The great gold hunt

摘要

The drill bit will be the final arbiter and, until it votes, the Australian exploration industry has the hallmarks of a hung jury - half delighted that a potentially major gold discovery has been made in an iron ore province, and the other half shaking its head in collective disbelief. On the positive side, there are handfuls of gold nuggets discovered by companies such as Artemis Resources and its Canadian partner, Novo Resources, in the Pilbara region of Australia's northwest.