Discovery - December 2004
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Product description:Download The downloadable version of Discovery magazine is supplied in PDF format. Contents Departments Supplement Our special supplement commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Eureka Stockade as well as looking at Victorian gold’s bright future. Minister’s Foreword A record $470 million was invested in the state’s minerals and petroleum industry in 2003 / 04, equal to nearly half of all investment in regional Victoria. Monitor New management team at AGD, Marathon explores for gold near Stawell, Beach in Otway Basin, new reef at Walhalla, natural gas piped to Western District, three new power plans to secure our future. Features Green light for Casino Gas Development of the Casino gas field swings into action Restoring quarry site Restoring the bush view at Lysterfield Quarry Protecting box-ironbark A government - industry initiative is saving our forests Developing new Bass Strait oil Anzon Energy and Beach Petroleum develop a new Bass Strait oil field Ballarat operations draw nearer Mining development at historic Ballarat goldfields is advancing Jack Bates in Otway Basin deep-water The Jack Bates deep-water drilling rig was shipped from Norway to Australia Anglo American backs Latrobe Valley A new era begins for Latrobe Valley coal Minerva gas field begins commissioning Full gas production from Minerva is expected by year’s end Nexus expands in Bass Strait New Nexus permit and seismic data opens more Bass Strait exploration VIMP boosts resources industry Victoria’s VIMP program helps minerals explorers uncover new wealth New leviathan at Stawell MPI’s Stawell interests transformed into the new Leviathan Resources Ltd Gold trooper returns Victoria’s first ‘gold cop’ in more than a century reflects the industry’s resurgence |