AGES

Registrations are now open for the Northern Territory Government’s flagship exploration event, the Annual Geoscience Exploration Seminar (AGES). AGES will be held at the Alice Springs Convention Centre on 8 to 9 April 2025.

Register through Events Air https://events.industry.nt.gov.au/ages-2025/ages2025

AGES is a technical exploration-focused conference featuring presentations from the NT Geological Survey, its partners and the exploration industry on new geoscience and latest exploration results from across the NT.

The event provides a unique opportunity to access the latest in fresh exploration ideas and geoscientific data from the Territory, and to network with colleagues who share an interest in the discovery and development of the Territory’s minerals and energy resources.

Program highlights

The program will be packed with new geoscience from across the Territory from NTGS, Geoscience Australia, industry and our research partners. Stay tuned for more information.

Special Session

University of Adelaide/NTGS/Industry/Australian Research Council Collaboration - Greater McArthur Basin Special Session
Monday 7 April | 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Join us to discuss the scientific outcomes of one of the longer lasting industry/government and academia geoscience collaborations.

The University of Adelaide has been the foundation research provider for two successive Australian Research Council Linkage projects that have partnered with the NTGS and a range of Industry partners including Santos, Empire Energy, Origin, Teck Resources and BHP, with collaboration with CSIRO and both The University of Wollongong, the University of South Australia and Copenhagen University since 2016. We've graduated 3 PhD students, and 16 Honours students over this time and have 3 more PhDs and 1 MPhil underway. We have published 36 papers in international journals and have 3 more in review. But more than this, we've developed an incredible working relationship with our government and industry partners, providing scientific studies with practical outcomes.

Come and hear some of the latest research on the mineral and energy resource powerhouse that is the greater McArthur Basin from the wild west Birrindudu Basin through the Beetaloo Sub-basin to the Tomkinson Province, the McArthur Basin sensu stricto and the South Nicholson Basin. Hear about how the basin formed, its tectonic geography and how the structure and water chemistry of the basin reveal what middle Proterozoic Australia was like! And perhaps more importantly, shed some light on why it contains so many resources...

For further information on this workshop please contact Alan Collins on
alan.collins@adelaide.edu.au

Workshops

Department of Mining and Energy - Minerals Development Branch
Monday 7 April | 3:00pm - 5:00pm

The Department of Mining and Energy (DME) Minerals Development Branch plays a key part in promoting and facilitating the development of the mining industry, a key pillar to the economic growth required to rebuild the Territory Economy.

The Minerals Development Branch will host a workshop to provide updates on current issues allowing an opportunity for industry stakeholders to discuss these issues with representatives from the Branch.

Further information on the workshop, please contact Simone Symonds on 08 8999 5293 or simone.symonds@nt.gov.au

Alice Springs Mining Services Expo

AGES also incorporates the Alice Springs Mining Services Expo which showcases a variety of businesses and Territory enterprises highlighting their capabilities to support exploration and mining ventures.

For further information on exhibiting at this event, please contact Maddison Bolton, from the Department of Trade, Business and Asian Relations on 08 8951 8553 or by email business.dtbar@nt.gov.au

Please visit Mining Expo Services page.

Sponsors

Thank you to all our sponsors for supporting AGES 2025.

Other information

To explore all AGES 2024 conference proceedings, presentations, video presentations, programs and more, visit previous events AGES 2024 .

Download key resources from AGES past events .

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