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mining by a joint venture between Australians and Japanese had been in progress for the past decade. Very little land was available for latecomers to take title.
    AGO had given Petri the almost impossible task of finding prospective ground.
    â€˜All I’m asking from you is to be able to present the basics of my model to the Hobart conference on new discoveries,’ Petri was impassionedly saying to his Group Leader, Chris Dorff, and the AGO Exploration Manager, Dr Colin Williamson.
    They were seated side by side on the far end of the long table in the conference room. Petri, whose hazel eyes faced the large windows to reflect the view across the Swan River around which the city of Perth had been built, sat directly opposite. Normally the river and its flotilla of small yachts made an appealing sight, but this morning the seating arrangement meant Petri was squinting into the sun.
    â€˜Yes, I can appreciate what you want to do. However, your model has led to the discovery of a new a resource of over two billion tonnes. It gives us a major competitive advantage. We really can’t let this information go into the public domain at this stage.’ Williamson’s voice was firm and so was his attitude.
    â€˜But you and Chris,’ Petri looked pointedly at his Group Leader, ‘have already had press conferences last week to announce the discovery on radio and in The West Australian and told them the basics of my new model.’ Neither Petri nor his team were mentioned in any of the press interviews nor had they been invited to participate. Petri was angry and frustrated that his managers had indirectly taken credit for this major discovery. He was justly proud of his innovative thinking.
    â€˜Come on, Petri, you know that was just a press interview. It was not a detailed description of the model. Until we have made full use of the leads it gives us and secured all the titles we need you cannot publish anything in the public arena.’
    There was a brief silence in the room while Petri calmed his emotions. Speaking in a soft, controlled voice he said, ‘Quite honestly, I am very disappointed in the company. I’ve been working with you since graduation. In that time I recommended the ground around Temora for gold and you decided against it. When NewGold Mining discovered significant gold reserves there your only comment was that I didn’t push it hard enough!’
    â€˜That’s history. We had other programs and we had to allocate resources according to the information we had at the time. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and yes, we should have followed up your recommendations then. But this is quite a different issue.’
    â€˜All that I’ve done for AGO has received so little acknowledgement by management it’s natural that I should feel pretty upset. I know I’m good at developing new ideas, so why can’t you give me credit for it? For example, in the press reports of the Bunyip discovery it was only manager’s names that appeared. Some of those were not even involved in the program.’
    â€˜We’re sorry you feel so strongly. We feel we have given you every support for your work, and the company is grateful. Your salary package has reflected your success. However, we cannot allow you to present a paper to the conference on your novel models.. That’s the end of it.’
    â€˜Very well. I anticipated this and so here is my response.’ Petri leaned forward and handed an envelope to the Exploration Manager. ‘I feel that my contributions, and those of my team, to the success of the AGO exploration are not adequately recognised so I’m obliged to look elsewhere.’
    Dr Williamson took the envelope, and without opening it, looked Petri eye to eye. He did not waver. ‘Very well. You obviously planned this confrontation. Your resignation is accepted with reluctance. We feel that you could have had a great future with this