Resourcing the Territory

Supporting resource exploration in the Northern Territory

Resourcing the Territory is a $9.5 million per annum ongoing program supporting mineral and petroleum exploration and development in the Territory through a range of geoscience and exploration stimulus programs.

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AGES 2025 - save the date

AGES will be held in Alice Springs on 8 to 9 April 2025. Registrations will open in December 2024.

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Geoscience from the frontier Birrindudu Basin

Check out the latest releases from NTGS and its partners across the underexplored Birrinidudu Basin. Find out more about its resource potential.

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Geophysics and Drilling Collaborations round 17

Round 17 of the Geophysics and Drilling Collaborations program supports co-funding for a record 41 projects.

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Download the latest Resourcing the Territory commodity factsheets and posters

For the latest on developing mining projects and exploration, download the commodity factsheets, maps and reports updated tri-annually.

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Critical Minerals of the Northern Territory 2024

The Territory has defined resources for 17 globally recognised critical minerals, including graphite and gallium following recent discoveries. Download the updated guide for 2024.

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Latest news

Enhanced gravity coverage boosts exploration potential in the Pine Creek region

19 Nov 2024

NTGS is progressively releasing preliminary ground gravity data for the NTGS Pine Creek Ground Gravity Survey. The survey covers 40 000 km2 of highly prospective polymetallic terrain.

Reinvigorating prospectivity for geothermal power generation in the Northern Territory

11 Nov 2024

NTGS release a collaborative study with Hot Dry Rocks Pty Ltd on the prospectivity for geothermal power generation in the Northern Territory.

Geological storage potential of the Territory's onshore basins

05 Nov 2024

NTGS release a collaborative study with CSIRO on the geological storage potential for carbon dioxide, hydrogen and compressed air across the Northern Territory’s onshore basins.

Promoting the Territory's critical minerals opportunities at IMARC 2024

14 Oct 2024

NTGS attended the International Mining and Resources Conference and Expo (IMARC) on 29 - 31 October 2024.

New age data from the sedimentary rocks of the Pedirka Basin

01 Oct 2024

New U-Pb SHRIMP zircon geochronological results from six samples collected from two petroleum exploration drillholes (CBM 107-001 and CBM 107-002) provide age constraints and provenance information in the sedimentary rocks of the Pedirka Basin.

Insights into the sediment-hosted base metal potential of the Birrindudu Basin

01 Oct 2024

NTGS release the second phase of a collaborative study with CSIRO on the stratigraphic framework and mineral potential of the Birrindudu Basin, Northern Territory.

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