OCT 2018: A report by Lock the Gate Alliance. Mind the Gap: how fixing mine rehabilitation shortfalls could fuel jobs growth in the Hunter Valley. If New South Wales were to set an average industry target of having 60% of each mine’s footprint rehabilitated, and give the owners of the nine largest mines in the state five years to comply with that target, there would be 734 jobs created. A more ambitious program to eliminate the rehabilitation deficit over three years would see 1,223 jobs created for that period.