The Great Gold RenaissanceThe Untold Story of the Modern Australian Gold Boom 1982-2002 .

h/c + d/j, 24.5 x 16 cm, 320 pages including graphs, tables and photographs, inscibed and signed by the author to owner, includes release ephemera. The wide range of topics covered includes the earlier Australian gold booms; fixed and floating gold prices; the gold price from both a US and Australian dollar perspective; the modern carbon-in-pulp process; the build up in Australian gold production; early CIP plants in Australia; investment climate; developments in exploration, mining, and plant design and construction; developments in gold sales, financing and taxation; industrial impacts; safety and environment; gold producing companies from the large multi national corporations to the little Aussie battlers.