| Dec Qtr 22 | Sep Qtr 22 to Dec Qtr 22 | Dec Qtr 21 to Dec Qtr 22 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $m | % change | % change | ||
| Seasonally adjusted | ||||
| Mineral Exploration Expenditure | 1,014 | -1.3 | 9.6 | |
| Petroleum Exploration Expenditure | 203 | -9.9 | -32.0 | |
| Trend | ||||
| Mineral Exploration Expenditure | 1,025 | -0.1 | 8.2 | |
| Petroleum Exploration Expenditure | 200 | -11.9 | -34.2 | |
Mineral and Petroleum Exploration, Australia
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Quarterly statistics on mineral and petroleum exploration expenditure by private organisations in Australia
Reference period
December 2022
Released
27/02/2023
Release date and time
27/02/2023 11:30am AEDT
Key statistics
- Mineral exploration expenditure fell by 1.3%
- Petroleum exploration expenditure fell by 9.9%
Mineral exploration
Total expenditure, seasonally adjusted and trend
Seasonally adjusted fall of 1.3% ($13.7m) to $1,013.6m
Trend fall of 0.1% ($1.4m) to $1,024.5m
Mineral exploration, by deposit type, original series
- Fall of 5.1% ($56.3m) to $1,043.0m
- Existing deposits fell 9.1% ($68.9m) to $688.9m
- New deposits rose 3.7% ($12.6m) to $354.1m
Mineral exploration, by mineral type, original series
- Iron Ore recorded the largest fall (down 12.6%, $25.1m) to $174.9m
- Nickel & Cobalt recorded the largest rise (up 11.1%, $8.8m) to $88.0m
(a) Selected Base Metals contains Copper, Silver, Lead & Zinc, and Nickel & Cobalt
(b) All Others contains Mineral Sands, Uranium, Diamonds and Other Minerals
Metres drilled, seasonally adjusted and trend
- Seasonally adjusted rise of 0.3% (9.0km) to 2,858.8km
- Trend fall of 1.6% (46.6km) to 2,831.7km
Metres drilled, original series
- Fall of 6.8% (210.7km) to 2,866.2km
- Existing deposits fell 6.0% (128.8km) to 2,004.8km
- New deposits fell 8.7% (81.9km) to 861.4km
Petroleum exploration
Total expenditure, seasonally adjusted and trend
- Seasonally adjusted fall of 9.9% ($22.3m) to $203.3m
- Trend fall of 11.9% ($27.0m) to $200.2m
Onshore, seasonally adjusted and trend
- Seasonally adjusted fall of 11.4% ($17.5m) to $135.9m
- Trend fall of 3.5% ($5.1m) to $139.6m
Offshore, seasonally adjusted and trend
- Seasonally adjusted fall of 6.5% ($4.7m) to $67.5m
- Trend fall of 24.5% ($20.2m) to $62.3m
Data downloads
Time series spreadsheets
Data files
Table 1. Private exploration, actual and expected expenditure
Table 2. Mineral exploration, (other than for petroleum) - expenditure and metres drilled
Table 3b. Mineral exploration, (other than for petroleum) - expenditure by type of deposit
Table 4. Mineral exploration, (other than for petroleum) - expenditure by state and territory
Table 5. Mineral exploration, (other than for petroleum) - expenditure by mineral sought
Table 6a. Petroleum exploration, expenditure by onshore and offshore
Table 6b. Petroleum exploration, expenditure by type of lease
Table 7. Petroleum exploration, expenditure by state and territory
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Mineral Exploration - Quarterly mineral exploration expenditure and metres drilled
Petroleum Exploration - Quarterly petroleum expenditure
Previous catalogue number
This release previously used catalogue number 8412.0.