1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:02,480 This time on Aussie Gold Hunters... 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:04,360 I can't believe this. 3 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:07,840 A day and a half ago that pit was just about dry. 4 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,520 ..it's the final week of the season 5 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,880 and the Poseidon Crew hit devastating setbacks... 6 00:00:18,240 --> 00:00:21,280 This is an absolute (BLEEP) bloody disaster. 7 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:23,200 We might not even get a chance to get digging 8 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:24,880 before we call it quits for the season. 9 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:29,080 ..threatening to end the season before they hit their target. 10 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:30,640 I'm thinking about me future right now. 11 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:33,360 He's got to find some other job that gives him the steady income, 12 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:34,760 which he can depend upon. 13 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:38,720 In Western Australia the Ferals face deadly heat... 14 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,160 Summer's kicking us out. 15 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:42,680 It's got to be 45 degrees plus. 16 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:47,200 Mate, you alright? Everything just went dark. 17 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,600 Heat stroke, mate. It will kill you in a minute. 18 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,600 ..forcing them to work dangerous night shifts 19 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:54,800 in their desperate hunt for gold. 20 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:56,160 Operating in the darkness. 21 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:57,840 You could cop a bucket to the head. 22 00:00:57,920 --> 00:00:59,640 That's game over. That's you dead. 23 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:01,400 Miles off their 1000 ounce, 24 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,520 2.6 million dollar season target... 25 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:07,840 Where are we at, Mel? We're just north of 330 ounces. 26 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,120 ..the Gold Devils gamble big, 27 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:13,240 running their equipment to the point of destruction... 28 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:14,800 It's going to kill the mill, for sure. 29 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:16,000 This will be its last hurrah. 30 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:17,560 ..but will it be enough to give them 31 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:19,280 a multi-million-dollar pay day? 32 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:21,120 If we don't go home with any profit, 33 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,640 then that will be the end of the Gold Devils. 34 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:38,320 We need to try and recover and salvage our season 35 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,080 and the only way to do that is with a heap leach 36 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:42,400 at this point in time. 37 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,720 I guess the easiest way to explain a leaching set up 38 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:47,400 is you've got a dam, 39 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,480 we then flood that dam with cyanide solution. 40 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,360 The cyanide filters down through all the material, 41 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:55,640 grabbing all those particles of gold. 42 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,320 You then pump it into a carbon column. 43 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:00,080 Gold is then attracted to the carbon. 44 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,960 You just keep circulating until the cyanide's all gone. 45 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:05,760 So it's basically safe to handle. 46 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:09,200 Once we've got the carbon loaded with gold, 47 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,280 we can take the carbon out and get that carbon stripped, 48 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,840 which will give us the gold left behind. 49 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:17,840 Paul will leave the heap leach running 50 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:20,480 to extract every ounce of gold. 51 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:27,760 The leach is operational now so that cake's in the oven. 52 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:28,920 She's backing away 53 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:33,080 and now headed back to Fair Lady to help the guys out down there. 54 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:35,080 One of the biggest hardships that we've got 55 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,760 is our projects are spread out across the great state 56 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:39,160 of Western Australia. 57 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,120 We're separated by about 500 kilometres 58 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,920 so, you know, that's half a day of driving. 59 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,080 It's just made everything that little bit more extra difficult, 60 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,480 uh, when you're trying to set up projects 61 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:51,040 and make the gold. 62 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:58,800 Seasoned prospectors Paul Mackie, Melanie Wood and Alex Stead 63 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:02,000 combined forces to form the Gold Devils. 64 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:05,200 We're going to need a lot of gold to make this partnership work. 65 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:08,440 Between them they own ten leases, 66 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:11,560 spread across the Western Australian goldfields. 67 00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:15,720 So they set themselves an ambitious season target. 68 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:18,160 I want to chase a thousand ounces. 69 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,480 Their Phoenix Project delivered immediate results... 70 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:25,360 3.3 kilos. Wow! 71 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:27,800 So that's, like, 270,000 dollars. 72 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:29,640 ..until disaster struck. 73 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:30,720 Something's on fire. 74 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,680 It's burnt out. We're dead in the water here, so. 75 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:37,800 Now, in the final week of their season, 76 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,800 the Gold Devils are focusing all efforts 77 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,120 on their promising Fair Lady lease... 78 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,920 It's so good to see this thing finally up and running. 79 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,400 Hopefully that dirt's got a lot of gold in it too. 80 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:50,120 ..in a bid to stop 81 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:54,320 their 2.6 million dollar season target slipping away. 82 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:02,960 Hey, Paul. Hey, guys. 83 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,000 How are you guys going? Well, we're up and running. 84 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:06,840 But only just. Just Barnaby? 85 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:07,920 Just Barnaby. 86 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,360 I was hoping to rock up and the crusher would be set up, 87 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:11,600 ball mill would be set up. 88 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:13,600 Crushing plant is a no go at the moment. 89 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,320 So where are we sitting now, with our tally so far? 90 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:19,040 We're just north of 330 ounces. 91 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:21,280 So what does that exactly mean for us? 92 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,000 It means that we broke even. Well, that's something. 93 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:25,800 Just nothing for ourselves to take home. 94 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:27,240 That thousand ounce target, 95 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:28,880 I think that's just...that ship sailed. 96 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:30,080 She's gone. 97 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:34,720 So what do you think? 98 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:36,240 We lower our target? 99 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:38,360 As long as we've covered all the costs so far, 100 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:39,920 we get to go home with something. 101 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,400 Maybe just set it at 400. 102 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:44,200 That's another 70 ounces on top of what we've done. 103 00:04:44,280 --> 00:04:45,640 We've got Barnaby running. 104 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:47,320 Got the leach happening. 105 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:49,880 Get another crushing circuit up and running. 106 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:51,680 I reckon we just give it a go. 107 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,160 So what's basically the next plan from here? 108 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:56,040 Now that I'm here to give you a hand? 109 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:57,360 It's the crushing plant. 