A gold exploration company has bought multiple vineyards in Victoria’s west.
The price of gold has skyrocketed in recent months, while local growers say the wine industry has been damaged by oversupply, crippling tariffs and changing drinking habits.
Aureka, the company that bought the vineyards, says it is hopeful a mining operation can be launched at the sites but it’is not a certainty.
By Harrison Tippet for ABC News Victoria
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