Mineral and Petroleum Exploration, Australia

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Quarterly statistics on mineral and petroleum exploration expenditure by private organisations in Australia

Reference period

June 2024

Released

2/09/2024

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Release date and time

02/09/2024 11:30am AEST

Key statistics

Mineral exploration expenditure fell by 5.5%
Petroleum exploration expenditure fell by 16.6%

		Jun Qtr 24	Mar Qtr 24 to Jun Qtr 24	Jun Qtr 23 to Jun Qtr 24
		$m	% change	% change
Seasonally adjusted
	Mineral Exploration Expenditure	991	-5.5	-6.9
	Petroleum Exploration Expenditure	314	-16.6	28.4

Trend
	Mineral Exploration Expenditure	1,011	-3.0	-4.6
	Petroleum Exploration Expenditure	334	2.4	29.6

Mineral exploration

Total expenditure, seasonally adjusted and trend

Seasonally adjusted fall of 5.5% ($57.2m) to $991.1m
Trend fall of 3.0% ($31.3m) to $1,011.4m

Mineral exploration, seasonally adjusted and trend
	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Jun 2016	344.6	346.2
Sep 2016	355.1	356.0
Dec 2016	379.4	375.5
Mar 2017	393.1	399.8
Jun 2017	432.3	423.5
Sep 2017	445.4	447.3
Dec 2017	469.9	477.9
Mar 2018	513.3	511.7
Jun 2018	551.7	540.0
Sep 2018	549.6	553.9
Dec 2018	565.3	567.0
Mar 2019	586.2	594.8
Jun 2019	645.4	640.2
Sep 2019	680.3	686.5
Dec 2019	723.8	707.4
Mar 2020	706.2	698.3
Jun 2020	664.1	682.6
Sep 2020	696.9	697.7
Dec 2020	744.1	755.4
Mar 2021	846.5	831.0
Jun 2021	888.0	887.2
Sep 2021	929.9	918.7
Dec 2021	922.4	945.8
Mar 2022	985.0	983.2
Jun 2022	1,031.3	1,014.5
Sep 2022	1,024.4	1,025.4
Dec 2022	1,015.5	1,024.0
Mar 2023	1,029.2	1,035.1
Jun 2023	1,064.5	1,060.0
Sep 2023	1,079.9	1,079.7
Dec 2023	1,080.6	1,070.8
Mar 2024	1,048.3	1,042.7
Jun 2024	991.1	1,011.4

Mineral exploration, seasonally adjusted and trend

["","Seasonally adjusted","Trend"]

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Mineral exploration, by deposit type, original series

Rise of 11.6% ($105.7m) to $1,015.3m
Existing deposits rose 12.6% ($79.7m) to $712.0m
New deposits rose 9.4% ($26.0m) to $303.3m

Mineral exploration, by deposit type, original series
	Total deposits ($m)	New deposits ($m)	Existing deposits ($m)
Jun 2016	353.9	104.1	249.8
Sep 2016	379.5	113.8	265.6
Dec 2016	403.1	130.9	272.3
Mar 2017	337.6	102.9	234.8
Jun 2017	444.9	135.9	308.9
Sep 2017	475.2	158.9	316.3
Dec 2017	496.1	162.7	333.4
Mar 2018	438.7	145.4	293.3
Jun 2018	567.8	197.9	369.9
Sep 2018	584.4	223.5	361.4
Dec 2018	592.7	233.5	359.3
Mar 2019	505.7	175.3	330.4
Jun 2019	664.8	275.1	389.7
Sep 2019	724.8	302.4	422.4
Dec 2019	753.1	303.9	449.2
Mar 2020	610.6	223.7	386.8
Jun 2020	683.3	229.0	454.3
Sep 2020	744.9	257.5	487.4
Dec 2020	770.0	246.6	523.4
Mar 2021	734.8	252.3	482.5
Jun 2021	912.0	310.5	601.5
Sep 2021	997.6	338.3	659.3
Dec 2021	951.7	307.2	644.5
Mar 2022	855.3	260.3	595.0
Jun 2022	1,057.3	314.4	742.9
Sep 2022	1,099.3	341.5	757.8
Dec 2022	1,048.2	353.0	695.2
Mar 2023	895.9	276.1	619.8
Jun 2023	1,090.0	329.5	760.6
Sep 2023	1,159.9	370.2	789.7
Dec 2023	1,114.8	362.5	752.3
Mar 2024	909.6	277.3	632.3
Jun 2024	1,015.3	303.3	712.0

Mineral exploration, by deposit type, original series

["","Total deposits","New deposits","Existing deposits"]

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Mineral exploration, by mineral type, original series

Iron ore recorded the largest rise (up 29.9%, $45.0m) to $195.3m
Selected Base Metals also rose (up 17.4%, $34.5m) to $233.0m

Mineral exploration, by mineral type, original series
	Selected base metals(a) ($m)	Gold ($m)	Iron Ore ($m)	Coal ($m)	All Others(b) ($m)
Jun 2016	54.8	156.9	76.8	30.3	35.1
Sep 2016	59.0	159.1	79.8	37.2	44.3
Dec 2016	63.4	182.3	73.7	33.3	48.8
Mar 2017	54.4	155.2	53.5	23.9	47.6
Jun 2017	94.1	192.6	84.3	26.0	47.9
Sep 2017	111.7	192.9	83.8	35.1	51.6
Dec 2017	120.6	208.9	68.9	39.0	57.9
Mar 2018	110.8	187.4	50.1	36.4	53.9
Jun 2018	153.1	220.9	89.0	43.6	61.1
Sep 2018	146.2	239.7	86.3	43.6	69.5
Dec 2018	157.9	244.1	75.5	50.0	65.1
Mar 2019	128.1	223.0	67.4	36.0	50.0
Jun 2019	188.6	259.8	94.8	52.5	69.2
Sep 2019	208.7	281.3	102.8	63.2	68.9
Dec 2019	199.5	303.9	84.6	77.6	87.5
Mar 2020	139.5	272.3	75.2	75.1	48.4
Jun 2020	133.5	304.4	98.7	87.2	59.6
Sep 2020	137.8	356.1	111.0	73.1	66.8
Dec 2020	155.7	383.5	110.2	56.2	64.4
Mar 2021	161.8	360.2	101.2	50.8	60.9
Jun 2021	195.8	429.8	150.8	54.9	80.7
Sep 2021	236.8	417.9	174.6	66.5	101.8
Dec 2021	265.0	390.8	130.8	54.0	111.0
Mar 2022	207.9	363.6	139.5	43.3	101.0
Jun 2022	241.2	421.7	201.0	61.7	131.5
Sep 2022	274.6	380.5	200.0	64.8	179.4
Dec 2022	265.1	359.3	174.5	71.4	178.0
Mar 2023	235.4	275.5	141.4	62.4	181.1
Jun 2023	282.4	310.5	191.8	82.4	222.9
Sep 2023	295.5	333.4	196.5	86.6	247.9
Dec 2023	272.9	323.1	166.2	90.9	261.8
Mar 2024	198.5	284.4	150.3	79.3	197.2
Jun 2024	233.0	296.6	195.3	79.9	210.5

Mineral exploration, by mineral type, original series

["","Selected base metals(a)","Gold","Iron Ore","Coal","All Others(b)"]

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(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 4.2% (96.7km) to 2,418.7km
Trend fall of 2.8% (68.5km) to 2,370.5km

