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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 2022

Released

29/08/2022

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Mineral exploration

Total expenditure, seasonally adjusted

Rise of 4.5% ($44.5m) to $1,026.9m

Mineral exploration, seasonally adjusted
	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
Jun 2014	499.5
Sep 2014	428.8
Dec 2014	431.2
Mar 2015	375.9
Jun 2015	335.8
Sep 2015	367.9
Dec 2015	358.8
Mar 2016	344.1
Jun 2016	344.6
Sep 2016	355.2
Dec 2016	379.4
Mar 2017	393.0
Jun 2017	432.4
Sep 2017	445.5
Dec 2017	469.8
Mar 2018	513.1
Jun 2018	551.8
Sep 2018	550.0
Dec 2018	565.3
Mar 2019	585.4
Jun 2019	645.5
Sep 2019	681.2
Dec 2019	723.7
Mar 2020	704.7
Jun 2020	664.3
Sep 2020	698.1
Dec 2020	744.3
Mar 2021	844.1
Jun 2021	887.1
Sep 2021	933.4
Dec 2021	921.6
Mar 2022	982.4
Jun 2022	1,026.9

Mineral exploration, seasonally adjusted

["","Seasonally adjusted"]

[["Jun 2014","Sep 2014","Dec 2014","Mar 2015","Jun 2015","Sep 2015","Dec 2015","Mar 2016","Jun 2016","Sep 2016","Dec 2016","Mar 2017","Jun 2017","Sep 2017","Dec 2017","Mar 2018","Jun 2018","Sep 2018","Dec 2018","Mar 2019","Jun 2019","Sep 2019","Dec 2019","Mar 2020","Jun 2020","Sep 2020","Dec 2020","Mar 2021","Jun 2021","Sep 2021","Dec 2021","Mar 2022","Jun 2022"],[[499.5],[428.80000000000001],[431.19999999999999],[375.89999999999998],[335.80000000000001],[367.89999999999998],[358.80000000000001],[344.10000000000002],[344.60000000000002],[355.19999999999999],[379.39999999999998],[393],[432.39999999999998],[445.5],[469.80000000000001],[513.10000000000002],[551.79999999999995],[550],[565.29999999999995],[585.39999999999998],[645.5],[681.20000000000005],[723.70000000000005],[704.70000000000005],[664.29999999999995],[698.10000000000002],[744.29999999999995],[844.10000000000002],[887.10000000000002],[933.39999999999998],[921.60000000000002],[982.39999999999998],[1026.9000000000001]]]

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Mineral exploration, original series

Rise of 23.2% ($198.3m) to $1,053.6m
Existing deposits rose 24.5% ($145.7m) to $740.7m
New deposits rose 20.2% ($52.6m) to $312.9m
Iron Ore recorded the largest rise (up 44.1%, $61.5m) to $201.0m

Mineral exploration, original series
	Selected base metals total ($m)	Gold ($m)	Iron Ore ($m)	Coal ($m)	All Other ($m)
Jun 2014	78.4	103.9	189.0	80.9	62.3
Sep 2014	81.7	90.0	142.9	80.3	60.3
Dec 2014	80.1	101.7	145.1	78.0	54.3
Mar 2015	59.2	91.6	82.5	43.4	40.6
Jun 2015	58.0	112.4	77.2	50.1	47.0
Sep 2015	61.4	133.7	82.2	56.3	60.2
Dec 2015	58.2	138.2	74.5	63.4	47.1
Mar 2016	56.6	119.3	57.7	23.4	32.8
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	240.9	420.3	201.0	61.3	130.0

Mineral exploration, original series

["","Selected base metals total","Gold","Iron Ore","Coal","All Other"]

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Metres drilled, seasonally adjusted

