Critical mineral potential in mine waste
NTGS is working with the MIWATCH team at the Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Queensland to characterise mine waste including identifying secondary prospectivity for critical minerals.
Exploration expenditure at highest levels since 2011
Mineral exploration expenditure in the Northern Territory was $171.5 million for 2021/22 with significant increases in greenfields exploration and exploration for lithium and rare earths.
New geological and structural interpretation in central Australia
NTGS has released DIP035, a seamless geological interpretation and structural analysis continuing over the northern Aileron and southwest Davenport provinces.
VMS mineralisation at the Home of Bullion copper deposit
NTGS' new record brings together field observations, petrography, whole rock geochemistry and geochronology to support a VMS model of mineralisation at the Home of Bullion copper deposit.
Central Australian Basins Symposium IV happening in Darwin
NTGS are participating throughout the program of the fourth Central Australian Basins Symposium (CABS) held in Darwin on 29 - 30 August 2022.
NT Resources Week happening soon
NT Resources Week was held at the Darwin Convention Centre on 24 and 25 August. This annual event is northern Australia’s largest resource industry conference and exhibition experience. NTGS presented in the Mining the Territory program.
AGES 2023 dates have been announced
The Annual Geoscience Exploration Seminar (AGES) will be held in Alice Springs on 18 and 19 April 2023, presenting the latest in new exploration and geoscience from across the Territory.
NTGS release spectral reflectance atlas of rocks from the Tennant Creek region
A comprehensive atlas of spectral reflectance rock characteristics from the Tennant Creek mineral field has been released. The Atlas contains mineralogy results, spectral characteristics and a comparison between visually logged and spectrally derived mineralogy for key rocks types from the Tennant Creek mineral field.
NTGS Brunette Downs Ground Gravity Survey released
Funded under the Resourcing the Territory initiative, managed by Geoscience Australia and infilled by industry partners, the NTGS Brunette Downs Ground Gravity survey has greatly improved resolution of the gravity data over a large area of the Barkly region, north of Tennant Creek extending to the Queensland border.
Record number of exploration programs receive co-funding
A diverse range of innovative drilling programs and geophysical surveys across the Territory will be co-funded under round 15 of the Geophysics and Drilling Collaborations program.