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 runs until 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: it also provides an understanding of the nation's known mineral endowment, the sustainable development of mineral resources, and levels of exploration activity.
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Onshore Energy Security Program
A program to acquire pre-competitive geoscience information for onshore energy prospects.
Methodology and Standards
Find out more about our research including geochemistry and mineralogy, geochronology and geophysics.
Projects
Onshore energy and minerals projects, both current and concluded.
Basics
Minerals factsheets and education links.