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 2024
- 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
Northern Territory
- GEMIS Geoscience Exploration and Mining Information System
- Resourcing the Territory
- Northern Territory Investment Guide
- Critical Minerals in the NT 2024
Queensland
- Geological Survey of Queensland maps, datasets and publications
- Queensland Critical Minerals Strategy
South Australia
- Critical Minerals in 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 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
- Western Australia Atlas of mineral deposits and major petroleum projects
- Gemstones of Western Australia
- Handbook for the study and description of microbialites
- Mineral and Petroleum 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 newsletters
- MESA Journal (South Australian geoscience journal)
- Cover to Core (Geological Survey of South Australia e-news)