Australian Mineral Exploration Review 2017–18 Australian Operating Mines Map 2018 ON REVERSE SIDE LAMBERT CONFORMAL CONIC PROJECTION Central Meridian: 134°E Standard Parallels: 18°S, 36°S Geocentric Datum of Australia Scale 1:10 000 000 0 750 kilometres AUSTRALIAN MINERAL EXPLORATION REVIEW 2017–18 Exploration Expenditure Review (Australian Dollars) • Total mineral exploration expenditure for the 2017–18 financial year was $1977.8 million (Chart 1). • Exploration expenditure in and around known deposits (brownfields) was $1312.9 million and expenditure for undiscovered mineralisation in frontier regions (greenfields) was $664.9 million. Brownfields drilling totalled to 5 785 100 metres and greenfields drilling totalled 3 211 200 m (Chart 2). • Exploration expenditure by jurisdiction in 2017–18 was: Western Australia $1203.5 million, Queensland $280.0 million, South Australia $55.2 million, New South Wales $229.2 million, Northern Territory $109.3 million, Tasmania $25.8 million and Victoria $73.7 million (Chart 3). • Western Australia had the biggest share of exploration expenditure with 61 per cent of total expenditure. • Exploration spending by commodity in 2017–18 was: iron ore $291.8 million, gold $810.1 million, silver–lead–zinc $103.3 million, copper $192.9 million, cobalt–nickel $200.1 million, coal $154.1 million, uranium $13.0 million, heavy mineral sands $27.1 million, diamonds $8.4 million, and spending associated with minor commodities (such as lithium, manganese, molybdenum, phosphate, tin, tungsten and vanadium) $176.1 million. This map of Australia shows operating and developing mines and major mineral deposits on generalised surface geology (coloured areas; see legend below map). The greyscale background represents aeromagnetic data (0.5 first vertical derivative of total magnetic intensity). Significant exploration results are indicated (maiden resources are shown in blue text). This map provides a snap shot of exploration drill results and maiden resource announcements from July 2017 to June 2018. Reference: Australian Bureau of Statistics: 8412.0 – Mineral and Petroleum Exploration, Australia, September 2018. Copies of this map may be downloaded from the Geoscience Australia internet site at: http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/126024 or by contacting: Client Services, Geoscience Australia Cnr Hindmarsh Dr and Jerrabomberra Ave, Symonston, ACT 2609 GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601 Phone: (02) 6249 9966 Facsimile: (02) 6249 9960 Compiled by Anthony Senior, Resources Advice and Minerals Promotion Section. Cartography by Silvio Mezzomo, Products and Promotion Section. Printed by CanPrint Communications Pty Ltd. It is recommended that this map be referred to as: Senior, A., 2019. Australian Mineral Exploration Review 2017–18 (Second Edition), Scale 1:10 000 000, Geoscience Australia, Canberra. Further