The actual location of the reef, although recorded by Lasseter, was lost, as were the samples he had buried. To this day, the location of this fabulous wealth remains lost in the forbidding desert of Central Australia. There are those who dismiss this whole saga, as being one of the great confidence tricks of this century. Others prefer to believe the truth of the legend. Several expeditions have been mounted to this vast area without success, in recent years.
Innumerable questions remain unanswered.
Perhaps in time, the riddle will be solved. Until then, this intriguing saga remains one of the great mysteries of this century. The Lasseter Story has been serialized commencing with the March 1999 edition of Gold Net Australia Online Magazine .