Fall of 4.1% (125.5km) to 2,969.1km

Metres drilled, seasonally adjusted
	Seasonally adjusted ('000)
Jun 2014	1,549.3
Sep 2014	1,544.9
Dec 2014	1,557.6
Mar 2015	1,439.6
Jun 2015	1,407.1
Sep 2015	1,463.7
Dec 2015	1,626.4
Mar 2016	1,625.8
Jun 2016	1,645.0
Sep 2016	1,673.8
Dec 2016	1,788.6
Mar 2017	1,961.0
Jun 2017	2,121.5
Sep 2017	2,132.2
Dec 2017	2,127.0
Mar 2018	2,248.5
Jun 2018	2,486.5
Sep 2018	2,605.8
Dec 2018	2,456.0
Mar 2019	2,645.9
Jun 2019	2,515.3
Sep 2019	2,568.8
Dec 2019	2,687.5
Mar 2020	2,657.3
Jun 2020	2,358.9
Sep 2020	2,735.9
Dec 2020	2,966.5
Mar 2021	3,267.7
Jun 2021	3,464.4
Sep 2021	3,339.6
Dec 2021	3,127.8
Mar 2022	3,094.6
Jun 2022	2,969.1

Metres drilled, seasonally adjusted

["","Seasonally adjusted"]

[["Jun 2014","Sep 2014","Dec 2014","Mar 2015","Jun 2015","Sep 2015","Dec 2015","Mar 2016","Jun 2016","Sep 2016","Dec 2016","Mar 2017","Jun 2017","Sep 2017","Dec 2017","Mar 2018","Jun 2018","Sep 2018","Dec 2018","Mar 2019","Jun 2019","Sep 2019","Dec 2019","Mar 2020","Jun 2020","Sep 2020","Dec 2020","Mar 2021","Jun 2021","Sep 2021","Dec 2021","Mar 2022","Jun 2022"],[[1549.3],[1544.9000000000001],[1557.5999999999999],[1439.5999999999999],[1407.0999999999999],[1463.7],[1626.4000000000001],[1625.8],[1645],[1673.8],[1788.5999999999999],[1961],[2121.5],[2132.1999999999998],[2127],[2248.5],[2486.5],[2605.8000000000002],[2456],[2645.9000000000001],[2515.3000000000002],[2568.8000000000002],[2687.5],[2657.3000000000002],[2358.9000000000001],[2735.9000000000001],[2966.5],[3267.6999999999998],[3464.4000000000001],[3339.5999999999999],[3127.8000000000002],[3094.5999999999999],[2969.0999999999999]]]

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Metres drilled, original series

Rise of 17.4% (462.8km) to 3,117.6km
Existing deposits rose 20.9% (380.9km) to 2,205.5km
New deposits rose 9.9% (81.9km) to 912.1km

Metres drilled, original series
	Total deposits ('000)	New deposits ('000)	Existing deposits ('000)
Jun 2014	1,694.8	308.8	1,386.0
Sep 2014	1,669.0	397.2	1,271.8
Dec 2014	1,613.1	491.9	1,121.2
Mar 2015	1,140.7	242.1	898.6
Jun 2015	1,540.2	438.1	1,103.3
Sep 2015	1,573.5	341.1	1,232.7
Dec 2015	1,682.3	442.4	1,240.2
Mar 2016	1,301.3	306.6	994.8
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	3,117.6	912.1	2,205.5

