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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Exploration grants recipients have been announced

Successful recipients for Round 19 of the Geophysics and Drilling Collaborations program have been announced. Fieldwork acquisition for programs should kick off soon.

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Critical Minerals and Gold guide for 2026 is now available in Indonesian, Japanese and Korean

Fully translated, the guide highlights defined resources for 21 globally recognised critical minerals. For first time it also includes gold, making it a comprehensive inventory of the Territory's mineral potential. Download the guide now.

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Find out about the Beetaloo Sub-basin

The Territory’s globally significant shale gas play hosts 7.1 TCF of contingent gas resources and is progressing toward pilot production by the end of 2026. Find out about it's geology, resources and recent activity.

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Missed AGES 2026? Watch the video presentations

Find out all the latest geoscience delivered at AGES 2026 by watching the video presentations or downloading the Conference Proceedings, Presentations and Posters now.

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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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Latest news

NTGS farewells Ian Scrimgeour and welcomes Jo Whelan

12 Oct 2026

A remarkable chapter in Territory geoscience comes to a close as Dr Ian ‘Bunge’ Scrimgeour departs NTGS, leaving an enduring legacy of new geological knowledge, leadership and service.

Highest-ever mineral production value of $6.1 billion

31 Aug 2026

The Northern Territory mineral production value has reached a record $6.1 billion in 2025-26, driven by the value of gold sales, the recovery of manganese production and continued strength across the Territory's major mining operations.

DIP001 update delivers major increase in available drilling and geochemistry data

26 Aug 2026

The latest DIP001 release adds more than 2,300 drillholes and 540,000 geochemical analyses, completing the capture of legacy exploration data across the Central Domain of the Pine Creek Orogen.

New petrographic report strengthens understanding of key units of the Pine Creek Orogen

13 Aug 2026

NTGS has released a new record as part of its ongoing investigations to improve understanding of the lithostratigraphy and geological evolution of the polymetallic Pine Creek Orogen.

Second Edition BLOODS RANGE 1:250 000 Mapsheet and Explanatory notes released

11 Aug 2026

The BLOODS RANGE mapsheet and explanatory notes provide new insights into an underexplored part of the west Amadeus Basin and northern Musgrave Province.

Interpretation-ready seismic data released for the greater McArthur Basin

23 Jul 2026

A new NTGS Digital Information Package DIP 047: Interpretation-ready Kingdom seismic project - greater McArthur Basin including Beetaloo Sub-basin is available to download.

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