Metres drilled, seasonally adjusted and trend
	Seasonally adjusted ('000)	Trend ('000)
Jun 2016	1,644.8	1,647.2
Sep 2016	1,674.0	1,689.8
Dec 2016	1,789.5	1,806.0
Mar 2017	1,959.5	1,958.9
Jun 2017	2,120.9	2,076.9
Sep 2017	2,132.9	2,124.2
Dec 2017	2,129.1	2,166.7
Mar 2018	2,245.7	2,290.9
Jun 2018	2,484.4	2,439.6
Sep 2018	2,607.5	2,542.8
Dec 2018	2,460.5	2,567.3
Mar 2019	2,642.1	2,549.6
Jun 2019	2,509.1	2,560.9
Sep 2019	2,572.6	2,618.9
Dec 2019	2,696.8	2,615.7
Mar 2020	2,650.8	2,565.3
Jun 2020	2,348.0	2,544.3
Sep 2020	2,745.1	2,684.3
Dec 2020	2,979.5	2,979.6
Mar 2021	3,260.3	3,265.6
Jun 2021	3,435.4	3,379.0
Sep 2021	3,362.0	3,345.2
Dec 2021	3,140.1	3,204.5
Mar 2022	3,092.3	3,052.0
Jun 2022	2,916.5	2,940.5
Sep 2022	2,866.5	2,875.4
Dec 2022	2,838.7	2,843.8
Mar 2023	2,837.7	2,808.2
Jun 2023	2,748.9	2,753.8
Sep 2023	2,620.0	2,656.1
Dec 2023	2,633.5	2,540.1
Mar 2024	2,322.0	2,439.0
Jun 2024	2,418.7	2,370.5

Metres drilled, seasonally adjusted and trend

["","Seasonally adjusted","Trend"]

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Metres drilled, original series

Rise of 30.5% (606.3km) to 2,591.3km
Existing deposits rose 29.5% (440.3km) to 1,934.7km
New deposits rose 33.8% (166.0km) to 656.6km

Metres drilled, original series
	Total deposits ('000)	New deposits ('000)	Existing deposits ('000)
Jun 2016	1,794.6	418.2	1,376.4
Sep 2016	1,796.9	539.1	1,257.9
Dec 2016	1,842.6	658.7	1,183.9
Mar 2017	1,591.2	484.0	1,117.5
Jun 2017	2,298.7	682.6	1,616.2
Sep 2017	2,294.0	841.6	1,452.4
Dec 2017	2,175.9	766.1	1,409.8
Mar 2018	1,853.6	631.7	1,221.9
Jun 2018	2,672.8	971.8	1,701.0
Sep 2018	2,811.6	1,041.7	1,778.6
Dec 2018	2,494.5	949.3	1,545.2
Mar 2019	2,215.8	755.4	1,460.4
Jun 2019	2,679.7	923.8	1,755.9
Sep 2019	2,780.3	1,115.8	1,664.5
Dec 2019	2,715.2	917.2	1,798.0
Mar 2020	2,252.7	805.7	1,447.0
Jun 2020	2,495.4	850.6	1,644.8
Sep 2020	2,964.8	1,048.5	1,916.3
Dec 2020	2,990.2	1,031.7	1,958.4
Mar 2021	2,793.8	878.4	1,915.4
Jun 2021	3,644.0	1,107.4	2,536.5
Sep 2021	3,622.6	1,160.3	2,462.3
Dec 2021	3,150.3	974.4	2,175.9
Mar 2022	2,654.8	830.2	1,824.6
Jun 2022	3,101.8	869.1	2,232.7
Sep 2022	3,076.9	943.3	2,133.6
Dec 2022	2,851.0	793.5	2,057.5
Mar 2023	2,432.7	609.8	1,822.9
Jun 2023	2,934.7	818.5	2,116.2
Sep 2023	2,803.1	821.8	1,981.3
Dec 2023	2,648.8	745.3	1,903.5
Mar 2024	1,985.0	490.6	1,494.4
Jun 2024	2,591.3	656.6	1,934.7

Metres drilled, original series

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Petroleum exploration

Total expenditure, seasonally adjusted and trend

Seasonally adjusted fall of 16.6% ($62.5m) to $314.0m
Trend rise of 2.4% ($7.8m) to $333.7m