Metres drilled, original series

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

[["Jun 2014","Sep 2014","Dec 2014","Mar 2015","Jun 2015","Sep 2015","Dec 2015","Mar 2016","Jun 2016","Sep 2016","Dec 2016","Mar 2017","Jun 2017","Sep 2017","Dec 2017","Mar 2018","Jun 2018","Sep 2018","Dec 2018","Mar 2019","Jun 2019","Sep 2019","Dec 2019","Mar 2020","Jun 2020","Sep 2020","Dec 2020","Mar 2021","Jun 2021","Sep 2021","Dec 2021","Mar 2022","Jun 2022"],[[1694.8],[1669],[1613.0999999999999],[1140.7],[1540.2],[1573.5],[1682.3],[1301.3],[1794.5999999999999],[1796.9000000000001],[1842.5999999999999],[1591.2],[2298.6999999999998],[2294],[2175.9000000000001],[1853.5999999999999],[2672.8000000000002],[2811.5999999999999],[2494.5],[2215.8000000000002],[2679.6999999999998],[2780.3000000000002],[2715.1999999999998],[2252.6999999999998],[2495.4000000000001],[2964.8000000000002],[2990.1999999999998],[2793.8000000000002],[3644],[3622.5999999999999],[3150.3000000000002],[2654.8000000000002],[3117.5999999999999]],[[308.80000000000001],[397.19999999999999],[491.89999999999998],[242.09999999999999],[438.10000000000002],[341.10000000000002],[442.39999999999998],[306.60000000000002],[418.19999999999999],[539.10000000000002],[658.70000000000005],[484],[682.60000000000002],[841.60000000000002],[766.10000000000002],[631.70000000000005],[971.79999999999995],[1041.7],[949.29999999999995],[755.39999999999998],[923.79999999999995],[1115.8],[917.20000000000005],[805.70000000000005],[850.60000000000002],[1048.5],[1031.7],[878.39999999999998],[1107.4000000000001],[1160.3],[974.39999999999998],[830.20000000000005],[912.10000000000002]],[[1386],[1271.8],[1121.2],[898.60000000000002],[1103.3],[1232.7],[1240.2],[994.79999999999995],[1376.4000000000001],[1257.9000000000001],[1183.9000000000001],[1117.5],[1616.2],[1452.4000000000001],[1409.8],[1221.9000000000001],[1701],[1778.5999999999999],[1545.2],[1460.4000000000001],[1755.9000000000001],[1664.5],[1798],[1447],[1644.8],[1916.3],[1958.4000000000001],[1915.4000000000001],[2536.5],[2462.3000000000002],[2175.9000000000001],[1824.5999999999999],[2205.5]]]

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Petroleum exploration

Total expenditure, seasonally adjusted

Fall of 21.4% ($66.9m) to $245.3m
All other areas fell 31.9% ($69.9m) to $149.3m
Production lease areas rose 3.3% ($3.1m) to $96.1m.

Petroleum exploration, seasonally adjusted
	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
Jun 2014	1,542.4
Sep 2014	981
Dec 2014	1,102
Mar 2015	999.3
Jun 2015	704.9
Sep 2015	578.4
Dec 2015	460.6
Mar 2016	452.3
Jun 2016	284
Sep 2016	350.7
Dec 2016	316.8
Mar 2017	382.4
Jun 2017	331.6
Sep 2017	280.2
Dec 2017	226.2
Mar 2018	209.1
Jun 2018	308.5
Sep 2018	304.9
Dec 2018	316.7
Mar 2019	264.1
Jun 2019	366.5
Sep 2019	368.9
Dec 2019	362.5
Mar 2020	293.9
Jun 2020	231.2
Sep 2020	223.4
Dec 2020	251.5
Mar 2021	248.4
Jun 2021	277.5
Sep 2021	294.7
Dec 2021	300.2
Mar 2022	312.2
Jun 2022	245.3

Petroleum exploration, seasonally adjusted

["","Seasonally adjusted"]

[["Jun 2014","Sep 2014","Dec 2014","Mar 2015","Jun 2015","Sep 2015","Dec 2015","Mar 2016","Jun 2016","Sep 2016","Dec 2016","Mar 2017","Jun 2017","Sep 2017","Dec 2017","Mar 2018","Jun 2018","Sep 2018","Dec 2018","Mar 2019","Jun 2019","Sep 2019","Dec 2019","Mar 2020","Jun 2020","Sep 2020","Dec 2020","Mar 2021","Jun 2021","Sep 2021","Dec 2021","Mar 2022","Jun 2022"],[[1542.4000000000001],[981],[1102],[999.29999999999995],[704.89999999999998],[578.39999999999998],[460.60000000000002],[452.30000000000001],[284],[350.69999999999999],[316.80000000000001],[382.39999999999998],[331.60000000000002],[280.19999999999999],[226.19999999999999],[209.09999999999999],[308.5],[304.89999999999998],[316.69999999999999],[264.10000000000002],[366.5],[368.89999999999998],[362.5],[293.89999999999998],[231.19999999999999],[223.40000000000001],[251.5],[248.40000000000001],[277.5],[294.69999999999999],[300.19999999999999],[312.19999999999999],[245.30000000000001]]]

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Onshore, seasonally adjusted

