Publications
Australia possesses a network of highly-regarded research institutions dedicated to publishing new geologic data, new geologic discoveries and new developments in mining innovation and technology.
'On this page you will find a selection of guides and information on minerals and exploration from Australia’s government agencies and research institutions.
Contents
Guides and information
Below you will find a compilation of geographic datasets, reports, investment guides and resource strategies.
Geoscience Australia
- Critical Minerals Strategy 2023–2030
- Australia’s Energy and Mineral Resources Investor Guide 2020 Edition (available in English, Japanese 日本語 and Korean 한국어)
- Australia's Energy Commodity Resources 2023
- Australia’s Identified Mineral Resources 2023
- Australian Mineral Exploration Review 2023
- Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold Potential of the Southern Arunta Region
- Southern Thomson Region Geochemical Survey, SW Queensland and NW New South Wales
New South Wales
- Critical Minerals and High-Tech Metals Strategy
- DIGS
- Investment attraction and concierge service
- MinView
- NSW geology phone maps
- NSW Mining Investor Register
Northern Territory
- Resourcing the Territory
- Northern Territory Investment Guide
- Critical Minerals in the NT 2024
- GEMIS Geoscience Exploration and Mining Information System
Queensland
- Geological Survey of Queensland maps, datasets and publications
- Queensland Critical Minerals Strategy
South Australia
- Exploration in South Australia
- Geological Survey of South Australia
- Mineral exploration in South Australia 2021: Commodity report
- Mining in South Australia
- Secondary prospectivity of South Australia’s mine waste: review
- South Australia key industry indicators
- South Australian mineral commodities
- South Australian Publications database
Tasmania
- Invest in Tasmania Overview
- Tasmania - Information for explorers
- Tasmania - Mineral exploration code of practice
- Tasmania - Mineral tenements - guidelines for reporting
- Tasmania Delivers - Mining
- Tasmanian Gemstones
- Tasmanian geological time-space diagram
- Good practice guidance for acid and metalliferous drainage in Tasmania
Victoria
- Earth resources publications
- Earth resources in Victoria
- Geological Survey of Victoria catalogue
- GeoVic - Explore Victoria Online
- Key Contacts and Government Links [txt]
Western Australia
- WA unearthed compilations of the State's geology (website)
- Gemstones of Western Australia
- Handbook for the study and description of microbialites
- Statistics Digest
ebooks, newsletters and journal articles
Learn more about Australia’s mining and resources industry through the ebooks, newsletters and journal articles provided in the section below.
ebooks
- Geology of Tasmania
- Shaping a Nation - A Geology of Australia (epub)
- Geology and Minerals Resources of the Northern Territory
Journals and newsletters
- Geoscience Australia's Exploring for the Future Monthly Newsletter
- MESA Journal (South Australian geoscience journal)
- Cover to Core (Geological Survey of South Australia e-news)