Mineral resources information
Australia’s unique geology has paved the way for over 300 operating mining projects and many more exploration projects. Currently, Australia has the world’s largest resources of gold, iron ore, lead, rutile, tantalum, uranium, zinc and zircon and the second largest resources of bauxite, brown coal, cobalt, copper, ilmenite, lithium, nickel, and tungsten.
On this page you will find information on Australia’s diverse range of mineral resources, mineral projects, resource development strategies and investment opportunities.
Geoscience Australia
- Australian Critical Minerals Prospectus
- Australian Resource Review—Antimony 2020
- Australian Resource Review—Bauxite 2017
- Australian Resource Review—Black Coal 2017
- Australian Resource Review—Brown Coal 2017
- Australian Resource Review––Gold 2019
- Australian Resource Review––Graphite 2018
- Australian Resource Review—Iron Ore 2017
- Australian Resource Review––Lithium 2018
- Australian Resource Review—Manganese Ore 2020
- Australian Resource Review––Mineral Sands 2017
- Australian Resource Review—Nickel 2020
- Australian Resource Review––Niobium 2019
- Australian Resource Review––Rare Earths 2019
- Australian Resource Review––Scandium 2019
- Australian Resource Review––Tantalum 2019
- Australian Resource Review––Tin 2018
- Australian Resource Review—Tungsten 2019
- Australian Resource Review––Vanadium 2018
- Australian Resource Review––Zinc, Lead and Silver 2019
- Australia’s Identified Mineral Resources 2022
- Australia’s National Resources Statement
- Critical Commodities for a High-tech World
- Critical commodities in Australia - An assessment of extraction potential from ores
- Critical Minerals in Australia: A Review of Opportunities and Research Needs
- Lake Tyrrell, Australia, and its Potential for Strategic Resources
- Major Rare Earth Element Deposits of Australia
- Nickel Resources and Potential of Australia
- Outlook for selected critical minerals in Australia 2021 report
- Platinum-group elements in Australia
- Potash in Australian Acid Salt Lakes
- Review of Australian Salt Lakes - Potential for Strategic Resources
New South Wales
- MinView
- NSW Seamless Geology Project
- High-tech metal resources map of NSW
- Opportunities in NSW – antimony
- Opportunities in NSW – cobalt and scandium
- Opportunities in NSW – copper
- Opportunities in NSW – gold
- Opportunities in NSW – heavy mineral sands
- Opportunities in NSW – lead and zinc
- Opportunities in NSW – rare earth elements
- Opportunities in NSW – silver
- Opportunities in NSW – tin and tungsten
Northern Territory
- Bauxite in the NT
- Copper in the NT
- Critical Minerals in the NT
- Diamond in the NT
- Gold in the NT
- Iron Ore in the NT
- Manganese in the NT
- Mineral Sands in the NT
- Phosphate, Potash in the NT
- Uranium in the NT
- Zinc, Lead and Silver in the NT
Queensland
- Emerging strategic minerals in Queensland
- Queensland's petroleum and coal seam gas
- Queensland's significant mineral mines, advanced mineral projects and new intersections
- Queensland's unconventional petroleum potential
South Australia
Victoria
- Earth Resources Sector Indicators 2020–2021
- Fact Sheet - Base Metals in Victoria
- Fact Sheet - Gold in Victoria
- Fact Sheet - Mineral Sands in Victoria
- Fact Sheet - Mining Services in Victoria
- State of Discovery: Minerals Resources Strategy 2018–2023
- World Class Gold Opportunities
Western Australia
- Commodity Summaries
- Antimony: investment opportunities
- Bauxite: investment opportunities
- Chromium: investment opportunities
- Copper: investment opportunities
- Diamond: investment opportunities
- Garnet: investment opportunities
- Gold: investment opportunities
- Graphite: investment opportunities
- Iron Ore: investment opportunities
- Lead: investment opportunities
- Lithium: investment opportunities
- Manganese: investment opportunities
- Nickel-Cobalt: investment opportunities
- Phosphate: investment opportunities
- Potash: investment opportunities
- Rare Earth Elements: investment opportunities
- Titanium-Zircon: investment opportunities
- Tungsten: investment opportunities
- Vanadium: investment opportunities
- Zinc: investment opportunities