Australian Mineral Exploration - A Review of Exploration for the Year 2005

Australian mineral exploration spending in 2004-05 rose by 31% to $1028.3 million of which 39.3% was spent on the search for new deposits. Total global non-ferrous mineral exploration budgets rose 38% to an estimated US$5.1 billion in 2005. Western Australia received 59% of Australian mineral exploration spending in 2004-05 as spending rose in all States except Victoria. Gold remained the main target but its share of spending was eroded by increased spending on nickel, copper, iron ore, coal and uranium. Exploration resulted in significant increases in resources at known deposits and a substantial number of drill intersections of economic interest, the most notable being the discoveries of copper-gold mineralisation at Carrapateena (Gawler Craton), mineral sand in the Eucla Basin, and gold at the Trident deposit (Yilgarn Craton).

Australian Mineral Exploration - A Review of Exploration for the Year 2007

Australian mineral exploration spending in 2006-07 rose by 38% to a record $1,714.6 million of which 36% was spent on the search for new deposits. Spending rose in all States and the Northern Territory with South Australia up by 78% to $260.7 million while Western Australia dominated with 49% of Australian mineral exploration spending. The base metal group was the dominant target accounting for 32% of exploration spending overtaking gold (27%) for the first time since 1983. Exploration results were announced for a wide range of commodities from across the country with the most significant being the announcement of a 38% increase in contained copper in the Olympic Dam deposit, South Australia, and of an initial 4 Moz resource in the Tropicana gold deposit, Western Australia.

Australian Mineral Exploration - A Review of Exploration for the Year 2007: Extended edition

Australian mineral exploration spending in 2006-07 rose by 38% to a record $1,714.6 million of which 36% was spent on the search for new deposits. Spending rose in all States and the Northern Territory with South Australia up by 78% to $260.7 million while Western Australia dominated with 49% of Australian mineral exploration spending. The base metal group was the dominant target accounting for 32% of exploration spending overtaking gold (27%) for the first time since 1983. Exploration results were announced for a wide range of commodities from across the country with the most significant being the announcement of a 38% increase in contained copper in the Olympic Dam deposit, South Australia, and of an initial 4 Moz resource in the Tropicana gold deposit, Western Australia.

BMR's role in mineral exploration within the Pine Creek Geosyncline, 1949-1977