information can also be found on the Internet at: http://www.ga.gov.au/about/what-we-do/projects/minerals/current/exploration-promotion Additional information on operating mines, developing mines or mineral deposits on this map is available from the Australian Mines Atlas website: http://www.australianminesatlas.gov.au/ AUSTRALIAN MINERAL EXPLORATION REVIEW 2017–18 (SECOND EDITION) February 2019 eCat No. 126024 Published with permission of the CEO Geoscience Australia. Geoscience Australia acknowledges the assistance provided by State and Northern Territory geoscience agencies in the preparation of this map. With the exception of the Commonwealth Coat of Arms and where otherwise noted, this product is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2019. # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * # * P AP U A NEW G UINE A INDONESIA Da Vinci (Doray Minerals Ltd) 11 m @ 56.3 g/t Au and 0.9% Cu (including 2 m @ 260 g/t Au and 3.3% Cu) Karridale (Focus Minerals Ltd) 12.7 Mt @ 1.3 g/t Au for 538 000 oz Au Quicksilver (Golden Mile Resources Ltd) 56 m @ 0.53% Ni and 0.04% Co NE W ZE A L AND SYDNEY DARWIN HOBART PERTH ADELAIDE BRISBANE CANBERRA, ACT MELBOURNE QUEENSLAND WESTERN AUSTRALIA NORTHERN TERRITORY SOUTH AUSTRALIA NEW SOUTH WALES VICTORIA TASMANIA Ardmore (Centrex Metals Ltd) 12 Mt @ 28.7% P 2 O 5 Big West (Energy Metals Ltd) 147 t @ 362 ppm eU 3 O 8 Darlot (Red 5 Ltd) 6 Mt @ 4.6 g/t Au for 895 000 oz Au Jaws and Gilligans (Broken Hill Prospecting Ltd) 113 Mt @ 1.8% HMS Horn Island (Alice Queen Ltd) 5.8 Mt @ 2.01 g/t Au for 305 000 oz Au Steam Engine (Superior Resources Ltd) 1 Mt @ 2.5 g/t Au for 85 000 oz Au Angularli (Vimy Resources Ltd) 26 million pounds @ 1.3% U 3 O 8 for 910 000 t U 3 O 8 Jackaderry (Castillo Copper Ltd) 3.2 Mt @ 3.35% Cu for 108 000 tonnes of Cu Minyar-WACA (Antipa Minerals Ltd) 11 Mt @ 2 g/t Au, 0.24% Cu and 380 ppm Co Deep South (Hawthorn Resources Ltd) 1 299 000 t @ 1.84 g/t Au for 76 800 oz Au Olympia (Rox Resources Ltd) 573 000 t @ 1.63% Ni, 1.19% Cu, 0.082% Co and 2.33 g/t Pd + Pt Kapunda (Terramin Australia Ltd) 47.4 Mt @ 0.25% Cu Camal Flat (Energy Metals Ltd) 292 t @ 1384 ppm eU 3 O 8 Anomaly 15 East (Energy Metals Ltd) 187 t @ 1320 ppm eU 3 O 8 Red Dog (Matsa Resources Ltd) 368 000 t @ 2.2 g/t Au for 26 300 oz Au Western Queen (Monax Mining Ltd) 962 000 t @ 3.9 g/t Au for 120 000 oz Au Box Well (Hawthorn Resources Ltd) 2 764 000 t @ 1.46 g/t Au for 130 000 oz Au Gabanintha (Technology Metals Australia Ltd) 21.5 Mt @ 0.9% V 2 O 5 and 10.1% TiO 2 Cleveland (Elementos Ltd) 97.5 m @ 0.33% WO 3 Bygoo (Thomson Resources Ltd) 19 m @ 1.0% Sn A1 (Centennial Mining Ltd) 34 m @ 3.79 g/t Au King Col (De Grey Mining Ltd) 17 m @ 2.55% Li 2 O Jaurdi (Beacon Minerals Ltd) 11 m @ 3.17 g/t Au Springdale (Comet Resources Ltd) 11 m @ 25.6% TGC Tandarra (Catalyst Minerals Ltd) 9 m @ 1.87 g/t Au Dolphin (King