Can't find properties file when running gradle

I am using gradle to build and test my application. I use the command

gradle test

But the testing, which works perfectly when run from within eclipse, fails when run using gradle. My test is defined below and the properties file that it cannot find is in both these folders:

/home/user/Development/git/myproject/src/main/java/com/mycompany/config /home/user/Development/git/myproject/src/test/resources

@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@ContextConfiguration(loader = AnnotationConfigContextLoader.class, classes = {      ApplicationConfig.class })
public class WebImportTest {
    @Resource
    private Environment env;

    @Autowired
    private JestClient jestClient;

my java configuration looks like so:

@Configuration
@ComponentScan({ "com.mycompany" })
@PropertySource("classpath:/com/mycompany/config/myproject.properties")
@Import(PersistenceConfig.class)
public class ApplicationConfig {

    @Resource
    private Environment env;

I am not experience enough in order to figure out what is the cause of this

:myproject is getting tests from [task ':test']
:compileJava
Note: /home/user/Development/git/myproject/src/main/java/com/mycompany/entities/generated/Keys.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
:processResources UP-TO-DATE
:classes
:instrument SKIPPED
:copyCoberturaDatafile SKIPPED
:compileTestJava
:processTestResources UP-TO-DATE
:testClasses
:test

com.mycompany.myProject.DBConnectionTest > initializationError FAILED
java.lang.Exception

com.mycompany.myProject.WebImportTest > testWebImport FAILED
    java.lang.IllegalStateException
        Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException
            Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException

Why is the properties file not found?!

The properties file needs to go into src/main/resources/com/mycompany/config.