Resourcing the Territory

Supporting resource exploration in the Northern Territory

The Resourcing the Territory initiative will be expanded to $9.5 million per annum on an ongoing basis from 1 July 2022. The initiative supports mineral and petroleum exploration and development in the Territory through a range of geoscience and exploration stimulus programs.

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AGES 2022 - Proceedings, presentations and posters available

The Annual Geoscience Exploration Seminar (AGES) was held in Alice Springs on 5-6 April 2022. The AGES 2022 proceedings and individual abstracts, presentations and posters are now available to download.

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Geophysics and Drilling Collaborations grants program

The Geophysics and Drilling Collaborations program co-funds innovative industry exploration programs in across the Northern Territory. Round 15 applications are now closed.

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Northern Territory resources statistics

Find the latest resource statistics and economic data from mining and petroleum in the Territory in one easy location.

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Data and publications released under Resourcing the Territory

For the latest data, products and publications from NTGS and its collaborative partners, visit the Data and Publications page.

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World-class resource and reserves in the Northern Territory

The Northern Territory hosts some of Australia's largest deposits of manganese, zinc, uranium, gold, bauxite and phosphate, emerging copper and critical mineral projects and globally significant shale gas potential.

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Latest news

NTGS representing the Territory at APPEA

16 May 2022

The annual Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Conference is being held in Brisbane from 16 - 19 May. NTGS will be presenting in the Technical & Business program.

Exploration grants closing soon

20 Apr 2022

Do you have an exploration program planned that may be eligible for co-funding? Round 15 of the Geophysics and Drilling Collaboration program is currently open for applications and will close Friday 29th April 2022.

AGES 2022 proceedings available to download

06 Apr 2022

With another successful AGES coming to a close, the AGES 2022 proceedings volume and individual abstracts are now available to download.

Less than one week till AGES 2022

31 Mar 2022

AGES 2022 is shaping up to be an exciting event with more than 260 delegates registered. There are only a handful of conference dinner tickets left, so be quick to secure a place.

Exploration expenditure up 38% in the Territory

25 Mar 2022

Mineral exploration expenditure in the Territory was $153.4 million in 2021, making it the strongest year in exploration since 2011.

Significant increase in available data from shales across the greater McArthur Basin

16 Mar 2022

NTGS has released the updated Digital Information Package (DIP) 014 comprising a compilation of shale data from 22,935 samples from the greater McArthur Basin, and includes a 56% increase in the total number of samples analysed.

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