Australian Mineral Exploration Review 2025 AMER 2025 at a Glance
Page last updated:3 August 2026
AMER 2025 at a Glance
Bar chart and infographic depicting projected 2025 expenditure breakdown by commodity with percentage changes compared to 2024, highlighting gold at $1,597.1M (+34%) and coal at $242.2M (-25%). Horizontal bar chart shows 69 maiden mineral resources across 50 projects, categorized by critical, strategic, and precious metals, with gold having the highest count of 34 projects.
Acronyms, Abbreviations and Symbols
| t | tonnes |
| kt | thousand tonnes |
| Mt | million tonnes |
| m | metres |
| % | per cent |
| ppb | parts per billion |
| ppm | parts per million (1 ppm = 1 gram per tonne) |
| g/t | grams per tonne |
| $ | Australian dollars |
| oz | troy ounce |
| koz | thousand troy ounces |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| QLD | Queensland |
| SA | South Australia |
| TAS | Tasmania |
| VIC | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |
| ASX | Australian Securities Exchange |
| LSE | London Stock Exchange |
| TSX | Toronto Stock Exchange |
| TSXV | TSX Venture Exchange |
| 3E PGE | Pd + Pt + Au |
| Al2O3 | aluminium oxide (alumina) |
| Ag | silver |
| Au | gold |
| Bi | bismuth |
| Co | cobalt |
| Cr | chromium |
| Cu | copper |
| Fe | iron |
| Fe2O3 | iron oxide |
| Ga | gallium |
| Ga2O3 | gallium oxide |
| HM | heavy minerals1 |
| HMS | heavy mineral sands |
| In | indium |
| Li2O | lithium oxide |
| Mn | manganese |
| Mo | molybdenum |
| Nb2O5 | niobium pentoxide |
| PGE | platinum group elements3 |
| Pt | platinum |
| Rb2O | rubidium oxide |
| Sc | scandium |
| Sc2O3 | scandium oxide |
| SiO2 | silica |
| Sn | tin |
| Ta | tantalum |
| Ta2O5 | tantalum pentoxide |
| TGC | total graphitic carbon |
| TiO2 | titanium dioxide |
| TREO | total rare earth oxides2 |
| U3O8 | uranium oxide |
| eU3O8 | gamma derived uranium oxide |
| Ni | nickel |
| P2O5 | phosphate |
| Pb | lead |
| Pd | palladium |
| V2O5 | vanadium pentoxide |
| W | tungsten |
| WO3 | tungsten trioxide |
| Zn | zinc |
Notes
- Heavy minerals includes zircon, rutile, leucoxene, ilmenite, monazite and xenotime.
- The rare earth oxides are La2O3, CeO2, Pr6O11, Nd2O3, Sm2O3, Eu2O3, Gd2O3, Tb4O7, Dy2O3, Ho2O3, Er2O3, Tm2O3, Yb2O3, Lu2O3. Some companies may also include yttrium oxide (Y2O3) in TREO results without specifying it as TREO+Y.
- Platinum Group elements are Ir, Os, Pd, Pt, Rh, Ru.