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Australian Gem Boom Draws Prospectors in Remote Outback
Australian opal mining fuels a boom with 95 percent of global opals from Coober Pedy Andamooka and Lightning Ridge. Prospector culture dominates amid limited leases, small-scale mining, and sapphire and diamond exploration across New South Wales Queensland and Western Australia.
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Sydney
Klondike
Outback
Australia
Coober Pedy
Andamooka
South Australia
Lightning Ridge
New South Wales
Gem Exploration and Mining
Lightning Ridge Minerals
Opals
Opalton Mining
Queensland
Ermanga
Dirrinbandi
Sapphires
Inverell
Glen Innes
Amsil
Abaleen
Delta
Dominion
Gem Exploration
Giltspur
Halls Peak
Jingellic
Palgrave
Stellar
Bingarra
Exoil-Transoil
Kimberley Ranges
Western Australia
Armidale