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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 - Dates announced

The Annual Geoscience Exploration Seminar (AGES) will be held in Alice Springs on 5-6 April 2022. Download previous conference proceedings, presentations and posters through GEMIS.

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Geophysics and Drilling Collaborations grants program

The Geophysics and Drilling Collaborations program co-funds innovative industry exploration programs in underexplored areas across the Northern Territory. Round 14 projects are now underway.

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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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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 to present at NT Resources week

20 Sep 2021

NT Resources Week will be held on 27-28 October at the Darwin Convention Centre.

AGES 2022 dates announced

20 Sep 2021

Annual Geoscience Exploration Seminar (AGES) will be held in Alice Springs on 5-6 April 2022.

Newly compiled petroleum geoscience data from onshore basins in southeast NT

08 Sep 2021

NTGS has released DIP034: Petroleum geoscience data from the Warburton, Pedirka and Eromanga basins.

New conductivity data from reprocessed historical AEM: CSIRO NTGS McArthur Basin Project

08 Sep 2021

NTGS has released DIP033: CSIRO-NTGS McArthur Basin Project: analysis and interpretation of historical AEM data sets.

MinEx CRC National Drilling Initiative Carrara 1 drillhole is open file

01 Sep 2021

Following the NDI Carrara 1 core viewing session at the NTGS Darwin Core Facility, the drill core is now open file. Geoscience Australia has released a poster of highlights and a summary of the analyses planned and undertaken so far.