Minerals
Geoscience Australia provides pre-competitive geoscience information that supports and facilitates onshore energy and mineral exploration in Australia. This is achieved through integrated programs of data gathering and assessment, conducted at the national and regional scale. We undertake activities of national strategic importance such as the five-year Onshore Energy Security Program which finished in mid 2011. We also coordinate promotional events for domestic and international mineral exploration and advise the Australian Government on mineral resources, mining and land use. This work is integral to decisions regarding multiple and sequential land use and provides an understanding of the nation's known mineral endowment, the sustainable development of mineral resources and levels of exploration activity.
Release of Australia's Identified Mineral Resources 2011
Australia's Identified Mineral Resources 2011 is an annual assessment which takes a long term view of mineral resources likely to be available for mining. It includes evaluations of long-term trends in mineral resources, world rankings, summaries of significant exploration results and brief reviews of mining industry developments. The record is available as a free download.
Information on mineral exploration in Australia.
Details of the economics and reporting of Australia's mineral resources including the annual publication Australia's Identified Mineral Resources.
Information on disciplines and techniques including geochemistry, geochronology, geophysics and spectral geology.
Links to exploration legislation and tenements.
Links to Minerals Industry Associations, State Geological Surveys and Government Councils.
Minerals - Projects
Information on Geoscience Australia's minerals projects, current and concluded.
Topic contact: minerals@ga.gov.au Last updated: April 5, 2012
