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On the hunt for illegal miners as a new gold rush hits New Zealand

Roy, Eleanor Roy
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/28/on-the-hunt-for-illegal-miners-as-a-new-gold-rush-hits-new-zealand

Publisher:  The Guardian Weekly
Date Written:  06/01/2017
Year Published:  2017  
Resource Type:  Article

A look at the black market in gold in New Zealand and the efforts to thwart opportunists who sneak onto private farm land and national parks without permits to mine illegally.

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Using diggers, metal detectors and even the humble shovel and pan, these hopeful amateurs are willing to wade through frigid west coast creeks in the middle of the night - once awash with gold swept down from the Southern Alps - and still concealing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of the precious metal.

"A lot of people have jumped on the bandwagon, there are probably thousands mining illegally in New Zealand, and a few hundred making a full-time living off it - we're in the midst of a modern day gold rush, not just in New Zealand, but world-wide, although New Zealand is particularly attractive because it is a very stable country," said Dan Gerber, who sells mining equipment over the internet.

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