2026

New acreage release in the Beetaloo Sub-basin

A major new 4,000 km2 release in the Beetaloo Sub‑basin is now open for applications as the Territory promotes opportunities at a leading global energy expo.

New Critical Minerals and Gold guide for the NT

A full guide to all the mineral opportunities in the NT, plus an inventory of Economic Demonstrated Resources for 21 global critical minerals plus gold!

NTGS promotes Territory critical minerals at PDAC 2026

The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention, held from 1–4 March 2026, is the world’s largest mineral exploration and mining event. NTGS will showcase the latest exploration activity and emerging opportunities across the Northern Territory.

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Latest exploration grants round is open for applications

Round 19 of the Territory Government’s Geophysics and Drilling Collaborations program will award up to $4 million in co-funding for projects that address geoscientific knowledge gaps, advance exploration activity, and support the discovery and development of resources in the Territory.

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AGES 2026 technical program is now available

The Annual Geoscience Exploration Seminar (AGES 2026) technical program is jam packed with geoscience and the latest exploration results from across the Territory.

West Arnhem Ground Gravity survey delivers high-resolution gravity coverage across the remaining Pine Creek Orogen and north McArthur Basin

Acquisition of the 65,000 km2 NTGS West Arnhem Ground Gravity Survey is now complete. The survey is a fundamental pre-competitive dataset to advance exploration and geological understanding of this underexplored and highly prospective area of the NT

Release of NTGS Record 2025-007: New zircon age constraints for the Neoproterozoic Kiana Group

New LA–ICP–MS zircon age data from bore samples south of Katherine improve understanding of Kiana Group subsurface distribution and regional stratigraphic correlations.

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AGES 2026 registrations now open

Registrations are open for AGES 20206, the Northern Territory’s leading technical exploration conference, to be held in Alice Springs on 14–15 April 2026.