Australia's Re-mining Potential Atlas with Geochemical Case Studies

Geoscience Australia's pioneering national-scale assessment of critical minerals in legacy mine waste, presented at the Australian Earth Sciences Convention in 2026. The project delivers geospatial and technical information via the Atlas of Australian Re-mining Potential and geochemical analyses of selected case study sites. It represents a collaboration with The University of Queensland, RMIT University, and state geological surveys under the 35-year Resourcing Australia's Prosperity initiative.

Use Cases

• Identify potential sites for sustainable resource recovery based on geospatial data of legacy mine waste.
• Estimate critical mineral content in secondary sources using existing geochemical insights and publicly available resource data.
• Support evidence-based evaluation of re-mining opportunities to enhance resilience and efficiency in the mineral resources sector.
• Characterize additional mine waste sites to develop new methodologies for reprocessed waste management.

Strengths

• First national-scale initiative to systematically assess re-mining potential across Australia, addressing a critical knowledge gap.
• Project delivers geospatial and technical information via the Atlas of Australian Re-mining Potential.
• Collaboration involves Geoscience Australia, The University of Queensland, RMIT University, and state geological surveys.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing solely on Australia.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Assessment of Australia's re-mining potential via geospatial analysis and geochemical case studies.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 22:30:47.512995; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia