2e95e9ef-f0b9-48cf-b517-79ea3b8ecffb urn:uuid eng UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2025-10-17T02:48:04 creation ISO 19115 2016 Australian Mineral Exploration: Sunshine after Storms? 2e95e9ef-f0b9-48cf-b517-79ea3b8ecffb Although exploration is languishing at a 20 year low, the outlook is the best for five years. Metal prices are forecast to improve over the next several years. Australia remains highly prospective and discoveries continue to be made both in proven and greenfields provinces. Exploration in the past 10 years has added significant resources - notably gold, nickel, mineral sands, tantalum - at low cost. Major potential exists undercover. As a result of Government programs over the past decade, a wealth of geoscience data is available either free or at very low cost. These are playing an important role in opening up the under explored frontier provinces to exploration. {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[110.0, -44.0], [156.0, -44.0], [156.0, -9.0], [110.0, -9.0], [110.0, -44.0]]]} 110.0 156.0 -44.0 -9.0 AU Earth Sciences PowerPoint Published_External geochemistry mineral deposits Download the file (pdf) documentDigital Download the file (pdf) PDF Unnamed resource documentDigital HTML