110 00:04:57,440 --> 00:04:59,040 We've got to get the ball mill working 111 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:00,800 and we've got another source of gold coming in. 112 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:02,800 But, I mean, that's a huge job on its own. 113 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:04,360 Alright, let's get into it. OK. 114 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:09,080 Their new target will earn each of them 115 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:11,400 60,000 dollars for the season - 116 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:15,120 just one tenth of what they originally hoped for. 117 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:22,040 So at the moment we've got all hands no deck. 118 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:23,320 Running Barnaby. 119 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:25,280 The guys are getting the crushing plant ready. 120 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:26,480 We've got the heap leach 121 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:27,880 so let's get on the gold. 122 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:37,040 OK. 123 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:40,720 Relining a mill, it's definitely not fun. 124 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,600 We stripped this mill and we haven't used it since. 125 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:46,160 So everything's pretty much rusted up 126 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,040 and just trying to remember where everything went. 127 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:52,640 Um, there's a specific order that these lifters and liners went in 128 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,440 and bolts are all different sizes. 129 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:57,480 It's just going to be a giant jigsaw puzzle. 130 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:02,680 As the drum of the ball mill rotates, 131 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:07,440 heavy steel balls crush gold rich dirt to a powder. 132 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:12,400 The mill should be lined with protective iron plates 133 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,360 to stop the balls destroying the drum. 134 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:19,000 But the plates will only fit one way. 135 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:22,560 There was a specific order these obviously went in. 136 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:25,040 I don't think you're going to get them back in easily. 137 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:26,280 No. 138 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:28,440 I mean, even most of these bolts I'm looking at, 139 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:30,800 they've been bolted with hammers and the threads are all screwed. 140 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:31,960 Yeah. 141 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:34,160 I mean, we either go and do a run 142 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:35,560 all the way back to Kalgoorlie 143 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:37,760 and grab a whole bunch of new brand new bolts, 144 00:06:37,840 --> 00:06:39,960 brand new nuts, brand new rubbers... 145 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:41,880 That will take time and money and, I mean, 146 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:43,240 this is an old mill anyway. 147 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,200 We need this up and running. Yeah. 148 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:46,320 Without this, we can't mill 149 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:48,280 and we can't get the gold that we need. 150 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:49,640 That's 70 ounces. 151 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,520 At this stage it's just a daydream. 152 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:54,360 Unless we come up with a proper solution 153 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:56,120 to get this running as quick as possible... 154 00:06:58,280 --> 00:07:00,120 ..we can pretty much, well, kiss the season goodbye. 155 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:11,120 Cayden, mate, this has got beyond a joke. 156 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,400 I can't believe this. 157 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:17,200 A day and a half ago that pit was just about dry 158 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:20,360 and now it's all underwater again. 159 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,160 I just see the season absolutely slipping away. 160 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:26,080 What do you think we should do now? 161 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:27,360 What's the plan from here? 162 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:29,000 What we got to do, first and foremost, 163 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:31,240 is start getting this hole pumped out once again. 164 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:32,560 Righto. 165 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,320 This will be the third time in a month we've pumped this out. 166 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:39,360 Come on! Oh, mate, I tell you what. 167 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:41,720 It's getting to me now, I can assure you Cayds. 168 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,320 Your uncle, Eth, told me that 169 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:46,080 if we can't get to a hundred ounces, 170 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:48,800 he's got to find some other job that gives him a steady income, 171 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:50,240 which he can depend upon. 172 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:52,960 Mate, right now I just see that slipping away. 173 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:00,840 Go, you good thing! (MACHINE STARTS) 174 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:05,920 Catastrophe averted! 175 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,400 (MACHINE STOPS) 176 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:19,960 What just happened then? 177 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:27,080 This is an absolute (BLEEP) bloody disaster. 178 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:30,360 The Poseidon Crew - 179 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:34,000 Brent Shannon, Ethan West and Brent's son, Cayden - 180 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,880 have spent the season chasing Brent's dream 181 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:42,520 of finding a 1000 ounce nugget in the legendary Catto's Paddock... 182 00:08:43,560 --> 00:08:46,080 Some of the biggest nuggets that have been found in the world 183 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:48,080 have been found right here in this paddock. 184 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:51,240 ..but the monster nugget has failed to appear, 185 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:53,640 leaving Ethan with second thoughts. 186 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,200 I don't know how long I can continue with this rate 187 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:59,040 that we're on, of not finding gold. 188 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:01,720 Brent persuaded Ethan to stay on... 189 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:03,320 In or out? I need to know. 190 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,080 I'll be in, mate. I'll back that. 191 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:07,120 You sure? Yep, I'm in. Hurry up. 192 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:08,480 Come here, Eth. 193 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:14,000 ..but Victoria's devastating floods sank their chances. 194 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:16,920 I don't know what we're going to do, I really don't. 195 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:18,360 The rain has washed us out. 196 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:19,520 We can't work out here. 197 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:25,520 Now they've returned for a final push to find the big one. 198 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:27,960 The last time we were here we found, you know, 199 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:30,360 46 ounces of gold or thereabouts. 200 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:31,800 That was right in here. 201 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:34,160 So we left good gold 202 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,080 and we haven't been able to get back to it, 203 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:38,000 because it just has not stopped raining since. 204 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:47,600 Eth's here, Dad. 205 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:50,040 How you going, Eth? 206 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:51,280 Yeah, great mate. 207 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:53,520 Look at this, mate. This is rubbish. 208 00:09:54,560 --> 00:09:56,320 Is this the hole that you had pumped out? 209 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:58,040 We had all this pumped out the other day. 210 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:00,800 So this is the hole that was all prepared, ready to go for us? 211 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:02,160 It was all ready to go, mate. 212 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:04,840 It's just now we had the pump running and she's cut out. 213 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,480 This is our last push right now, mate, towards... 214 00:10:07,560 --> 00:10:09,960 And we can't even get up and go right now.I know that. 215 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:12,240 Well, to be honest, mate, I don't need you here right now. 216 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,560 You can't do a lot, mate. You can't get on the T. 217 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,080 You can't do any digging. Cayden and I can handle it here. 218 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:19,000 We're going to try and get this pump sorted out 219 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:20,160 and up and running. 220 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:21,440 Yeah. Right, mate. 221 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:23,600 It's getting to him like it's getting to me. 222 00:10:23,680 --> 00:10:25,960 I can assure you that right now. No doubt about it. 223 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:27,640 He knows, like I know, 224 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:31,680 getting the target now is looking pretty far away. 225 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:35,040 In this industry 226 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:37,440 it's a lot about hope but hope doesn't pay the bills. 