| Dec Qtr 23 | Sep Qtr 23 to Dec Qtr 23 | Dec Qtr 22 to Dec Qtr 23 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $m | % change | % change | ||
| Seasonally adjusted | ||||
| Mineral Exploration Expenditure | 1,093 | 0.9 | 7.3 | |
| Petroleum Exploration Expenditure | 258 | -19.8 | 20.9 | |
| Trend | ||||
| Mineral Exploration Expenditure | 1,093 | 1.4 | 6.7 | |
| Petroleum Exploration Expenditure | 285 | 2.5 | 31.8 | |
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 2023
Released
4/03/2024
Release date and time
04/03/2024 11:30am AEDT
Key statistics
- Mineral exploration expenditure rose by 0.9%
- Petroleum exploration expenditure fell by 19.8%
Mineral exploration
Total expenditure, seasonally adjusted and trend
- Seasonally adjusted rise of 0.9% ($9.6m) to $1,092.8m
- Trend rise of 1.4% ($15.1m) to $1,093.4m
Mineral exploration, by deposit type, original series
- Fall of 3.1% ($35.9m) to $1,124.0m
- Existing deposits fell 2.5% ($19.4m) to $770.3m
- New deposits fell 4.4% ($16.4m) to $353.8m
Mineral exploration, by mineral type, original series
- Other Minerals recorded the largest rise (up 2.9%, $6.1m) to $216.1m
- Iron Ore recorded the largest fall (down 13.2%, $25.9m) to $170.6m
(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 1.4% (35.9km) to 2,663.4km
- Trend fall of 1.4% (37.9km) to 2,637.7km
Metres drilled, original series
- Fall of 5.0% (140.8km) to 2,662.3km
- New deposits fell 13.6% (111.6km) to 710.2km
- Existing deposits fell 1.5% (29.1km) to 1,952.2km
Petroleum exploration
Total expenditure, seasonally adjusted and trend
- Seasonally adjusted fall of 19.8% ($63.9m) to $258.1m
- Trend rise of 2.5% ($7.0m) to $285.4m
Onshore, seasonally adjusted and trend
- Seasonally adjusted fall of 1.7% ($3.1m) to $174.3m
- Trend rise of 4.4% ($7.4m) to $176.9m
Offshore, seasonally adjusted and trend
- Seasonally adjusted fall of 42.1% ($60.9m) to $83.8m
- Trend fall of 0.6% ($0.7m) to $108.3m
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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Previous catalogue number
This release previously used catalogue number 8412.0.