Terms of Use

Last updated 31 July 2026. Operated by Colin James Medley, ABN 70 545 298 533. Contact: hello@searchandfindthegold.fun

The single most important thing on this page. GoldTrack summarises public government records. It does not give you permission to enter or prospect anywhere, and it is not legal advice. Before you go anywhere, confirm with the relevant government department, the land manager and the landholder.

1. What this service is

GoldTrack reads published Australian government datasets and reports what they say about two separate questions: what mineral occurrences have been recorded near a location, and what the administrative records say about that location. These are always presented separately and are never combined into a single rating.

2. What it is not

It is not permission to enter land, prospect, fossick, dig or remove anything.
It is not legal advice, and we are not lawyers.
It is not a prediction that gold is present anywhere. A prospectivity score describes what has been recorded nearby, nothing more.
It is not a survey and must not be relied on for boundaries, tenure, or any legal purpose.

3. The data is incomplete, and we tell you where

You must read the coverage notes shown with every result. As at the date above, and stated plainly:

Coverage is Queensland only.
The service cannot return a “prohibited” result. It does not yet include national parks, protected estate or private land. The absence of a red result does not mean land is open.
Around 80% of Queensland’s mapped mine openings cannot currently be retrieved from the government service that publishes them. An area showing no shafts is not a safe area.
Recorded positions carry uncertainties from ten metres to ten kilometres. Where we know the uncertainty, we show it.

4. Old workings will kill you if you are careless

Abandoned shafts can be hundreds of metres deep, hidden by grass and rotten timber, and their edges collapse without warning. Never enter an adit or approach a shaft. You enter old mining country entirely at your own risk, and you accept that our hazard information is incomplete.

5. Your responsibilities

Hold a current fossicking licence or permit where one is required. In Queensland, see the Department’s fossicking pages or call 13 QGOV (13 74 68).
Obtain the landholder’s permission before entering private land.
Comply with your duty of care under the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 (Qld) and equivalent laws elsewhere. This duty applies everywhere, whether or not anything appears in this app. Do not disturb artefacts, rock art, scarred trees or burial sites. If you find something, stop and contact the department.
Do not rely on an offline pack after its stated expiry date for anything about access. Access rules change by gazette notice and a saved file cannot know.

6. Liability

The service is provided “as is”. To the maximum extent permitted by law we exclude liability for loss or damage arising from your use of it, including from data that is incomplete, out of date or wrong.

Nothing in these terms excludes, restricts or modifies any guarantee, right or remedy you have under the Australian Consumer Law that cannot lawfully be excluded. Where liability cannot be excluded, it is limited to resupplying the service or paying the cost of resupply.

7. Data sources and attribution

Contains data from the State of Queensland, used under the terms published with those datasets:

© State of Queensland (Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development) 2026 — mining administrative boundaries
© State of Queensland (Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development) 2025 — abandoned mines

GoldTrack is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or an agency of any government.

8. Changes

We may change these terms. The “last updated” date above will change with them, and continuing to use the service means you accept the current version.

9. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of Queensland, Australia.