227 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:39,160 It doesn't get you any further ahead in life 228 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:41,080 and it ain't going to put money in the bank 229 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:42,160 for the next ten years. 230 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:43,960 It's the pressure of it all getting to me. 231 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:45,880 I've got the wedding I've got to try and fund. 232 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:47,600 The wedding is at the end of the week. 233 00:10:47,680 --> 00:10:48,760 The clock is ticking. 234 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:52,440 So I can't continue on this path right now, the way we're going. 235 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:53,600 I really can't. 236 00:10:53,680 --> 00:10:56,200 And if that's what it comes down to, well, 237 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:58,320 unfortunately I'm done. 238 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:10,280 The Pilbara, north-western Australia. 239 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:18,200 As night falls on Australia's hottest region... 240 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,160 ..it brings a drop in temperature 241 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:25,080 but not in pressure for the Ferals. 242 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:28,120 It's just really too hot to be working during the day now. 243 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:32,520 It's been over 40 244 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:35,200 the last two or three days and it's... 245 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:37,800 The heat here is a killer 246 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:40,120 and can really knock you around 247 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:42,440 if you don't keep on top of it day in, day out. 248 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:45,560 Zane and I will push on through the night 249 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:48,400 and we'll just go until we get too tired to go anymore. 250 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:52,440 (BEEPING) 251 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:54,440 I reckon I might have a little target here. 252 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:00,120 The ground's like concrete. 253 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:01,560 Come on, silly boy. 254 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:05,400 Target's out of the hole. 255 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:07,000 Let's have a look. 256 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:09,880 I'd rather find gold all night, you know. 257 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:11,240 It's just an easier slug. 258 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:12,960 You don't have to work so hard. 259 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:15,480 You're not getting overheated by the sun all the time. 260 00:12:15,560 --> 00:12:17,000 Look at that. 261 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,280 A beautiful little specimen. 262 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:21,560 Probably a three grammer? That's 250 bucks there. 263 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:23,040 Very nice. 264 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:25,600 The Ferals - 265 00:12:25,680 --> 00:12:29,240 Levi North, Ryan Peters, Nathan Moncrieff 266 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:31,640 and new recruit Zane Mettner. 267 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:36,720 This season they made a deal with Pilbara mining magnate, Kim North. 268 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:38,720 We get 70/30. 269 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:40,280 Done.Thanks, mate. 270 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:42,560 After a flying start... 271 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:45,040 The biggest weigh in in Ferals history. 272 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:47,280 (THEY LAUGH, CELEBRATE) 273 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:50,760 ..Kim backed their big gold with big machinery... 274 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:52,240 And, normally with Kim, 275 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:54,440 the bigger the machine, we need to find bigger gold. 276 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:56,880 ..but their luck ran out. 277 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:00,120 We were having such a good run before. 278 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,440 Now it's just sort of drying up. 279 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:05,640 Now, in the final week of their season, 280 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,840 the Ferals are facing record daytime temperatures. 281 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:10,560 I'm pretty much done. 282 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:13,400 Desperate to hit their 100 ounce target 283 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:16,440 and prove to Kim that they're legitimate miners, 284 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:18,760 the Ferals are pushing themselves 285 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:21,920 to work every possible hour they can. 286 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:30,600 It's good working with the Ferals, you know. 287 00:13:30,680 --> 00:13:31,960 They're a good bunch. 288 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:33,720 We can all work together as a team. 289 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,200 We can smash this target of 100 ounces and, you know, 290 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:38,440 go home with a bit of cheese to show the missus. 291 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:45,480 It's been a long season and we're all a little bit spent. 292 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:48,520 You know, every day I'm out here is another day 293 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:49,920 away from my family. 294 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,240 And, you know, my son's ten-months-old now 295 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:56,960 and I miss him every day and I miss my wife every day. 296 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:58,760 So it's really hard being away from home. 297 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:01,080 But, you know, the gold is still in the ground 298 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:03,600 and I know that what I'm doing now 299 00:14:03,680 --> 00:14:05,880 is setting my family up for the future. 300 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:08,080 I've got a missus and two young children at home - 301 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:09,320 a boy and a girl. 302 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:10,600 We've lived here. 303 00:14:10,680 --> 00:14:12,400 We've been here in the Pilbara our whole lives. 304 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:13,520 We're third generation. 305 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:16,080 My kids are fourth generation so we call this place home. 306 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:17,800 It is definitely not for everyone. 307 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:19,320 It's a really hard slog. 308 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,760 But, you know, I enjoy being out in the country 309 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:24,120 and it's one of the most magical places on earth. 310 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:28,120 (BEEPING) Oh, yeah. 311 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:29,800 That sounds like a good one. 312 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:35,000 Come on, still be in the ground. 313 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:37,360 Oh, she's out. 314 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:41,000 Yeah, boy. 315 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:44,200 Have a look at that. 316 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:47,240 That there is a nice 600 bucks, maybe? 317 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:49,520 Yeah, if we keep picking these up all night, you know, 318 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:51,600 we're going to smash our 10 ounce target. 319 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:55,520 Operating in the darkness, 320 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:57,360 you've got a spotlight in front of your headlight 321 00:14:57,440 --> 00:14:59,280 and the digger wave around the background 322 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:00,960 and that's all you can see. 323 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:04,160 If you cop a bucket to the head, that's game over. 324 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:05,760 You're dead. 325 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:14,080 Hey, mate, you want to turn your lights back on? 326 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:15,720 I don't want you waving the bucket around. 327 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:16,920 I can't see what you're doing. 328 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:18,680 It smells like something is on fire up here. 329 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:20,480 You want to check the back of the digger? 330 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:23,080 I'm going to shut it down. 331 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:31,400 It smells like burning plastic in the cab. 332 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:32,960 Yeah, there's no engine fire here, mate. 333 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:34,040 You're all good here. 334 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:36,480 Yeah, I think it's coming from in here, mate. 335 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:38,880 Feeling pretty hot. Ooh, yeah. 336 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:41,160 Maybe it's a good job for Nathan. 337 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:43,760 I got no idea, I'm not putting my hand up for this. 338 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:47,120 Oh, that shuts us down for the evening. 