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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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Register for AGES 2021

The Annual Geoscience Exploration Seminar (AGES) will be held in Alice Springs on 20-21 April. Registrations to attend AGES 2021 are now OPEN.

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Geophysics and Drilling Collaborations grants program open for applications

The Geophysics and Drilling Collaborations program co-funds innovative industry exploration programs to encourage exploration in under explored areas across the Northern Territory. Applications for round 14 are now OPEN.

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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

Latest exploration news from across the Territory

01 Mar 2021

New to the Resourcing the Territory website - links to up to date industry news on mineral and petroleum exploration in the Northern Territory.

Applications for exploration grants now open

22 Feb 2021

Applications for round 14 of the Geophysics and Drilling Collaborations program are now open through GrantsNT.

AGES 2021 - registrations open

16 Feb 2021

Program highlights include new data releases and exploration concepts from major collaborative geoscience programs across the Territory.

New structural interpretation over the highly prospective Batten Fault Zone, McArthur Basin

08 Feb 2021

CSIRO- NTGS collaborative project released improving the understanding of structural architecture of the southern McArthur Basin, host to world class Pb-Zn deposits and shale gas discoveries.