Infographic: Business Improvement: Eight questions to ask yourself before getting started

When I first worked on the project, a chain of abandoned mine workings extended north-south for about 8 km across undulating state forest, crown land, and private farms. There were small mullock heaps, shafts and open cuts. From the north, these were named Robin’s Hill, Fosterville, Central North, Central Ellesmere, Harrington’s Hill, and Daley’s Hill. My friend David Wright had acquired the Fosterville property for his first tailings retreatment project, run by McNiece-Wright Mining, in the period 1982-1984. This was the first CIP plant in Victoria. He recovered about 3500 oz at an average grade of one gram per tonne and went on to establish several successful tailings projects in central Victoria under the banner of Bendigo Gold Associates, later Bendigo Gold Limited (BGL).