Australia's Mineral Resource Estimates and Exploration Trends for 2009

Australia's Identified Mineral Resources 2010 provides estimates of the country's mineral resources as of December 2009, based on data from Geoscience Australia. The report compares these long-term resource estimates with short-to-medium term industry ore reserves and includes analysis of mineral exploration expenditures for 2008-09. Data on mine production is sourced from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, with world rankings calculated from United States Geological Survey publications.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking Australia's mineral resource holdings against global totals based on world ranking data.
• Analyzing trends in mineral exploration investment based on expenditure data for 2008-2009.
• Comparing long-term national resource potential with short-term industry mining plans based on the reserve vs. resource analysis.
• Studying significant developments in the Australian mining industry based on the summary of industry developments.

Strengths

• Integrates data from multiple authoritative sources, including Geoscience Australia, ABARES, and the USGS.
• Provides a temporal snapshot of resources and exploration as of a specific date (end of December 2009).
• Offers a dual perspective by comparing identified resources with industry ore reserves.

Limitations

• Data is from 2009; its freshness for current analysis should be verified.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• The primary file formats are PDF and HTML, which may require extraction for structured analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, United States Geological Survey.

Collection Method

Compiled from published and unpublished data available to Geoscience Australia.

Time Range

Resources estimated as of December 2009; exploration expenditure data for 2008-09.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 23:14:37.259551; the underlying data is from 2009.

Geography

Australia, with global comparisons for world rankings.