Donnie and Ronnie have a bust up - threatening Donnie's dream of owning a lease. At the 1870 mine, Richie builds a gold room to sort the super-fine gold from the waste material.
Donnie comes up with an idea to host a live online auction to sell off the gold he found at Swiss Diggings. Richie waits to find out if he needs surgery for his broken hand.
Leigh outfoxes Donnie and Dennis and wins the rights to Matt and Damo's gold rich land. Dennis installs security cameras on his lease to try and catch the dodgy gold poachers.
There are nine weeks left of the gold season to go and the pressure is on. At Swiss Diggings, an unemployed Donnie begs Dennis, the owner of Swiss Diggings, for a new job.