Victoria regulations on prospecting on exploration sites.

[fish]

I have been reading the reg for Victoria about prospecting and all the you can do and can not do. I just want some clarification on prospecting/fossicking with just hand tools e.g.. detector and small river sluice on an area that is covered by an exploration license.
From what I can make of the regs the person or company that has the exploration license has rights to any minerals found. Need a bit of advice on the way to approach a creek that runs through my property for example that may have gold in it, and what would be the fall out if I got caught with my river sluice in it by the company that holds the exploration license.
Any info would be good.

[Andy]

I'm not really sure on this point except from my own personal experience with one company. The company in question holds exploration license over a large area of one place I detect. I actually went in to their office one day some years back & asked them what their policy was on prospectors detecting on their EL areas. They said they didn't care about prospectors detecting anywhere in those areas. Like I said, this is only one particular company in one particular area, but other companies might have a different view.