339 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:49,360 It's a bit of a shame, 340 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:51,480 because we're starting to get onto some good gold. 341 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:53,360 That's just one thing after another out here. 342 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,240 Not the end of the season that we were looking for or hoping for. 343 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:03,160 Most of these bolts that I'm looking at, 344 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:05,720 they've been belted with hammers and the threads are all screwed. 345 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:07,800 I don't think you're going to get them back in easily. 346 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:09,200 No. 347 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:10,760 This might be it. 348 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:12,440 The season might be over. 349 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:17,040 While Paul and Alex try to get the ball mill going, 350 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,280 Mel's been running their wash plant, Barnaby, 351 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:21,720 at full capacity - 352 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:26,040 trying to reach their new 400 ounce season target. 353 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:30,040 Just want to go up and check the sluice mats, 354 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:31,680 see if there's any gold in there. 355 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:34,320 Just make sure everything's running properly, basically. 356 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:45,800 Alex, Paul, you got a copy? 357 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:47,080 Yeah, copy. 358 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:49,320 You need to come over to Barnaby now. 359 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:50,800 You gotta see this. 360 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,560 Sounds interesting. 361 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:55,080 Boss has spoken. 362 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:58,480 Is everything alright? 363 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:00,680 Yeah. Have a look. 364 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:03,240 Whoa! 365 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:06,480 Holy crap! You see it? 366 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:08,720 There's some chunks in there. Yeah. 367 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:10,680 And some of those chunks are huge. 368 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:12,760 Yeah, I know. Look at the size of that. 369 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:15,920 That's loaded with gold. Yeah. 370 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,520 That's the morale boost I think we all needed. 371 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:19,840 Yeah. 372 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:22,600 Alright, enough yakking, let's get processing. 373 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:24,000 Good job, Mel. Back to it. 374 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:25,160 Yeah. 375 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:30,920 It's been tough this season and we're so close to the end 376 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,880 and moving to Fair Lady was a gamble. 377 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:37,240 But I think it's really going to pay off. 378 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:39,640 Hey. Paul? Yo. 379 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:42,000 I reckon I've got a bush fix for this ball mill. 380 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:43,280 I'll be right over, mate. 381 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:46,520 Well, they're the problems, having these holes. 382 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:48,680 We just need to stop material coming out of these. 383 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:50,240 What I'm thinking of - 384 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:52,160 basically plugging the holes with the bolts. 385 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:53,240 Yep. 386 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:55,160 Run a bead of weld all the way around. 387 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:56,280 Then it's watertight. 388 00:17:56,360 --> 00:17:57,920 Yeah, well, if you... Job done. 389 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,480 The only problem with this whole solution - 390 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:02,240 it's going to kill the mill, for sure. 391 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:03,640 It's an old mill already. 392 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:05,520 Putting liners in this old mill, I mean, 393 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:07,600 that's basically putting lipstick on a pig. 394 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:09,360 It would have saved it for a little bit 395 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:10,640 but this is an old mill. 396 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:12,760 How long is it going to last, anyway?Yeah, true. 397 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:16,880 Sacrificing the ball mill 398 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:20,480 will add a third processing plant to the operation, 399 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:22,560 maximising their chances 400 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:27,240 of getting the 70 ounces of gold needed to hit the new target. 401 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:32,200 I'm gonna fill this up. 402 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,960 About a tonne and a half of solid steel balls. 403 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:44,360 I'll get up there and give you a hand. 404 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:53,440 I'm looking forward to putting some dirt through this. 405 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:58,360 A bit more sweat, blood and tears and we'll be onto it. 406 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:05,640 If we don't get this pump up and running 407 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:07,040 we're not going to get to target. 408 00:19:07,120 --> 00:19:08,680 It's getting beyond a joke. 409 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:10,520 What I think we've got to do, mate... 410 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:11,760 Yeah. 411 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:13,920 ..is make sure that that's clear down there, 412 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:15,880 'cause that was sitting in the mud the other day. 413 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:17,960 We'll flush out this pump housing. 414 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:19,560 We ain't got no mud and crud. 415 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:21,440 There was a reason why the pump stopped. 416 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:23,480 Yeah.Look at the sludge coming out of here. 417 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:27,960 Look at that. Eugh! Geez. 418 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:29,680 No wonder it was soft. 419 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:31,040 Smells great. 420 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:33,840 Yeah, doesn't smell the best. 421 00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:41,240 Righto. Moment of truth. 422 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,760 Yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay! 423 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:55,360 I got sheer relief right now. 424 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:56,560 We're back in the game. 425 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:58,560 Pump's going well, we're getting the water pumped out. 426 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:00,640 We're going to stay here all night if we have to, 427 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:02,800 to make sure we get that hole empty by the morning. 428 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:12,240 We've decided to, you know, work around the clock. 429 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:16,720 So the second we show up again tomorrow morning, we're ahead. 430 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,240 We've got to babysit the pump, basically, 431 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,000 because if we don't get that hole pumped out 432 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,360 we can't get the start of our pit happening. 433 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:26,920 And that means we got probably Buckley's chance 434 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,360 of getting to our target this week. 435 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:35,000 What I'm trying to do here is just level out this pad area. 436 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:38,200 It's got ruts all over it, which are holes like that. 437 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:41,440 And when we try and dump our pad material on it with the gold, 438 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:46,400 basically, those ruts will make it too deep for us 439 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:47,520 to detect the gold. 440 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:49,240 So we're just levelling all this out. 441 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:51,360 That'll give us some fresh ground to start with 442 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:52,800 first thing in the morning. 443 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:56,120 So right now I'm just shining the light for Dad 444 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:57,960 so he can actually see where he's going. 445 00:20:58,040 --> 00:20:59,880 The bulldozer does have lights on it 446 00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:02,160 but they aren't that strong. 447 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:07,160 You're coming close to that edge there, Dad. 448 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:10,400 Hey, Dad! Stop! 449 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:11,840 Dad! 450 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:14,840 I can hardly see anything with these lights 451 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,600 are pretty ordinary on the old bulldozer. 452 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:19,280 You can see how close he got then. 453 00:21:19,360 --> 00:21:21,240 See the track right there. 