Actually a pretty good looking bar. 903 00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:14,840 Give it a polish up. 904 00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:21,120 From that to that. It's a huge difference. 905 00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:25,880 With enough raw material for a further two pours, 906 00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:30,920 the Gold Devils have a grand total of three freshly minted gold bars. 907 00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:34,120 Lucky number three. 908 00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:36,760 They look pretty shiny. They do. They've come up great. 909 00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:37,880 Should we weigh it up? Yeah. 910 00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:39,600 Oh, yeah. 911 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:43,920 Ladies first. Ladies first of course. 912 00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:48,680 Wow. Over a kilo. 913 00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:50,080 Over a kilo just there. 914 00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:55,840 2,276 grams. 2.2 kilos. 915 00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:57,480 This is the one. 916 00:42:57,560 --> 00:43:01,160 Lucky number three. 3.3 kilos. 917 00:43:01,240 --> 00:43:03,200 Up there! Well done! 918 00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:05,160 That's awesome. 3.3. 919 00:43:05,240 --> 00:43:08,240 So, that's like $270,000. 920 00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:11,360 The incredible weigh-in 921 00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:14,080 of more than 106 ounces 922 00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:15,440 puts the new team on track 923 00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:17,200 for a record-breaking 924 00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:19,760 1,000 ounce season. 925 00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:21,880 Cheers! It's going to be a good year, isn't it? 926 00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:23,480 Cheers, guys. 927 00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:27,120 Best day ever! 928 00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:28,960 (LAUGHTER) 929 00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:33,960 Captioned by Ai-Media ai-media.tv