Overview

Geoscience Australia aims to facilitate increased exploration expenditure in Australia by promoting both the benefits of exploring in Australia and the geoscience information available to reduce exploration risk.

The Mineral Exploration Promotion section aims to encourage investment in mineral exploration and discovery of mineral resources in Australia by increasing the awareness of mineral exploration opportunities. Section activities include technical presentations and exhibitions at selected major national and international mineral exploration and mining conferences, and targeted releases of scientific reports, maps and datasets that highlight Australia’s mineral resource potential.

Geoscience Australia's mineral exploration promotional activities are undertaken in partnership with the State and Northern Territory Geological Surveys as well as agencies with responsibility for mining and exploration.

The program is coordinated through the Chief Government Geologists Committee, a sub-committee of the Standing Council on Energy and Resources.

Comprehensive information for investors in mineral and petroleum exploration and development is available from:

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• Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism (RET)
  
• Australian Trade Commission
• Australian Mines Atlas
  

Section outcomes

• Increased global awareness of mineral exploration opportunities in Australia
• Enhance global attractiveness of Australian exploration opportunities
• Generate an increased awareness of mineral exploration opportunities in Australia and of the pre-competitive geoscience information available to support mineral exploration in Australia.
  

Featured maps, reports and downloads

• Australian mining and mineral exploration in 2011: A national perspective - presentation by Dr James Johnson
• National Geoscientific Data for Explorers - poster
• Geoscientific datasets and reports for mineral exploration
  

Australian Gold Resources Map, (Sheet 1 and Sheet 2), July 2012

Australian Operating Mines Map, June 2012

The major rare-earth-element deposits of Australia: geological setting, exploration, and resources

Australian Mineral Exploration Review 2011

Recent mineral exploration promotion activity

• Mineral Investment Seminar, Vancouver, Canada, 1 March 2012
• PDAC 2012, Toronto, Canada, 4-7 March 2012
  
• Mineral Investment Seminar, Vancouver, Canada, March 2011
• Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC), Perth, Australia, June 2011
  
• Federation of Indian Mineral Industries Conference, Bangalore, India, September 2011
• Diggers and Dealers, Kalgoorlie, Australia, August 2011
• Mining 2011, Brisbane, Australia, October 2011
  
• Mineral Exploration Seminar, Beijing, China, November 2011
• China Mining, Tianjin, China, November 2011
• Australia-Korea Mineral Exploration Investment Seminar, Seoul, Korea, November 2011
• Australia-Japan Mineral Exploration Investment Seminar, Tokyo, Japan, November 2011

Photos

Stage with delegates Mineral Exploration Seminar, Beijing 2011 © Geoscience Australia.	Booth with delegates China Mining 2011 © Geoscience Australia.	A visit to the booth from Frances Adamson (Australian Ambassador to China), Drew Clark (Secretary of RET) and The Hon Martin Ferguson AM MP (Minister for Resources and Energy, Minister for Tourism), China Mining 2011 © Geoscience Australia.
Andy Barnicoat presenting a gift to Vice Minister Wang Min, Ministry of Land and Resources China, while the Hon. Tom Koutsantonis, Minister of Resources, South Australia, looks on. © Geoscience Australia.	The Team Australia Booth at the Prospectors and Developers Conference (PDAC) 2012. © Geoscience Australia.	A group shot of Team Australia members: (L-R) Paul McDonald (VIC), Gaomai Trench (WA), Rick Rogerson (WA), Laurie Hutton (QLD), Michelle Cooper (GA), Susan Moore (GEOJAG), Andrew Rowett (SA), Roger Skirrow (GA), Tim Baker (SA), Ted Tyne (SA), Brad John (QLD) and Neil Williams (34th IGC). © Geoscience Australia.

Upcoming events

• Diggers and Dealers, Kalgoorlie 6-8 August 2012