If you are a commercial tour operator or educational facility, you will need this licence to search for and collect fossicking materials using hand tools only for tourist and educational purposes. Fossicking materials include:
- gemstones
- ornamental stones
- mineral specimens
- alluvial gold (including nuggets)
- some fossil specimens.
The licence does not include collection of meteorites and fossils of vertebrate animals.
You must follow the conditions of your licence and carry it on you at all times when fossicking.
A commercial tour operators licence does not automatically include a fossicking permit or camping permit, these must be obtained separately.