454 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:22,400 Basically, right off the edge. 455 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:25,280 You know, if it was over, you know, a half a foot, 456 00:21:25,360 --> 00:21:26,640 he could have gone in then. 457 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:31,680 I can promise you something, boy. 458 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:33,800 We wouldn't be where we are right now 459 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:35,600 if it weren't for your help. 460 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:39,240 I don't know what time it is 461 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:42,920 but I reckon it would be well after midnight. 462 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:47,240 Hey, Dad, do you reckon I should go check on that pump? 463 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:50,600 Yeah, mate, go check on the pump, bud. 464 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:52,280 Yeah, righto. I'll be right back. 465 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,960 Yeah, Dad, water's really coming down now. 466 00:21:58,040 --> 00:21:59,240 The pump's nearly done, I reckon. 467 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:01,360 Do you want to come and have a look?Oh, beauty. 468 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:02,800 Alright. I'll come over, mate. 469 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:05,600 What do you reckon? 470 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:07,920 Oh, yeah, it's starting to look pretty good, Cayden. 471 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,120 Yeah, I reckon probably shut it down, mate. 472 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:11,400 Righto. 473 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:15,520 Righto. Beautiful. 474 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,120 Good job, Cayden. 475 00:22:18,360 --> 00:22:19,560 All good. 476 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:32,280 Hey! 477 00:22:32,360 --> 00:22:34,240 Morning. Morning, morning. 478 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:36,080 How did you go last night, fellas? 479 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:38,000 We had to shut down. You're kidding? 480 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:41,040 Yeah, I just smelled burning plastic in the cab 481 00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:43,480 and maybe if you were keen to have a look at it today? 482 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:44,560 No worries, hey. 483 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:46,440 Yeah, I'll definitely have a look at that today. 484 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:48,440 So what do you reckon the plan is then, mate? 485 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:51,080 Should we make up for lost time and just crack on? 486 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,680 Swing these pads while it's cool and get the machine fixed 487 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:55,640 and hopefully get cracking with night shift.Yeah. 488 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:57,440 Yeah it's going to be nasty today, mate. 489 00:22:57,520 --> 00:22:59,400 Yeah, they reckon 45 degrees plus, you know. 490 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:00,880 And once this wind dies down, 491 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:02,840 that temperature is going to shoot through the roof. 492 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:05,600 It's as hot as hell out here. 493 00:23:06,360 --> 00:23:07,400 You know, 494 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:09,840 we got to smash the water to keep our fluids up. 495 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:11,480 You're getting cooked, your brain's getting cooked, 496 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:14,600 that dehydration, the heat stress can kill you. 497 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:17,800 You know, it will kill you just as quick as a snakebite out here. 498 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:21,120 Time is of the essence, you know. 499 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:22,760 We really don't have much time left, 500 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:25,280 'til the season finishes up 501 00:23:25,360 --> 00:23:27,640 and we've got to get off this lease. 502 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:31,120 I got a signal there but it's right in amongst the rocks. 503 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:35,360 Look at that, right there. 504 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:38,400 It's a nugget. 505 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:41,240 That five, six grams there 506 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,440 and I just about walked straight past it. 507 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:47,480 This heat is starting to slow me down. 508 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:49,280 Far out I'm dry. 509 00:23:49,360 --> 00:23:50,480 Oh, man. 510 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:52,840 I'll just grab this out and give it a check, eh? 511 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:56,000 That fuse has blown for sure. 512 00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:58,480 Oh, god! 513 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:05,920 Now it's getting to the mid 40 degree range 514 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:07,640 over in this hole. 515 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:09,960 There's absolutely no airflow at all. 516 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:11,480 Just cooking me. 517 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:14,600 Bloody hard work, I will tell you that. 518 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,360 You got a good target? Yeah, it's a good one. 519 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:20,040 It's like trying to dig through a concrete slab. 520 00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:22,720 I'll grab my little jackhammer. Yeah. 521 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:25,600 Do you need a drink? Thank you very much. 522 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:34,320 That's good now. Yeah. 523 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:45,200 Have a listen to that, eh? Yep. 524 00:24:48,120 --> 00:24:50,360 That's him. There she is, mate. 525 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:51,680 Little on there. Look at that. 526 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,200 That's ten grams plus. Ten grams - not bad. 527 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:55,720 Yeah. Have a look. 528 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:56,880 Well done, son. 529 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:05,280 It's too hot to work now. 530 00:25:05,360 --> 00:25:08,120 We really need to get those lights fixed in the digger 531 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:09,920 so that we can just stick to nights. 532 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:13,600 Yeah, there's a few wires down here, man, 533 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:15,640 that are coming out of this loom onto the body. 534 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:17,960 Ah, look here. 535 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:20,440 Yeah, I think I might have found it. 536 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:22,880 So, yeah, that's just been left out onto the body, 537 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,800 which has blown the fuse and, yeah, 538 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,040 we're just going to chop it and re-join it. 539 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:33,800 Levi will be stoked, mate, if we can get this fixed. 540 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,080 Man, I can't get over this heat, bro. 541 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:39,840 It's just sapping the energy out of me, man. 542 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:41,240 Yeah, you're not wrong. 543 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:52,400 Oh, mate, are you right? Yeah, bro. 544 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:53,560 You alright? Yeah, bro. 545 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:54,840 Come on, mate. Just... 546 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:56,000 Get up. 547 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:57,160 You OK? 548 00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:58,480 What's going on? 549 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:00,000 Just went black, man. 550 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:01,560 Let's go to the car, bro. 551 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:03,440 You need to sit down and drink some water. 552 00:26:04,360 --> 00:26:06,640 I'll get that (BLEEP) air con on, mate.Phew. 553 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:08,240 Just get you settled in, alright? 554 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:10,960 Jump in there and I'll get the car started. 555 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:12,080 You alright? Yeah. 556 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:13,480 Yeah. Just slowly, man, eh? 557 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:16,480 Just went a little, uh... 558 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:19,680 You alright? 559 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:21,880 I'll get this air con on, bro. 560 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:28,600 Oh... 561 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:31,680 Good? No, you're not good. 562 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:33,160 I'm not really, man. No. 563 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:34,240 No, mate. 564 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:36,720 Look, you know how quickly heat stroke, mate. 565 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:38,440 It will kill you in a minute. 566 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:40,120 You got a copy there, Levi? 567 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,040 Mate, how are you going? 568 00:26:42,120 --> 00:26:44,160 Yeah, mate, Nathan's gone down with heat stroke, mate. 569 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:45,560 I've got to head back to town. 570 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:47,520 Mate, he went down like a tonne of bricks. 571 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:50,880 Oh! 572 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:57,680 This is the conveyor. 