A Flow Through Share Scheme is essential to the mining industry, The AusIMM President-Elect Greg Chalmers writes.
South Australian Minister for Mineral Resources Development Paul Holloway has announced that spending on mineral exploration in that State rose to a record quarterly high of $95.2 million in the June quarter.
The 2008 Butt Smith Medal for Outstanding and Sustained Research Excellence in Geoscience was awarded to Dr Nigel Radford of Newmont Asia Pacific in a special presentation during the Australian Earth Science Convention in Perth during July.
The South Australian Government will invest $14.1 million in the next four years to ensure the State realises the full potential of the mineral exploration boom.
The NSW Department of Primary Industries’ Geological Survey Director Lindsay Gilligan has been awarded a Public Service Medal for his service geoscience, mineral resource assessment and enhancing mineral exploration.
SPENDING on mineral exploration in Western Australia last year topped a record $1billion and accounted for half of Australia’s exploration expenditure.
ABS figures recently released show mineral exploration expenditure in Victoria reached its highest level on record in the December 2007 quarter.
Western Australia is experiencing phenomenal growth in mineral and petroleum exploration investment, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
THE NSW Mineral Exploration & Investment Conference 2007 will be held on Thursday and Friday, 23 to 24 August 2007 at the Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney.
FIGURES released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for the 2005-061 financial year indicate record levels of mineral exploration investment in South Australia and the state attracting its highest ever reported share of Australia’s mineral exploration.