Australia's Identified Mineral Resources 2011 Annual Assessment

An annual nationwide assessment of Australia's mineral resources, revised in 2014. The inventory includes Economic Demonstrated Resources (EDR) and JORC Code ore reserves, providing short-term and long-term views of mineral stocks. The assessment is produced by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term trends in mineral resource availability based on the annual assessment framework
• Compare short-term ore reserves with long-term economic demonstrated resources based on JORC Code categories
• Evaluate Australia's world rankings for specific mineral commodities based on the national inventory

Strengths

• Annual assessment provides a consistent, long-term view of mineral resources
• Includes both Economic Demonstrated Resources (EDR) and JORC Code ore reserves for comparison

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data is from 2011 with minor edits in 2014; freshness should be verified

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Annual nationwide assessment

Time Range

2011 assessment, revised 2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 04:27:34.652190; freshness should be verified

Geography

Australia