Island Scheelite Ltd) 3 m @ 0.5% WO 3 Thurlga (Investigator Resources Ltd) 30 m @ 10% TGC Paperbark (Pursuit Minerals Ltd) 68 m @ 1.44% Zn + Pb Nullagine (Millennium Minerals Ltd) 9 m @ 3.89 g/t Au Rothsay (Egan Street Resources Ltd) 1.97 m @ 20.4 g/t Au Walford Creek (Aeon Metals Ltd) 30 m @ 3% Cu, 0.44% Co and 50 g/t Ag Copper Hill (Golden Cross Resources Ltd) 34 m @ 0.51% Cu and 0.33 g/t Au Tollu (Redstone Resources Ltd) 14 m @ 3.25% Cu (including 4 m @ 6.45% Cu) Suplejack (ABM Resources NL) 13 m @ 7.3 g/t Au (including 7 m @ 12.7 g/t Au) Bounty (Kidman Resources Ltd) 17.6 m @ 1.67% Li 2 O (including 9.65 m @ 2.34% Li 2 O) Hatches Creek (GWR Group Ltd) 69 m @ 0.23% WO 3 and 0.34% Cu (including 7 m @ 1.43% WO 3 ) Cosmo (Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd) 0.91 m @ 1624 g/t Au (including 0.31 m @ 4750 g/t Au) Lighthouse (Papua Mining Plc) 22 m @ 1.86 g/t Au and 22 g/t Ag (including 2 m @ 8.87 g/t Au) Mount Cobalt (Aus Tin Mining Ltd) 28.15 m @ 0.29% Co and 0.73% Ni (including 6.65 m @ 0.45% Co and 0.89% Ni) Woodlawn (Heron Resources Ltd) 6.4 m @ 14.6% Zn eq. (11.7% Zn, 0.6% Cu, 0.7% Pb, 0.1 g/t Au and 16 g/t Ag) Sandstone (Alto Metals Ltd) 36 m @ 2.2 g/t Au Red Dog (Matsa Resources Ltd) 6 m @ 155 g/t Au Tribune (Draig Resources Ltd) 5 m @ 16.5 g/t Au Morning Star (AuStar Gold Ltd) 2.7 m @ 10 g/t Au Finniss (Core Exploration Ltd) 59 m @ 1.45 % Li 2 O Bynoe (Kingston Resources Ltd) 12 m @ 1.43% Li 2 O Crown Prince (Thundelarra Ltd) 2.4 m @ 66.5 g/t Au Gum Creek (Horizon Gold Ltd) 7 m @ 4.94 g/t Au Heemskirk (Stellar Resources Ltd) 10.5 m @ 0.4% Sn Angularli (Vimy Resources Ltd) 22.9 m @ 4.63% U 3 O 8 Zoroastrian (Excelsior Gold Ltd) 4 m @ 5.33 g/t Au Tropicana (Independence Group NL) 18 m @ 6.58 g/t Au Rebecca (Apollo Consolidated Ltd) 11 m @ 3.89 g/t Au Ulysses (Genesis Minerals Ltd) 14 m @ 5.93 g/t Au Honeymoon (Boss Resources Ltd) 7.75 m @ 3705 ppm pU3O8 Lucky Strike (Lefroy Exploration Ltd) 8 m @ 2.49 g/t Au Western Victoria (Navarre Minerals Ltd) 2 m @ 1.1 g/t Au Kathleen Valley (Liontown Resources Ltd) 58 m @ 1.2% Li 2 O Peterlumbo (Investigator Resources Ltd) 16 m @ 169 g/t Ag Wilcherry Hill (Alliance Resources Ltd) 16 m @ 22.11 g/t Au Collerina (Collerina Cobalt Ltd) 46 m @ 0.11% Co and 0.64% Ni Nambi (NTM Gold Ltd) 5 m @ 4 g/t Au (including 1 m @ 12.6 g/t Au) Jericho (Minotaur Exploration Ltd) 6 m @ 4.23% Cu and 0.42 g/t Au Aurora Tank (Marmota Ltd) 5 m @ 9 g/t Au (including 1 m @ 17 g/t Au) Tumblegum South (Bryah Resources Ltd) 3 m @ 23.8 g/t Au and 0.32% Cu Roe Hills (Kairos Minerals Ltd) 8 m @ 0.11% Co, 0.43% Ni and 0.4% Mn Camelwood (Rox Resources Ltd) 7.7 m @ 1.4% Ni (including 1.4 m @ 2.9% Ni) Pilgangoora (Pilbara Minerals Ltd) 27 m @ 1.68% Li 2 O and 71 ppm Ta 2 O 5 Pegmont (Vendetta Mining Corp) 9.2 m @ 11.51% Pb + Zn (7.87% Pb and 3.28% Zn) Bluebush (Pursuit Minerals Ltd) 3 m @ 1.54% Zn and 6.07% Pb (7.61% Pb + Zn) Triangle (Kin Mining Ltd) 7 m @ 16.3 g/t Au (including 1 m @ 103 g/t Au) Jervois (KGL Resources Ltd) 3.35 m @ 5.27% Cu, 31.8 g/t Ag and 0.47 g/t Au Chloe (Consolidated Tin Mines Ltd) 5.7 m @ 7.3% Zn, 2.08% Pb and 37 g/t Ag Yandal (Echo Resources Ltd) 6 m @ 7.55 g/t Au (including 1 m @ 18.37 g/t Au) Mount Freda (Ausmex Mining Group Ltd) 9 m @ 400 g/t Co, 1.01 g/t Au and 3.16% Cu Glandore (Southern Gold Ltd) 7 m @ 10.16 g/t Au (including 1 m @ 54.81 g/t Au) Malcolm (Torian Resources Ltd) 24 m @ 3.57 g/t Au (including 8 m @ 8.52 g/t Au) Mt York (Kairos Minerals Ltd) 11 m @ 6.97 g/t Au (including 2 m @ 33.39 g/t Au) Lady Ada (Classic Minerals Ltd) 10 m @ 3.1 g/t Au (including 5 m @ 3.96 g/t Au) Malinda (Segue Resources Ltd) 2 m @ 1.71% Li 2 O (including 1 m @ 2.01% Li 2 O) Irvine (Navarre Minerals Ltd) 10.6 m @ 6.2 g/t Au (including 3.3 m @ 16.9 g/t Au) Jumbuck (Tyrannna Resources Ltd) 10 m @ 5.16 g/t Au (including 1 m @ 29.4 g/t Au) Wagga Tank (Peel Mining Ltd) 8 m @ 15.26% Zn, 7.44% Pb, 177 g/t Ag and 0.97 g/t Au Ned's Creek (Lodestar Minerals Ltd) 20 m @ 2.4 g/t Au (including 4 m @ 4.8 g/t Au ) Bald Hill (Alliance Resources Ltd) 31 m @ 1.46% Li 2 O (including 18 m @ 1.88% Li 2 O) Mallee Bull (Peel Mining Ltd) 9 m @ 20.82% Zn, 10.64% Pb, 338 g/t Ag and 1.91 g/t Au Break of Day (Musgrave Minerals Ltd) 30 m @ 11.3 g/t Au (including 8 m @ 28.1 g/t Au) Wyoming One (Alkane Resources Ltd) 17.45 m @ 2.5 g/t Au (including 7.35 m @ 4.85 g/t Au) Collurabbie (Rox Resources Ltd) 32 m @ 0.48% Ni, 0.28% Cu, 0.03% Co, 0.22 g/t Pt and 0.35 g/t Pd Sulphur Springs (VentureX Resources Ltd) 20 m @ 12.05% Zn (including 4 m @ 20.8% Zn and 2.67% Pb) Lake Mackay (Independence Group NL) 11.4 m @ 7.9 g/t Au, 20.7 g/t Ag, 0.8% Cu, 1.1% Zn, 0.5% Pb and 0.1% Co Thalanga (Red River Resources Ltd) 10.7 m @ 8.6% Zn eq. (0.4% Cu, 1.4% Pb, 5.5% Zn, 0.4 g/t Au and 13 g/t Ag) Wingellina (Metals X Ltd) 84 m @ 0.20% Co and 1.10% Ni (including 18 m @ 0.45% Co and 1.45% Ni) Thursdays Gossan (Stavely Minerals Ltd) 9 m @ 2.62% Cu and 0.28 g/t Au (including 4 m @ 5.41% Cu and 0.35 g/t Au) Pinnacles (Montezuma Mining Company Ltd) 2 m @ 2.3% Ni and 0.11% Cu (including 1 m @ 3.5% Ni, 0.15% Cu and 0.05% Co) Commonwealth (Impact Minerals Ltd) 87 m @ 0.3 g/t Au and 18 g/t Ag (including 6 m @ 1.4 g/t Au, 50 g/t Ag and 0.2% Zn) Hera (Aurelia Metals Ltd) 12 m @ 19.4 g/t Au, 4.8% Pb + Zn and 25 g/t Ag (including 4 m @ 53.4 g/t Au, 2.0% Pb + Zn and 21 g/t Ag) Mount Venn (Great Boulder Resources Ltd) 18 m @ 0.82% Cu, 0.07% Ni and 0.02% Co (including 1 m @ 4.34% Cu, 0.04% Ni and 0.01% Co) Copper Blow (Silver City Minerals Ltd) 4 m @ 6.1% Cu, 4.23 g/t Au, 13 g/t Ag and 220 ppm Co (including 1 m @ 11.3% Cu, 10.7 g/t Au, 25 g/t Ag and 405 ppm Co) PP-2605-1 168°E 40°S 156°E 144°E 132°E 120°E 108°E 96°E 40°S 32°S 24°S 16°S 8°S 108°E 120°E 132°E 144°E 156°E 8°S 16°S 24°S 32°S Coal measures Spring deposits Black