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Supporting resource exploration in the Northern Territory

The $26 million Resourcing the Territory initiative includes a range of geoscience and exploration stimulus programs designed to support mineral and petroleum exploration and development in the Territory.

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Northern Territory SEEBASE® and GIS

A Territory wide flagship pre-competitive geoscience product aimed at supporting exploration for petroleum, minerals and geothermal energy.

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Geophysics and Drilling Collaborations grants program for greenfields exploration

The Geophysics and Drilling Collaborations program co-funds innovative industry exploration programs to encourage greenfields exploration across the Northern Territory. Round 13 successful recipients have now been announced.

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AGES 2020 proceedings and presentations

The Annual Geoscience Exploration Seminar (AGES) could not be held in 2020 due to COVID-19. The Proceedings volume and Presentations and posters volume are available online with contributions from NTGS, its partners and industry. AGES 2021 is now scheduled for 20 to 21 April 2021.

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New data and publications released under Resourcing the Territory

For the latest data, products and publications from NTGS and its collaborative partners, visit our new 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

New Territory wide SEEBASE® study providing insights to the Territory’s onshore basins

18 Jan 2021

NTGS has released the Northern Territory SEEBASE® and GIS aimed at supporting exploration for petroleum, minerals and geothermal energy.

Undercover Warramunga Province: Tennant Creek Mineral Field

23 Dec 2020

NTGS has released two new publications in the Warramunga Province mineral deposit series featuring the White Devil and Warrego deposits.

Scientific drilling completed in the Barkly region, Northern Territory

21 Dec 2020

MinEx CRC's National Drilling Initiative (NDI) in collaboration with Geoscience Australia and the Northern Territory Geological Survey, will deliver key geological information to assess the resource potential in the underexplored region.