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12 December 2007
Advice and Assessment
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Australia's Identified Mineral Resources 2008
A preliminary tabulation of resources data is now available from Geoscience Australia's latest national assessment of Australia's Identified Mineral Resources (AIMR). The final version will appear as Table 1 in AIMR 2008 to be released online in August 2008.
- Australia's Identified Mineral Resources 2008: Table 1 (Preliminary)
Australia's Identified Mineral Resources 2007
Current edition: Australia's Identified Mineral Resources 2007.
Previous releases
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Project description
Outputs of the Advice and Assessment project are designed to underpin the Australian Government's resource policy and program development by contributing to:
- enhanced global attractiveness of Australia's exploration investment opportunities through increased knowledge of identified mineral resources; and
- sustainable development through improved resource management based on effective use of geoscientific information in decisions concerning resource access, environmental management and landuse.
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Project outcome
Informed decision making and improved resource management, landuse planning and environmental protection.
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Project outputs
- High quality, independent scientific and technical advice on mineral resources, exploration and discovery (including offshore programs in Commonwealth waters and uranium as required under the Atomic Energy Act), mining, processing, land access and use, environment protection, metals and the environment and sustainable development;
- publication online by Geoscience Australia of national resource assessments for 2005 - Australia's Identified Mineral Resources 2005 (AIMR 2005) - and incorporation of AIMR 2005 data in Australian System of National Accounts (ABS cat. no. 5204.0);
- information and analyses for Australia's contribution to the OECD/NEA and IAEA publication, Uranium: Resources, Production and Demand;
- Australian Government representation on Joint OECD/NEA-IAEA Uranium Group and associated duties as Vice Chair of the group, including reports on uranium developments in Australia and resource classification issues;
- Australian Government representation on, and reports from the Ministerial Council on Mineral Petroleum Resources Conference of Chief Inspectors Mines (CCIM) concerning the National Mine Safety Framework;
- CDs, manuals and web maps of the Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Island geographic information systems and client support in accord with memoranda of understanding with the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government;
- updated web based maps of renewable energy and fossil fuel power stations for the Australian Greenhouse Office Renewable Energy and Energy Markets programs;
- Stage 2 of the online Atlas of Australia's Mineral Resources, Mines and Processing Centres (AusMA); and
- revision of geoprovince scale mineral potential GIS (OZPOT) in consultation with the States and the Northern Territory and incorporation into AusMA.
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