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Australian Mineral Exploration - A Review of Exploration for the Year 2007

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Australian mineral exploration spending in 2006-07 rose by 38% to a record $1,714.6 million of which 36% was spent on the search for new deposits. Spending rose in all States and the Northern Territory with South Australia up by 78% to $260.7 million while Western Australia dominated with 49% of Australian mineral exploration spending. The base metal group was the dominant target accounting for 32% of exploration spending overtaking gold (27%) for the first time since 1983. Exploration results were announced for a wide range of commodities from across the country with the most significant being the announcement of a 38% increase in contained copper in the Olympic Dam deposit, South Australia, and of an initial 4 Moz resource in the Tropicana gold deposit, Western Australia.

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Title Australian Mineral Exploration - A Review of Exploration for the Year 2007
Language eng
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Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/f381d3cb-8181-421f-8c45-b0ce9bf8b6f1
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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