Hey Kids! How would you like to drive a machine like this. It’s the biggest underground loader in NZ. I use to operate these powerful machines for about 10 years in Western Australia and Northern Territory underground, to a depth of around 685 meters (2247 feet) and even video remote these great machines to retrieve the gold ore from huge stoppes - (huge vertical underground holes).
Dinosaur Darren loading 40 tonnes of gold ore (that’s gold bearing rock). It sure was amazing to see that they could get gold from a rock as dull looking as what I’m loading into the truck.
Now while we can’t promise you real gold, Jurassic Jackie & I have taken all the hard mahi (work) out
of mining, so you too can become a miner and experience the thrill of discovering real gems and minerals like, beautiful Amethyst, Citrine, Pyrite-(Fools Gold), Rough Quartz, Crystals & Polished Agates.
Not only do you get to discover the gems and minerals, you actualy get to keep all that you can find.
Jurassic Jackie & Year 12 & 13 students in the far north- Kaitaia -gold panning for gems & minerals
Dinosaur Darren helping a school student in the Wairarapa – Masterton crack open a genuine volcanic geode to reveal the beautiful crystals which have been hidden inside for thousands of years!
Even the teachers love to have a go cracking open crystal filled geodes
Once students have experienced our Gemstone Mining programme they not only appreciate the wider world around them, but also what’s under them.
