Australian Minerals Exploration Poster Laminated
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Australian Minerals Exploration Poster Laminated
Technical information
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Creation 19-07-2024
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Publication 05-08-2024
Author Pheeney, J. Colclough, H.
Geographical Bounding Box
west longitude : 112.92
south latitude : -54.75
east longitude : 159.11
north latitude : -9.2402
Acronyms, abbreviations and symbols
| Acronyms, abbreviations and symbols t | tonne | NSW | New South Wales |
| Mt | million tonnes | NT | Northern Territory |
| m | metres | QLD | Queensland |
| % | per cent | SA | South Australia |
| ppm | parts per million (1 ppm = 1 gram per tonne) | TAS | Tasmania |
| g/t | grams per tonne (1 gram per tonne = 1 ppm) | VIC | Victoria |
| lbs/t | pounds per tonne | WA | Western Australia |
| $ | dollar (Australian) | ||
| Ag | silver | 3EPGE | Pd+ Pt + Au |
| Al2O3 | aluminium oxide (alumina) | 5EPGE | Pd + Pt + Au + Ir + Ru |
| Au | gold | Pt | platinum |
| Bi | bismuth | Rb | rubidium |
| Co | cobalt | Rb2O | rubidium oxide |
| cpht | carats per hundred tonnes | Re | rhenium |
| Cr | chromium | REE | rare earth elements1 |
| Cs | caesium | REO | rare earth oxides2 |
| Cs2O3 | caesium carbonate | Rh | rhodium |
| Cu | copper | Ru | ruthenium |
| Fe | iron | Sb | antimony |
| Ga | gallium | Sc | scandium |
| Ga2O3 | gallium oxide | Sc2O3 | scandium oxide |
| In | indium | SiO2 | silica |
| Ir | iridium | Sn | tin |
| La | lanthanum | SrO | strontium oxide |
| Li | lithium | Ta | tantalum |
| Li2O | lithium oxide | Ta2O5 | tantalum pentoxide |
| Mn | manganese | TGC | total graphitic content |
| Mo | molybdenum | THM | total heavy minerals3 |
| Nb2O5 | niobium pentoxide | TiO2 | titanium dioxide |
| Nd | neodymium | TREO | total rare earth oxides2, 4 |
| Ni | nickel | TREYO | total rare earth oxides2 + yttrium |
| Os | osmium | U3O8 | uranium oxide |
| P2O5 | phosphate | V2O5 | vanadium pentoxide |
| Pb | lead | W | tungsten |
| Pd | palladium | WO3 | tungsten trioxide |
| PGE | platinum group elements (Ir, Os, Pd, Pt, Rh, Ru) | Zn | zinc |
Notes:
1: The rare earth elements are lanthanum (La), cerium (Ce), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), terbium (Tb), dysprosium (Dy), holmium (Ho), erbium (Er), thulium (Tm), ytterbium (Yb) and lutetium (Lu).
2: The rare earth oxides are La2O3, CeO2, Pr6O11, Nd2O3, Sm2O3, Eu2O3, Gd2O3, Tb4O7, Dy2O3, Ho2O3, Er2O3, Tm2O3, Yb2O3, Lu2O3.
3. Total heavy minerals includes zircon, rutile, leucoxene, ilmenite, monazite and xenotime.
4: Some companies may also include yttrium oxide (Y2O3) in TREO results without specifying it as TREO+Y.
Pheeney, J., Colclough, H., 2024 Australian Mineral Exploration Review 2023. Record GA RECORD 2024/40. Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia). https://dx.doi.org/10.26186/149760
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This annual assessment of Australia’s exploration industry draws on data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and company reporting to reveal significant exploration trends, activities and mineral discoveries from across Australia.
Purpose
An annual assessment of Australia’s exploration industry drawn from data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and company reporting to reveal significant exploration trends, activities and mineral discoveries from across Australia.
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