573 00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:59,840 Feeds the dirt up into the ball mill. 574 00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:02,840 Without this bit of kit, we can't feed the ball mill 575 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:04,440 and we can't get the gold out. 576 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:09,840 If this drops now, 577 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:13,680 this crushing plant is not happening. 578 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:18,760 Gently, gently does it. 579 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:26,080 Woo-hoo! 580 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:27,320 It's up there. 581 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:28,560 That looks pretty good. 582 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:29,680 We've done it. 583 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:31,800 Let's plug it in and get running. 584 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:33,840 Ready? Yeah. 585 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:35,320 Nothing. 586 00:27:37,120 --> 00:27:39,880 Something's not... Are we fully connected there? 587 00:27:50,120 --> 00:27:52,160 Tool number one fixed it. 588 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:12,680 Wow, this means that we've got two machines operational 589 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:14,400 and we can start getting the gold. 590 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:15,920 I'm so excited. 591 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:24,080 We're crushing rocks now 592 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:27,200 so we're going to be seeing gold very, very shortly. 593 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:31,520 The crusher ball mill pulverizes the course pay dirt, 594 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,560 sending the fine material into the concentrator 595 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,880 where the heavier gold is separated out. 596 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:39,400 Hey, Alex, 597 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,120 do you reckon we'll be able to get a lot of gold or not? 598 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:43,480 Now that everything's up and running, 599 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:44,840 I think it's looking great. 600 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:47,360 There is going to be a lot of gold on those scales. 601 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:53,680 Now that everything's up and running at Fair Lady, 602 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:55,520 I've got to get back to the Phoenix Project. 603 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:57,600 I've got the heap leach there that's been running. 604 00:28:57,680 --> 00:28:59,080 Basically, I've got to pull the carbon, 605 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:00,360 get it into the stripping plant, 606 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:02,640 uh, find out exactly how much gold is in it. 607 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:04,240 And hopefully, fingers crossed, 608 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:05,840 we can reach our 400 ounce target. 609 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:12,040 Now it's up to the gold gods. 610 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:14,760 Let's hope this black charcoal is liquid gold. 611 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:29,640 How are you going there, Ethy? 612 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:31,440 Good, buddy. Good. 613 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:32,880 Been busy by the looks of it. 614 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:35,640 Yeah, mate. We got out here bright and early, mate. 615 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:38,080 If you want to jump on the pad with Caydes... 616 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:39,720 Yep, get that fixed up. Get that done. 617 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:41,400 'Cause we really wanna push another one out. 618 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:42,720 We got a chance now, mate. 619 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:44,480 We do. We do. We're back in it. 620 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:46,400 That's it, mate. Alright, I'll get on the pad. 621 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:47,760 Hey! 622 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:50,360 I've said from day one that, essentially, 623 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:53,360 if we don't get over 100 ounces I'm out of here. 624 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:54,880 That's what I'm sticking to. 625 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,240 The boys have done absolutely an amazing job. 626 00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:00,480 They're making it happen and for that I'm thankful. 627 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,720 If we can keep this dirt coming out of this ground at this pace, 628 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:06,960 at least I know that we're giving it a red-hot crack. 629 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:09,240 You know D-day is today. 630 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:10,360 This is our last push, 631 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,120 this is our last day for the season. 632 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:15,520 We've been trying to move heaven and earth, literally, 633 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:17,680 trying to keep the team together, you know? 634 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:21,400 And without Ethan, yeah, I'll survive... 635 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:23,720 ..but it just won't be the same. 636 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:25,880 I understand the pressure he's under. 637 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,400 He's got, you know, a wedding coming up. 638 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:31,360 He's got a young family that he's trying to, you know, 639 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:34,080 keep building onto the new house 640 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,800 and he's trying to provide the best he can. 641 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:41,560 And, unfortunately, this year just hasn't delivered for us. 642 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:44,040 Alright, Paulie, take that one away. 643 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:45,240 No worries, buddy. 644 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:48,600 To help with the final push of the season, 645 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:50,800 Brent has called in Ethan's dad - 646 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:53,840 retired construction worker, Paul West. 647 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,840 We're down to the pay dirt, the layer where the gold sits. 648 00:30:57,920 --> 00:30:59,160 So we're pulling that out, 649 00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:00,800 we're taking it up to the pad area 650 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:02,360 that we got prepared last night. 651 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:04,920 And then we'll put the detectors over it 652 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,520 and hopefully we pull out whatever gold's there. 653 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,760 (BEEPING) 654 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:13,880 A positive signal, ah... 655 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:22,000 I've got that now. 656 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:26,400 Is it in here? 657 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:27,960 There's a little bit of gold. 658 00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:30,000 It's a nice little bit of gold too. 659 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:32,640 10, 15 grams. 660 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:34,280 Half an ounce. 661 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:35,760 Oh, that's really great that is. 662 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:39,080 The way everyone's pulling their weight right now 663 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:41,800 is...I suppose just a real reflection 664 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:43,360 of how we are as a team. 665 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:46,400 Everyone's pushing real hard to all reach the same goal, 666 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:47,920 to reach that hundred ounces. 667 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:55,440 (BEEPING) That's not bad, Eth. 668 00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:58,520 Hey, Brent, you got a copy mate? 669 00:31:58,600 --> 00:31:59,800 Yeah, buddy. 670 00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:01,560 Hey, I've got a decent target here, mate. 671 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:03,560 So you want to come over and look or not? 672 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:05,720 It's up to you. Yeah, mate. Yeah, absolutely. 673 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:06,840 (BEEPING) 674 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:10,200 Oh, yeah. Well, that's not too bad. 675 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,160 Obviously, you want the pick. Yeah. 676 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:15,360 This could be something decent, boys. 677 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:17,640 More than a few grams, anyway. 678 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:19,320 On the edge so... Yep. 679 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:21,680 Oh, there it is! There it is. 680 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,120 I saw it. There it is. (THEY LAUGH) 681 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:25,440 That's not bad! 682 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:28,760 That will put a dint in the target. 683 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:31,840 It'd have to be a couple of ounces. 684 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:33,840 Maybe two and half or three, Eth. Yeah. 685 00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:35,400 Let's get back into it, eh? Alright. 686 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:37,040 Come on, Paulie. Alright, let's go. 687 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:38,200 Well done, Eth. 688 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:39,760 Mate, it's been tough - I can assure you - 689 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:43,960 and that just might get us a way to the target, mate. 690 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:45,200 It might get us there. 