This report documents a study of local Aboriginal people who voluntarily left work at the Zinifex Century mining operation in the Gulf of Carpentaria, northwest Queensland. The project was a joint initiative between Century's Gulf Communities Agreement (GCA) Support Department, and the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM), and had the support of the GCA Employment and Training Committee and Century mine. Funding for the study was provided by the Queensland Department of Employment and Training.