Resourcing Australia's Prosperity - 10-year roadmap (2024-2034)

A 35-year (2024-2059) initiative by the Australian Government, Resourcing Australia's Prosperity is a $3.4 billion investment in precompetitive geoscience. The program focuses on mapping potential for critical minerals, strategic materials, hydrogen and carbon storage, offshore renewable energy, and supporting groundwater systems. This data is intended to support economic growth and job creation in the global shift to a net-zero economy.

Use Cases

• Identify potential sites for critical mineral exploration based on geoscience mapping.
• Assess suitability for hydrogen and carbon storage projects based on geological data.
• Plan offshore renewable energy development using mapped resource potential.
• Model groundwater systems to support resource development and water security planning.

Strengths

• $3.4 billion investment provides significant scale for data collection.
• 35-year time frame (2024-2059) suggests long-term, strategic data generation.
• Focuses on multiple key resource domains: critical minerals, hydrogen, carbon storage, and renewable energy.

Limitations

• Data is described as being in PDF format, which is not a standard, machine-readable data format.
• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, limiting assessment of data structure.
• Row count and specific data scale are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Precompetitive geoscience mapping funded by the Australian Government.

Time Range

2024-2059

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-24 12:11:35.508934; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia