Mineral resources information
Australia’s unique geology has paved the way for over 300 operating mining projects and many more exploration projects. Currently, Australia has the world’s largest resources of gold, iron ore, lead, nickel, rutile, uranium, zinc and zircon and the second largest resources of brown coal, cobalt, copper, ilmenite, lithium, silver, tungsten and vanadium.
On this page you will find information on Australia’s diverse range of mineral resources, mineral projects, resource development strategies and investment opportunities.
Geoscience Australia
- Australian Critical Minerals Prospectus
- Australia's Energy Commodity Resources 2025
- Australia’s Identified Mineral Resources 2025
- Australia's Rare Earth Element Supply Chain
- Australia's Antimony Supply Chain
- Australia's Gallium Supply Chain
- Australia's Graphite Supply Chain
- Australian Magnetite Ore 2023 Factsheet
- Australia’s National Resources Statement
- Critical Commodities for a High-tech World
- Critical commodities in Australia – An assessment of extraction potential from ores
- Critical Minerals in Australia: A Review of Opportunities and Research Needs
- Lake Tyrrell, Australia, and its Potential for Strategic Resources
- Major Rare Earth Element Deposits of Australia
- Nickel Resources and Potential of Australia
- Outlook for selected critical minerals in Australia 2021 report
- Platinum-group elements in Australia
- Potash in Australian Acid Salt Lakes
- Review of Australian Salt Lakes - Potential for Strategic Resources
New South Wales
- MinView
- NSW priority metals
- NSW Seamless Geology project
- High-tech metal resources of NSW map
- Opportunities in NSW – antimony
- Opportunities in NSW – cobalt and scandium
- Opportunities in NSW – copper
- Opportunities in NSW – gold
- Opportunities in NSW – heavy mineral sands
- Opportunities in NSW – lead and zinc
- Opportunities in NSW – rare earth elements
- Opportunities in NSW – silver
- Opportunities in NSW – tin and tungsten
Northern Territory
- Bauxite in the NT
- Copper in the NT
- Critical Minerals in the NT
- Diamond in the NT
- Gold in the NT
- Iron Ore in the NT
- Manganese in the NT
- Mineral Sands in the NT
- Phosphate, Potash in the NT
- Uranium in the NT
- Zinc, Lead and Silver in the NT
Queensland
- Delivering Queensland's Critical Minerals Future 2026-2030
- Exploration incentives and opportunities in Queensland
- Investing in Queensland’s critical minerals industry
- Support for critical minerals mining development and operations
South Australia
- South Australian Mineral Commodities
- Major projects and mining activities dashboards
- Critical mineral dashboards
- Critical Minerals South Australia project
- Critical mineral potential reports for:
- Copper in South Australia
- Gold in South Australia
- Magnetite in South Australia
- Uranium in South Australia
- Geology of South Australia
- Mineral Deposit (MinDep) database
- Secondary prospectivity of mine waste reports for:
Victoria
- Victoria's Geology Overview
- Minerals in Victoria
- Base Metals in Victoria
- Gold in Victoria
- Mineral Sands in Victoria
- Mineral Resources Development in Victoria
- Victorian Critical Minerals Roadmap - Resources Victoria
- Advancing Antimony Grants Program Guidelines
- Victoria Critical Minerals and Strategic Materials Reports