691 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:54,080 Ryan's back and Nathan's OK 692 00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:55,880 and he's just going to recover for a bit. 693 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:59,520 Before Nathan dropped, he had it pretty much all done. 694 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:04,160 With the daytime temperatures proving too dangerous, 695 00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:08,920 the Ferals are relying on one final night time push 696 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,960 to find the ten ounces they need to hit their season target. 697 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:14,760 Well, if we don't get this fixed, 698 00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:16,720 we're not going to be able to do nightshift. 699 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,080 This has to work, man. 700 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:21,000 This has to work and, if it doesn't, well, we're gone. 701 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:22,800 There's that fuse up on the seat 702 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:24,520 so, if you want to pop that back in, 703 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:25,920 fingers crossed it's all good. 704 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:27,680 I just put the fuse back in, Ryan. 705 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:29,720 Just give it a try, mate. Fire her up and... 706 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:31,560 Alright. (MOTOR STARTS) 707 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:36,520 One, two, three. 708 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:38,240 Yeah! 709 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:41,480 You beauty! Well done! 710 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:43,080 We've got lights, baby. Yeah. 711 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:52,280 Those 45 plus degree days 712 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:54,760 just knock it out of you, you know? 713 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:57,280 And Nathan going down is a prime example of that. 714 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:00,360 So we're going to crack on through the night 715 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:02,640 and we've still got a lot of gold to find to hit 716 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:04,520 this hundred ounce target for our season. 717 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:06,880 The best thing for us is that that excavator's going. 718 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:09,400 We can move some dirt and we can hit this ground hard. 719 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:10,560 (BEEPING) 720 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:12,000 Got a target here. 721 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,560 Whoa! That's blowing my ears off. 722 00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:17,120 Yeah, so right along this hard rock. 723 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,480 Alright, give that a go. 724 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:23,360 Hopefully, this is a nice nugget. 725 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:25,920 Ooh, it's out of the hole. 726 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:29,280 Oh, ho, ho. Look at that. 727 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:30,720 It's a huge chunk. 728 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:33,200 Wow, that's got to be... 729 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:34,880 That's got to be half an ounce, easy. 730 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:38,800 Look, once that's cleaned up, that is a nice chunk of gold. 731 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:41,520 I've got to find a few more of them. 732 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:48,240 (BEEPING) Hey, what is this? 733 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:52,000 Come and have a look at this, boys. 734 00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:53,240 Whoo! Hey, hey! 735 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:55,440 What have you got there, big fella? You got a stoinker? 736 00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:57,400 Nah, she's still in there but have a listen. 737 00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:58,600 (BEEPING) 738 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:00,400 Whoo! 739 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:01,880 That's a chunk. 740 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:03,640 Alright, scoop it out. 741 00:35:04,720 --> 00:35:06,240 Stuck right down in the crevice. 742 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,320 We're due for a big chunk, mate. Right in there. 743 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:10,760 It's out. It's out. 744 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:13,800 Whoo! Whoo! 745 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:16,360 That sounds nice. Where has that gone? 746 00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:19,880 Oh, it's in my hand. 747 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:21,840 Ha, ha, you can feel it? Yeah. 748 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:23,240 Oh, there it is. 749 00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:25,520 Oh, mate. 750 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:27,920 You little beauty! Look at that thing! 751 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:29,880 Mate, that's easy over an ounce. 752 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:31,440 Well done. 753 00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:33,120 That is special. 754 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:36,040 That's a little ripper, mate, or a big ripper, I should say. 755 00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:38,000 I've got to get back in my digger. 756 00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:39,640 Let's get going. 757 00:35:39,720 --> 00:35:41,840 If we find some more of these ones we'll be alright. 758 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:06,600 I am super stoked with that. 759 00:36:07,720 --> 00:36:10,440 Let's just hope it's up around the three...two, three kilo mark. 760 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:19,520 We set a huge target at the start of the season - 761 00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:20,720 a thousand ounces. 762 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:22,160 I mean, that...that's massive. 763 00:36:22,240 --> 00:36:24,200 That's a crazy target but... 764 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:26,880 It was a little bit disappointing to have to bring it back down 765 00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:28,120 but it made sense. 766 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:32,280 Well, we've already broken even so that's the cost covered 767 00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:34,240 but we now need to make something. 768 00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:36,880 We need to walk away from this season with money in our pockets. 769 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:38,320 If we don't make money, 770 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,840 we've got some hard choices and might be the end. 771 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:42,480 Well, I've got a knot in my stomach. 772 00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:48,560 Hey, Paul. Hey. 773 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:54,480 Hey! I was trying to clean it up before you got here 774 00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:56,520 but check that out. No way! 775 00:36:56,600 --> 00:37:00,000 That's...I don't believe it. 776 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:02,040 Well, that's the final leach. 777 00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:03,880 Oh, my god. Feel how heavy that is. 778 00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:06,840 Oh, my god! That's eight weeks worth of... 779 00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:08,680 I think that's actually the biggest bar 780 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:09,880 I've ever poured. 781 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:12,520 I don't know what it weighs yet. Should we find out?Yes. 782 00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:17,040 Right. 66. 66.8. 783 00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:18,880 Just over two kilos. 784 00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:22,280 That's not going to get us to our target, though. 785 00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:29,680 So our target was 400 ounces and we needed over 70. 786 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:33,240 But... 787 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:35,400 What the hell? 788 00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:38,280 Well, you've got Barnaby, kept running. 789 00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:41,480 Didn't break down and we bush fixed the ball mill 790 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:44,960 and that dirt up at Fair Lady is rich, rich, rich. 791 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:49,680 110 ounces. Go Gold Devils. 792 00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:50,840 You bloody beauty! 793 00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:52,400 We've done it. We've done it. 794 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:53,960 That's over 400. 795 00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:58,360 The 440 ounces brings the season total 796 00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:01,800 to 1.1 million dollars' worth of gold. 797 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:04,040 Have we got a pay day? 798 00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:07,280 So we all take home 100,000 dollars each. 799 00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:10,200 Get that money and put it all back into gold mining. 800 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:11,800 I'm ready to do it all again 801 00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:13,680 and then hit that thousand ounce target. 802 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:15,840 So you're saying you want to go for round two? 803 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:18,040 Yeah. Another thousand ounces? 804 00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:19,240 Absolutely. 805 00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:21,120 You guys are absolutely crazy. 