# PMAT Public **URL:** https://forum.pmat.org.au/c/pmat-public/11.md [Latest](https://forum.pmat.org.au/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.pmat.org.au/categories.md) --- ## [PMAT's Policy on Prospecting and Fossicking in Tasmania](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/pmats-policy-on-prospecting-and-fossicking-in-tasmania/681)
**Author:** [@miguel](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/miguel)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [8 May 2022 11:32 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/pmats-policy-on-prospecting-and-fossicking-in-tasmania/681 "2022-05-08T11:32:56Z")
Prospecting and fossicking are traditional, fun and heritage activities that often involve the whole family. Prospecting in the modern sense goes back to the arrival of Europeans in Tasmania, and has a continuous, uninte… --- ## [PMAT's Aims and Basic Objectives](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/pmats-aims-and-basic-objectives/683)
**Author:** [@miguel](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/miguel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [4 October 2021 23:33 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/pmats-aims-and-basic-objectives/683 "2021-10-04T23:33:55Z")
Aims To generally promote prospecting, fossicking, and small-scale mining in Tasmania. To promote awareness of the traditional right to undertake these activities. To achieve Government and regulatory authority recognit… --- ## [Are you a PMAT member and get no email from us?](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/are-you-a-pmat-member-and-get-no-email-from-us/74)
**Author:** [@miguel](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/miguel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [14 June 2019 03:35 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/are-you-a-pmat-member-and-get-no-email-from-us/74 "2019-06-14T03:35:38Z")
PMAT sends out 4–5 emails a year with trip invitations and other information. If you’ve joined PMAT and you’re not getting these emails, we probably transcribed your email address wrong from your membership form. If you… --- ## [https://chng.it/55dLd6xCPc](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/https-chng-it-55dld6xcpc/1489)
**Author:** [@Matty](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/Matty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [14 August 2025 12:31 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/https-chng-it-55dld6xcpc/1489 "2025-08-14T12:31:10Z")
https://chng.it/55dLd6xCPc Please sign and share --- ## [PMAT Action and advocacy](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/pmat-action-and-advocacy/1486)
**Author:** [@Terra\_Tasmania](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/Terra_Tasmania)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [14 August 2025 07:34 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/pmat-action-and-advocacy/1486 "2025-08-14T07:34:15Z")
Gday all, Just wondering how one joins the PMAT? is it more than just this forum here?Fossicking/prospecting is an over-regulated activity in Tasmania, and I was wondering what actions have been taken to raise awareness… --- ## [Pay Dirt surprise](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/pay-dirt-surprise/577)
**Author:** [@Slydog83](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/Slydog83)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [18 May 2021 23:06 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/pay-dirt-surprise/577 "2021-05-18T23:06:59Z")
Big thank you to Ron and the PMAT Committee I believe I got the 1gram bag of pay dirt. Bag 89 if not I got some good wash with my bag. Cheers fellas cant wait for the next club meet :grin::ok\_hand:t2::beers: --- ## [New Minelab Survey on Recreational Prospecting](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/new-minelab-survey-on-recreational-prospecting/573)
**Author:** [@miguel](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/miguel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [20 April 2021 02:07 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/new-minelab-survey-on-recreational-prospecting/573 "2021-04-20T02:07:26Z")
Hi Everyone, Some of you may have already seen this elsewhere. Minelab are doing a second survey on recreational and professional prospecting in Australia. This is a follow-up to the survey they did last year to help th… --- ## [Clean up your mess!](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/clean-up-your-mess/517)
**Author:** [@miguel](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/miguel)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [22 January 2021 05:06 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/clean-up-your-mess/517 "2021-01-22T05:06:02Z")
Hi everyone, One of our members went out last weekend to have a look in his EL near Corinna, and found a campsite had been set up over the Christmas break, with a ton of gear left behind and rubbish left everywhere. The… --- ## [Your rights in and around Moorina - Weld River](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/your-rights-in-and-around-moorina-weld-river/368)
**Author:** [@pmatadmin](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/pmatadmin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [23 November 2020 02:17 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/your-rights-in-and-around-moorina-weld-river/368 "2020-11-23T02:17:53Z")
We’ve recently had some discussions with other clubs in Tasmania about hostility experienced by fossickers in the Weld River area in Moorina. Some disturbing incidents include broken glass in camping and parking spots, … --- ## [Moorina Fossicking Area raised by the Greens in Parliament](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/moorina-fossicking-area-raised-by-the-greens-in-parliament/405)
**Author:** [@miguel](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/miguel)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [17 September 2020 23:59 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/moorina-fossicking-area-raised-by-the-greens-in-parliament/405 "2020-09-17T23:59:52Z")
Well, the saga continues. Cassy O’Connor has raised the issue of the Moorina Fossicking Area in Parliament, and it appears that she’s taken the side of the landowner adjacent to the river downstream of the bridge. I th… --- ## [Trespassing in private property - Cygnet area](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/trespassing-in-private-property-cygnet-area/329)
**Author:** [@miguel](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/miguel)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [25 June 2020 11:11 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/trespassing-in-private-property-cygnet-area/329 "2020-06-25T11:11:14Z")
Hey everyone. I’ve had some concerning reports of trespassers in private property down in the Cygnet area. The owners of a property came to find six guys happily poaching inside their property. The guys said they though… --- ## [Weld trip was. Damp but creeks low and easy to access](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/weld-trip-was-damp-but-creeks-low-and-easy-to-access/164)
**Author:** [@jthornbury.leenavale](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/jthornbury.leenavale)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [3 November 2019 09:50 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/weld-trip-was-damp-but-creeks-low-and-easy-to-access/164 "2019-11-03T09:50:21Z")
Hi had a few bits and pieces from the weld trip mainly topaz and zircon and a few not so good sapphires but had fun scratching around Cheers --- ## [Join PMAT Online](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/join-pmat-online/85)
**Author:** [@karl](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/karl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [4 July 2019 12:42 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/join-pmat-online/85 "2019-07-04T12:42:02Z")
Is it possible to do? I like the idea of joining at the AGM or at a field day but online is kind of immediate. --- ## [Ready to go public?](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/ready-to-go-public/79)
**Author:** [@miguel](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/miguel)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [30 June 2019 01:58 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/ready-to-go-public/79 "2019-06-30T01:58:54Z")
How’s the forum working out for everyone? Any opposition to going public and linking from the PMAT website? Miguel --- ## [Back ck weekend trip](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/back-ck-weekend-trip/77)
**Author:** [@ajhoman71](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/ajhoman71)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [16 June 2019 07:18 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/back-ck-weekend-trip/77 "2019-06-16T07:18:23Z")
Hi all what a great weekend at rons a big thank u to ron for his hospitatly an generosity something like this i would say is very rare for prospectors access to a mining lease with a excavator for clearing access to… --- ## [Trip report writers wanted](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/trip-report-writers-wanted/27)
**Author:** [@miguel](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/miguel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [31 May 2019 02:13 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/trip-report-writers-wanted/27 "2019-05-31T02:13:24Z")
If you’re a PMAT member and you are happy to donate a bit of time, PMAT is looking for volunteers to write a trip report after each trip. It does not need to be long or involved: where and when the trip was held, approx… --- ## [About the PMAT Public category](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/about-the-pmat-public-category/17)
**Author:** [@pmatadmin](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/pmatadmin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [30 May 2019 08:47 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/about-the-pmat-public-category/17 "2019-05-30T08:47:30Z")
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