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Series Starts - Mar.1974 | Series Ends - Dec.2004 | |  |
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| | Mar.2004 | Jun.2004 | Sep.2004 |
| Table 5. Mineral Exploration (Other than for petroleum) - | | | |
| Expenditure by mineral sought(a) | | | |
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New South Wales |
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Copper |
1.2
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1.5
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2
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| Silver, lead, zinc | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1 |
| Nickel, cobalt | 0 | .1 | .1 |
| Selected base metals total(b) | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
| Gold | 4.8 | 5.8 | 7.6 |
| Iron ore | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mineral sands | | | |
| Uranium | 0 | 0 | |
| Coal | 2.1 | 3.1 | 5.5 |
| Diamonds | | | |
| Other(c) | .5 | .7 | .3 |
| Total | 10.6 | 14.7 | 17.2 |
Victoria |
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Copper |
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0
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0
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| Silver, lead, zinc | 0 | | 0 |
| Nickel, cobalt | 0 | | |
| Selected base metals total(b) | | | 0 |
| Gold | 15.2 | 10 | 11.1 |
| Iron ore | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mineral sands | | | |
| Uranium | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coal | | | |
| Diamonds | | | 0 |
| Other(c) | | | |
| Total | 17.4 | 12.6 | 14.5 |
Queensland |
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Copper |
3.1
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5.3
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4.9
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| Silver, lead, zinc | 2.9 | | |
| Nickel, cobalt | .1 | | .5 |
| Selected base metals total(b) | 6.1 | 12.6 | 9.7 |
| Gold | 5.6 | 8.1 | 8.7 |
| Iron ore | 0 | 0 | |
| Mineral sands | | | |
| Uranium | | | 0 |
| Coal | 10.3 | 19.3 | 20.7 |
| Diamonds | 0 | | .1 |
| Other(c) | | 2 | 1.7 |
| Total | 26 | 42 | 40.9 |
South Australia |
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Copper |
2.7
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5.7
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7.9
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| Silver, lead, zinc | .6 | | .9 |
| Nickel, cobalt | .5 | | .3 |
| Selected base metals total(b) | 3.8 | 10.1 | 9 |
| Gold | 1.5 | 2.5 | |
| Iron ore | 0 | | |
| Mineral sands | | | |
| Uranium | .8 | 1.8 | 3.4 |
| Coal | | | |
| Diamonds | .4 | .4 | |
| Other(c) | .2 | | .2 |
| Total | 7.1 | 15.7 | 15.5 |
Western Australia |
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Copper |
.7
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1.2
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| Silver, lead, zinc | .7 | .6 | .7 |
| Nickel, cobalt | 14.3 | 23.4 | 28.7 |
| Selected base metals total(b) | 15.8 | 25.2 | 30 |
| Gold | 59.3 | 83 | 73.9 |
| Iron ore | | 19.1 | 29.6 |
| Mineral sands | 1.6 | 3.6 | |
| Uranium | | | .1 |
| Coal | | | .4 |
| Diamonds | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| Other(c) | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
| Total | 96.5 | 138.8 | 147.9 |
Tasmania |
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Copper |
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| Silver, lead, zinc | | | |
| Nickel, cobalt | | | |
| Selected base metals total(b) | | | .9 |
| Gold | .7 | 1 | |
| Iron ore | | 0 | 0 |
| Mineral sands | 0 | 0 | |
| Uranium | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diamonds | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other(c) | .1 | .2 | .1 |
| Total | 1.7 | 3.6 | 1.3 |
Northern Territory |
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Copper |
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.1
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| Silver, lead, zinc | | .1 | .2 |
| Nickel, cobalt | | | 1.1 |
| Selected base metals total(b) | 1 | 3 | 1.4 |
| Gold | 4.1 | 5.7 | 6.8 |
| Iron ore | 0 | | |
| Mineral sands | | | |
| Uranium | | | |
| Coal | | | 0 |
| Diamonds | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| Other(c) | .4 | 1.1 | |
| Total | 7.9 | 13.1 | 13.8 |
Australia |
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Copper |
8.2
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13.8
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15.5
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| Silver, lead, zinc | 6.2 | 11.5 | 7.8 |
| Nickel, cobalt | 15.5 | 31.5 | 30.8 |
| Selected base metals total(b) | 29.9 | 56.8 | 54.1 |
| Gold | 91.2 | 116.1 | 109.9 |
| Iron ore | 13.8 | 19.2 | 29.8 |
| Mineral sands | 3.6 | 7.2 | 8 |
| Uranium | 1.3 | 2.8 | 6.1 |
| Coal | 13.7 | 23.8 | 27.4 |
| Diamonds | 5 | 5.9 | 6.9 |
| Other(c) | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.8 |
| Total | 167.3 | 241.4 | 251.1 |
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| n.p. not available for publication | | | |
| - nil or rounded to zero, including null cells | | | |
| r figure or series revised since previous issue | | | |
| n.r. not recorded | | | |
| (a) From July 2000 value data no longer contains Wholesale Sales Tax. | | | |
| (b) Selected base metal total is copper, silver, lead-zinc, nickel, cobalt. | | | |
| (c) From September quarter 2000 Publication (8412.0) this category includes tin, tungsten, scheelite, wolfram and construction materials. | | | |
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