c299ae89-fadd-429b-956d-4b311589380d urn:uuid eng UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2025-10-16T16:14:27 creation ISO 19115 2016 Australian Critical Minerals Map 2021 c299ae89-fadd-429b-956d-4b311589380d This map shows the locations and status, as at 31 December 2021, of Australian operating mines, mines under development, mines on care and maintenance and resource deposits associated with critical minerals. Developing mines are deposits where the project has a positive feasibility study, development has commenced or all approvals have been received. Mines under care and maintenance and resource deposits are based on known resource estimations and may produce critical minerals in the future. The critical mineral deposits on this map may not be comprehensive for all commodities. For the purposes of this map, critical minerals are defined as minerals and elements (solid and gaseous) that are vital for modern technology and whose supply may be at risk of disruption. The Australian critical minerals list comprises aluminium (high-purity alumina), antimony, beryllium, bismuth, chromium, cobalt, gallium, germanium, graphite, hafnium, helium, indium, lithium, magnesium, niobium, platinum group elements, rare earth elements, rhenium, scandium, silicon (high-purity silica), tantalum, titanium, tungsten, vanadium and zirconium. These commodities are coloured by mineral groupings on the map. {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[108.0, -44.0], [156.0, -44.0], [156.0, -10.0], [108.0, -10.0], [108.0, -44.0]]]} 108.0 156.0 -44.0 -10.0 Care and Maintenance Critical Mineral Deposits Critical Minerals Developing Mines EARTH SCIENCES Geoscience Infrastructure Mining Operating Mines Published_External Thematic Map Australian Critical Minerals Map 2021 (pdf) [29.8 MB] documentDigital Australian Critical Minerals Map 2021 (pdf) [29.8 MB] PDF