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Australian Mineral Exploration - A Review of Exploration for the Year 2008: Extended edition

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Australian mineral exploration spending in 2007-081 rose by 41% to a record $2461.4 million2 of which 44% was spent on the search for new deposits3. Spending rose in all States and the Northern Territory; Western Australia dominated with 51% of Australian mineral exploration spending. Base metals were the dominant target with 32% of exploration spending while gold was the major commodity sought with 24% of total spending. Exploration results were announced for a wide range of commodities from across the country with significant increases in resources at the Prominent Hill copper-gold project in South Australia, Cadia gold-copper project in New South Wales, Cloncurry copper and gold project in Queensland and the Solomon iron ore project in Western Australia. High-grade nickel intersections were reported from the Spotted Quoll and Lounge Lizard deposits in Western Australia.

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Title Australian Mineral Exploration - A Review of Exploration for the Year 2008: Extended edition
Language eng
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Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/22e43db6-0594-4e36-9d29-62a40a9e0d3e
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Reference Period 22/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[108.0, -44.0], [156.0, -44.0], [156.0, -7.0], [108.0, -7.0], [108.0, -44.0]]]}
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