The trust plans to buy and operate the Goldfields Mining Centre near Cromwell, which has been on the market since 2007.
It was granted funding for the project from the Cromwell Community Board and Central Lakes Trust, on condition all funding was secured and a business plan established.
Initially, the trust hoped to take formal possession of the centre last year, after sums of $125,000 and $250,000 were granted in principle by the board and Central Lakes Trust respectively.
Progress was delayed while the trust was required to develop management plans.
Although the centre remains for sale, negotiations between concession holders and the trust have continued.
The complex, valued at $375,000, includes heritage miner shanties on the Clutha riverbank.
A jet-boat operation on the site is a separate entity.
Trust members hoped the centre would eventually generate enough financial return to fund future restoration projects in the Otago goldfields.
If bought by the trust, the site may form part of its proposed Chinese gold-mining tourist trail, planned to encompass areas between Dunedin and Arrowtown.
Monday's closed meeting will take place after a public session starting at 1pm.
The board's agenda stated it was necessary for the trust's plan to remain confidential in order for the board to continue negotiations without prejudice or disadvantage.
