Round 18 successful projects

Thirty-eight projects from 30 companies have been awarded co-funding for round 18.

The projects will be completed within the 2025/26 financial year. Upon completion of the projects, a report on the work undertaken is submitted to the Northern Territory Geological Survey. The report and data become publicly accessible 6 months from the completion of the field work, or on the 1 August 2026 (whichever is earlier).

OPEN FILE data can be accessed through our interactive exploration grants map and through GEMIS.

Round 18 successful projects map PDF (2.1 MB)

Round 18 projects

Greenfields drilling

Applicant	Project	Tenement
CORE LITHIUM LTD	Blackbeard diamond drilling	MLN1148
DEVEX RESOURCES LIMITED	Big Radon & KP Prospects diamond drilling	EL10176
DPG RESOURCES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD	Walker River 2025 Drilling program	EL24305
E79 EXPLORATION PTY LTD	Mountain Home RC drilling	EL32470
ENCOUNTER RESOURCES LIMITED	Maryfield stratigraphic drilling	EL32728
INVESTIGATOR RESOURCES LTD	Mt Sainthill Geophysical Validation Program	EL22349
KGL RESOURCES LIMITED	Crowe's Nest Prospect (western limb of J-fold)	EL25429, ML18082
NEW FRONTIER MINERALS LIMITED	Harts Range	EL32046, EL32513
PLUTONIC LIMITED	Champion	EL32574
RED DINGO CORP PTY LTD	Mordor REE Project	EL32403
TIVAN LIMITED	Sandover Fluorite Drilling	EL34050
URO CORPORATION PTY LTD	Beryllia Drilling Critical Mineral Exploration	EL33202
VIVA RESOURCES PTY LTD	Southern Flank	EL25065
VIVA RESOURCES PTY LTD	Telstra Corridor – Such Wow South Area	EL5893

Brownfields diamond drilling

Applicant	Project	Tenement
ELEVATE URANIUM LTD	Angela Seismic Reflector Drill Testing	EL25758
F&H BROTHERS METALS PTY LTD	Mosquito Creek	EL33232
LITCHFIELD MINERALS PTY LTD	Oonagalabi Diamond Drilling	EL32279
PC GOLD PTY LTD	Tats Target	ML23812
PRODIGY GOLD NL	Hyperion Brownfields Drilling	EL9250
WILTON 1769 PTY LTD	Saunders Rush Deeps	ML29915

Regional-scale geophysics

Applicant	Project	Tenement
E79 EXPLORATION PTY LTD	Mountain Home Gravity	EL32470
G EX AUSTRALIA PTY LTD	Lily Creek Aeromagnetics Survey	EL33859, EL33860, EL33861, EL33862
GEMPART (NT) PTY LTD	Mount Swan Mag-rad survey	EL33877
GSW RESOURCES PTY LTD	West Arunta Carbonatite Search - Geophysics	EL33042, EL33043
IMPERIAL OIL & GAS PTY LIMITED	EP187 LiDAR Survey	EP187
LAGOON CREEK RESOURCES PTY LTD	Murphy Hyperspectral Survey	EL9414, EL9319, EL29898, EL23573
LITCHFIELD MINERALS PTY LTD	Lucy Creek Airmag	EL33568
PURE EXPLORATION PTY LTD	Supplejack Ground Gravity Survey	EL33765, EL33766, EL33767
SOUTH32 GROUP OPERATIONS PTY LTD	Jessica	EL32493, EL33332, EL33334, EL33742
VIVA RESOURCES PTY LTD	Reflection Seismic Condor	EL5893

Innovative targeting

Applicant	Project	Tenement
ADZ ENERGY (NT) PTY LTD	Near-Zero Impact 2D Seismic Test	EL26944, EP190
CENTRAL PETROLEUM LIMITED	Palm Valley Seismic Reprocessing	OL3
ENCOUNTER RESOURCES LIMITED	Sandover Passive Seismic and MT	EL33060, EL32421, EL32374
GSW RESOURCES PTY LTD	West Arunta Carbonatite Search - Innovative targeting	EL33042, EL33043
LITCHFIELD MINERALS PTY LTD	Oonagalabi VTEM	EL32279
ORPHEUS URANIUM LIMITED	Mount Douglas Microgravity Infill Survey	EL31451, EL33075
TENNANT CONSOLIDATED MINING GROUP PTY LTD	Spartan MT for Deep Target Evaluation at the Historic Warrego and Juno Mines	ML30888, ML33777

Advancing critical minerals

Applicant	Project	Tenement
TIVAN LTD	Sandover Fluorite - Advancing critical minerals	EL34050

Last updated:

11 June 2025