Australia's Identified Mineral Resources 2011: Annual National Assessment

Australia's Identified Mineral Resources (AIMR) 2011 is an annual nationwide assessment of mineral resources likely to be available for mining, produced by Geoscience Australia. The assessment includes the Economic Demonstrated Resources (EDR) category, JORC Code ore reserves for comparison, and evaluations of long-term trends, world rankings, and industry developments. This entry is for the revised 2014 version of the 2011 report.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term trends in mineral resource availability based on the annual assessment framework.
• Compare short-to-medium term mineral stocks using JORC Code ore reserves data.
• Benchmark Australia's mineral resources against global competitors using included world rankings.
• Review significant exploration results and mining industry developments summarized in the assessment.

Strengths

• Provides a long-term, nationwide assessment of mineral resources.
• Includes a high-level inventory category (Economic Demonstrated Resources) and JORC Code reserves for comparison.
• Contains evaluations of long-term trends and world rankings.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from a 2011 report (revised 2014); freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Annual nationwide assessment.

Time Range

Assessment year 2011.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 14:37:01.545501; the underlying report is from 2011 (revised 2014).

Geography

Australia