The Critical Minerals and Gold in the Northern Territory 2026 documents the Territory’s resource endowment for up to 21 global critical minerals and exploration potential for a further 14 critical minerals. The guide also includes gold for the first time, making it a comprehensive inventory of the Territory's mineral potential.
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The guide has been fully translated in Indonesian, Japanese and Korean:
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The Northern Territory's current list of 21critical minerals includes critical minerals listed by our key global trading partners. It includes aluminium (as bauxite), bismuth, cobalt, copper, iron ore, lead, lithium, graphite, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, phosphate, silver, rare earth elements, titanium (as ilmenite), tungsten, uranium, vanadium, zinc, and zirconium (as zircon) – as well as its geological potential for a further 14 emerging critical minerals.