806 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:22,280 Yeah. Yep. 807 00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:23,720 Got to be in this game. Absolutely. 808 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:24,840 Well done. Gold Devils. 809 00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:26,200 Alright, let's do it. 810 00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:33,160 Seriously, man, 811 00:38:33,240 --> 00:38:35,320 I hope that we hit that 100 ounce target, you know? 812 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:36,680 We're not going to know 813 00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:38,720 the boys are over there melting it down so... 814 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:41,080 Yeah...it'll be interesting to see what we come up with. 815 00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:44,200 Whoo, we'll melt up a bar. 816 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:47,120 In she goes. Now we wait. 817 00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:49,120 Hey, did we get our targets, boys? 818 00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:50,440 Ooh, champers. 819 00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:53,080 'Cause we've got to know if we're going to crack this up or not. 820 00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:54,560 Alright. 821 00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:58,640 How did you go, mate, after the other day? 822 00:38:58,720 --> 00:39:01,320 Like, you really worried me. You know, I thought that was it. 823 00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:03,200 You'd dropped and you were gone so... 824 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:05,400 Yeah, I know, man. I didn't mean to do that. 825 00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:06,800 I worried myself actually, eh. 826 00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:10,160 Got me back here in a cold shower and just a cool room, man. 827 00:39:10,240 --> 00:39:11,680 And, like, got some liquids in. 828 00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:12,960 The pressure's off now, mate. 829 00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:14,800 We've either made target or we haven't. 830 00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:17,320 Alright, well, give us a look. 831 00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:22,320 Alright. 832 00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:23,760 Put it down there, mate. 833 00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:27,160 There we go. 834 00:39:27,240 --> 00:39:28,920 Nice little bar. 835 00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:31,440 Smells good. 836 00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:32,520 How are you, boys? 837 00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:34,320 Alright, well, let's have a look at it. 838 00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:37,960 Well, we may as well do the, um, the bar first.Yeah. 839 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:41,560 So we need 10.3 ounces to get 100 for the season. 840 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:46,080 Ooh, 4.15. 841 00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:47,840 Well, we're getting closer to the 100 ounces, boys. 842 00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:51,120 Not a bad bar. Ready, boys? Put the chunks on. 843 00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:53,200 Come on, fellas. 844 00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:57,600 12.31. We got it, fellas. 845 00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:00,600 Woo-hoo! Yeah, baby! 846 00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:04,040 Dude, we're two ounces over! 847 00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:05,640 Got to be happy with that. 848 00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:06,720 Yeah. 849 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:09,120 If you're happy, Kim, we're happy, mate. 850 00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:12,200 After Kim takes his cut, 851 00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:15,360 the Ferals' 70 percent share of the gold 852 00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:19,080 comes to over 186,000 dollars. 853 00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:22,040 Woo, hoo, hoo, hoo! 854 00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:23,600 (THEY CELEBRATE) 855 00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:25,640 Woo, hoo, hoo, hoo! 856 00:40:25,720 --> 00:40:27,640 (THEY LAUGH) 857 00:40:27,720 --> 00:40:28,880 Yeah, baby! 858 00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:33,600 Oh, an amazing season. 859 00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:35,280 You know, the boys all come together 860 00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:36,640 and we found a lot of gold. 861 00:40:36,720 --> 00:40:39,200 We didn't think we were going to break the ton but we did. 862 00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:42,160 100 ounces. How amazing is that? 863 00:40:42,240 --> 00:40:44,280 Whoo! Good team, fellas. 864 00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:45,440 Cheers, boys. Cheers, boys. 865 00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:47,240 To The Ferals. To The Ferals! 866 00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:49,960 That's it. Whoo! 867 00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:53,480 Right now, the boys are just finishing up 868 00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:56,480 that last little bit on the pad - then we're done and dusted. 869 00:40:57,200 --> 00:40:59,280 And then we go to probably the most critical weigh-in 870 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:00,680 of my life, really. 871 00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:03,240 I'm just cleaning this gold up, 872 00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:04,800 getting it ready for the weigh in. 873 00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:08,760 If we don't get 7.04 ounces - 874 00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:11,160 precisely - on the scales, 875 00:41:11,240 --> 00:41:13,120 there's a very, very big chance that Ethan 876 00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:15,880 might have to find some other employment, 877 00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:16,960 where he feels comfortable 878 00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:19,120 and where he can get that consistency that he's craving. 879 00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:22,840 Hey, boys, we're done here. 880 00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:24,480 Come in for the weigh in. 881 00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:27,640 Alright, the moment of truth, boys. 882 00:41:27,720 --> 00:41:29,600 Let's see what we've got. 883 00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:30,840 Mate, I'm nervous. 884 00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:32,920 This is the most nervous weigh in I've ever had. 885 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:35,040 Alright, put it on. I can't watch.Get it on. 886 00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:36,240 Hurry up. 887 00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:39,720 Dad, we're over! 888 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:41,400 We've got 9.19. 889 00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:42,600 Ha, ha, ha! 890 00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:43,800 There you go! 891 00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:45,240 There you go, Eth! 892 00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:46,840 You got more bits did yous? Yeah. 893 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:48,440 Throw that on, let's see what we got. 894 00:41:48,520 --> 00:41:51,320 9.65, boys. 895 00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:53,040 I'll tell you what - that's a sheer relief. 896 00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:54,600 I can tell you that right now. 897 00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:56,840 Just over 102 ounces for the season, Eth. 898 00:41:56,920 --> 00:41:59,160 Looks like you're coming here next year, hey! 899 00:41:59,240 --> 00:42:02,360 I'll keep my word, mate. We set the target. 900 00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:04,720 I've passed it so I'll be back. 901 00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:07,600 Mate, I want to thank you for sticking by me so far, mate. 902 00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:09,320 I know it's been tough. Appreciate it, buddy. 903 00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:11,800 I know you got your wedding coming up shortly 904 00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:13,160 and I know they ain't cheap. 905 00:42:13,240 --> 00:42:15,240 Yeah, well. Mate, now that this is over and done with 906 00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:16,640 I can concentrate now on the wedding 907 00:42:16,720 --> 00:42:18,680 and get me head back in the game there 908 00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:20,320 and keep Chelsea happy. 909 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:24,840 We're here today to celebrate 910 00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:27,040 the marriage of Chelsea and Ethan. 911 00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,440 This ring I give you is not just saying I love you 912 00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:33,240 but saying, you are my world, my best friend, my everything. 913 00:42:33,320 --> 00:42:35,560 You are my forever, my best friend, 914 00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:37,000 my dream come true. 915 00:42:37,080 --> 00:42:39,640 My shoulder to lean on, my rock, my husband. 916 00:42:39,720 --> 00:42:41,840 (THEY CHEER) 917 00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:44,120 I love you. 918 00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:45,880 You know, to see the joy on his face 919 00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:48,120 and see the joy on Chelsea's face, 920 00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:51,960 gold is definitely important but today is...days like today 921 00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:54,240 just makes you realise family's more important. 922 00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:57,120 Gold's great but number one - family. 923 00:42:57,200 --> 00:42:58,920 And that is why we're doing this. 924 00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:00,520 It's to support the family 925 00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:02,240 and to support everything that we're doing. 926 00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:05,320 Captioned by Ai-Media ai-media.tv