soil plains Sand plain Bauxite Silcrete Mixed sediments and volcanic rocks Cenozoic sediments, undivided QUATERNARY Channel and flood plain alluvium; gravel, sand, silt, clay Volcanic rocks, predominantly mafic Dunes, sand plain with dunes Estuarine, tidal delta deposits; coastal mud flats Carbonate sediments Colluvium and/or residual deposits; boulder, gravel, sand Residual sediments and calcrete Quaternary clastic sediments, undivided Lake and swamp deposits; mud, silt, evaporites, limestone Volcanics, undivided CENOZOIC Alluvial deposits; typically incised by current drainage Volcanic rocks, predominantly mafic Consolidated siliciclastic rocks Mafic intrusive rocks Estuarine and delta deposits Felsic to intermediate volcanic rocks Felsic intrusive rocks Laterite, ferruginous duricrust Carbonate sediments Calcrete Felsic intrusive rocks (granites) PROTEROZOIC Neoprot. Mesoprot. Paleoprot. Sedimentary, felsic volcanic and metamorphic rocks ARCHEAN MESOZOIC - ARCHEAN Mafic volcanics (basalts) Ultramafic rocks Mafic intrusives (dolerite, gabbro) Felsic intrusive rocks (granites) MESOZOIC Sedimentary, felsic volcanic and metamorphic rocks Cret. Jur. Tria. PALEOZOIC Perm. Carbo. Devo. Silu. Ordo. Camb. Year (ended 30 June) Exploration expenditure ($millions) Exploration drilling ('000 m) 12 000 0 0 4500 10 000 8000 6000 4000 2000 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 Total drilling Total expenditure Chart 1: Total mineral exploration expenditure and drilling 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Brownfield expenditure Brownfield drilling Greenfield expenditure Greenfield drilling Year (ended 30 June) Exploration expenditure ($millions) Exploration drilling ('000 m) 0 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 9000 8000 7000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 Chart 2: Greenfield and brownfield expenditure and drilling 2018 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Year (ended 30 June) Exploration expenditure ($millions) 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 Chart 3: Exploration expenditure by commodity 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Silver–Lead–Zinc Iron Ore Gold Copper Nickel–Cobalt Uranium Coal Minor Year (ended 30 June) QLD SA NSW NT VIC WA TAS Exploration expenditure ($millions) 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 Chart 4: Exploration expenditure by jurisdiction 2011–12 2013–14 2015–16 2017–18 2009–10 Commodity type Coal Heavy mineral sands Iron ore Lithium Other metals - Sn, W, Ta Precious metals - Au, Ag Rare earth elements Uranium Bauxite Base metals - Cu, Au, U Diamond Graphite Base metals - Cu (Zn, Pb, Ag, Au) Mine status Developing mine Mineral deposit Drilling intersection/resource estimate Maiden resource Operating mine # * Battery/alloy metals - Ni, Co, Mn, V, Mo Base metals - Zn, Pb (Cu, Ag) Fertiliser elements - P, K