Petroleum exploration, seasonally adjusted and trend
	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Jun 2016	284.3	342.4
Sep 2016	350.8	323.7
Dec 2016	316.6	338.9
Mar 2017	381.9	355.2
Jun 2017	331.8	330.6
Sep 2017	281.0	277.7
Dec 2017	225.8	234.0
Mar 2018	208.4	239.5
Jun 2018	308.7	278.7
Sep 2018	307.2	302.9
Dec 2018	315.5	302.9
Mar 2019	262.2	309.2
Jun 2019	366.8	342.7
Sep 2019	373.2	368.1
Dec 2019	361.6	350.1
Mar 2020	288.6	292.5
Jun 2020	232.5	247.3
Sep 2020	226.5	228.9
Dec 2020	251.8	236.5
Mar 2021	239.3	255.2
Jun 2021	282.6	276.5
Sep 2021	298.4	296.4
Dec 2021	301.9	302.7
Mar 2022	294.0	286.4
Jun 2022	253.9	256.4
Sep 2022	226.2	228.6
Dec 2022	210.4	214.6
Mar 2023	233.4	232.7
Jun 2023	244.5	257.5
Sep 2023	327.6	286.4
Dec 2023	253.4	309.3
Mar 2024	376.5	325.9
Jun 2024	314.0	333.7

Petroleum exploration, seasonally adjusted and trend

["","Seasonally adjusted","Trend"]

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Onshore, seasonally adjusted and trend

Seasonally adjusted fall of 6.5% ($15.1m) to $217.1m
Trend rise of 6.7% ($14.2m) to $225.6m

Petroleum exploration, onshore, seasonally adjusted and trend
	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Jun 2016	65.2	72.8
Sep 2016	96.9	79.0
Dec 2016	72.5	101.6
Mar 2017	146.2	119.7
Jun 2017	119.4	117.3
Sep 2017	92.6	98.5
Dec 2017	73.9	81.1
Mar 2018	85.4	83.9
Jun 2018	99.0	94.2
Sep 2018	100.2	102.4
Dec 2018	109.1	105.8
Mar 2019	109.3	109.5
Jun 2019	121.0	128.2
Sep 2019	147.1	155.5
Dec 2019	201.8	174.5
Mar 2020	160.0	175.0
Jun 2020	159.8	159.6
Sep 2020	153.2	144.4
Dec 2020	131.2	145.1
Mar 2021	157.5	158.6
Jun 2021	187.6	180.5
Sep 2021	192.5	191.5
Dec 2021	186.3	181.0
Mar 2022	158.1	164.1
Jun 2022	145.6	151.5
Sep 2022	156.3	145.7
Dec 2022	138.0	143.9
Mar 2023	147.7	147.9
Jun 2023	154.7	155.9
Sep 2023	181.0	172.8
Dec 2023	174.4	192.5
Mar 2024	232.2	211.4
Jun 2024	217.1	225.6

Petroleum exploration, onshore, seasonally adjusted and trend

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Offshore, seasonally adjusted and trend

Seasonally adjusted fall of 32.8% ($47.4m) to $96.9m
Trend fall of 5.2% ($5.9m) to $108.6m

Petroleum exploration, offshore, seasonally adjusted and trend
	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Jun 2016	219.0	269.5
Sep 2016	253.9	244.7
Dec 2016	244.1	237.3
Mar 2017	235.7	235.5
Jun 2017	212.4	213.3
Sep 2017	188.3	179.1
Dec 2017	151.9	152.9
Mar 2018	123.0	155.6
Jun 2018	209.8	184.5
Sep 2018	207.0	200.5
Dec 2018	206.4	197.1
Mar 2019	152.9	199.6
Jun 2019	245.8	214.5
Sep 2019	226.1	212.6
Dec 2019	159.8	175.5
Mar 2020	128.6	117.4
Jun 2020	72.8	87.7
Sep 2020	73.3	84.4
Dec 2020	120.7	91.4
Mar 2021	81.8	96.6
Jun 2021	95.1	96.0
Sep 2021	105.9	104.9
Dec 2021	115.6	121.7
Mar 2022	135.9	122.3
Jun 2022	108.3	104.9
Sep 2022	69.9	82.9
Dec 2022	72.5	70.7
Mar 2023	85.7	84.8
Jun 2023	89.9	101.6
Sep 2023	146.5	113.6
Dec 2023	79.1	116.9
Mar 2024	144.3	114.5
Jun 2024	96.9	108.6

Petroleum exploration, offshore, seasonally adjusted and trend

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Mineral exploration

Total expenditure, seasonally adjusted and trend

Mineral exploration, by deposit type, original series

Mineral exploration, by mineral type, original series

Metres drilled, seasonally adjusted and trend

Metres drilled, original series

Petroleum exploration

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