Fell 14.3% ($23.4m) to $140.3m

Petroleum exploration - onshore, seasonally adjusted
	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
Jun 2014	451.2
Sep 2014	298.2
Dec 2014	376.9
Mar 2015	302.5
Jun 2015	262.7
Sep 2015	200.3
Dec 2015	137.8
Mar 2016	86.4
Jun 2016	65.1
Sep 2016	97.1
Dec 2016	72.8
Mar 2017	145.3
Jun 2017	119.3
Sep 2017	92.7
Dec 2017	74.4
Mar 2018	84.7
Jun 2018	98.9
Sep 2018	100.1
Dec 2018	110.2
Mar 2019	108.6
Jun 2019	120.2
Sep 2019	147.5
Dec 2019	203.4
Mar 2020	160.4
Jun 2020	158.3
Sep 2020	152.7
Dec 2020	131.6
Mar 2021	161.1
Jun 2021	183.4
Sep 2021	193.1
Dec 2021	185.8
Mar 2022	163.7
Jun 2022	140.3

Petroleum exploration - onshore, seasonally adjusted

["","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Offshore, seasonally adjusted

Fell 29.3% ($43.5m) to $105.0m

Petroleum exploration - offshore, seasonally adjusted
	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
Jun 2014	1,091.2
Sep 2014	682.8
Dec 2014	725.1
Mar 2015	696.8
Jun 2015	442.2
Sep 2015	378.1
Dec 2015	322.7
Mar 2016	366
Jun 2016	218.9
Sep 2016	253.6
Dec 2016	244
Mar 2017	237.1
Jun 2017	212.2
Sep 2017	187.4
Dec 2017	151.8
Mar 2018	124.4
Jun 2018	209.6
Sep 2018	204.8
Dec 2018	206.5
Mar 2019	155.5
Jun 2019	246.3
Sep 2019	221.4
Dec 2019	159.1
Mar 2020	133.5
Jun 2020	72.9
Sep 2020	70.7
Dec 2020	119.9
Mar 2021	87.3
Jun 2021	94.2
Sep 2021	101.6
Dec 2021	114.3
Mar 2022	148.5
Jun 2022	105

Petroleum exploration - offshore, seasonally adjusted

["","Seasonally adjusted"]

[["Jun 2014","Sep 2014","Dec 2014","Mar 2015","Jun 2015","Sep 2015","Dec 2015","Mar 2016","Jun 2016","Sep 2016","Dec 2016","Mar 2017","Jun 2017","Sep 2017","Dec 2017","Mar 2018","Jun 2018","Sep 2018","Dec 2018","Mar 2019","Jun 2019","Sep 2019","Dec 2019","Mar 2020","Jun 2020","Sep 2020","Dec 2020","Mar 2021","Jun 2021","Sep 2021","Dec 2021","Mar 2022","Jun 2022"],[[1091.2],[682.79999999999995],[725.10000000000002],[696.79999999999995],[442.19999999999999],[378.10000000000002],[322.69999999999999],[366],[218.90000000000001],[253.59999999999999],[244],[237.09999999999999],[212.19999999999999],[187.40000000000001],[151.80000000000001],[124.40000000000001],[209.59999999999999],[204.80000000000001],[206.5],[155.5],[246.30000000000001],[221.40000000000001],[159.09999999999999],[133.5],[72.900000000000006],[70.700000000000003],[119.90000000000001],[87.299999999999997],[94.200000000000003],[101.59999999999999],[114.3],[148.5],[105]]]

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Release notes

Trend Series to be reinstated in September quarter 2022

The trend series for Mineral and Petroleum Exploration has been reviewed and will be reinstated in the September quarter 2022 release.

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Table 1. Private exploration, actual and expected expenditure
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Table 2. Mineral exploration, (other than for petroleum) - expenditure and metres drilled
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Table 3b. Mineral exploration, (other than for petroleum) - expenditure by type of deposit
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Table 4. Mineral exploration, (other than for petroleum) - expenditure by state and territory
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Table 5. Mineral exploration, (other than for petroleum) - expenditure by mineral sought
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Table 6a. Petroleum exploration, expenditure by onshore and offshore
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Table 6b. Petroleum exploration, expenditure by type of lease
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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

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This release previously used catalogue number 8412.0.

Methodology

Mineral and Petroleum Exploration, Australia methodology, June 2022

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Mineral and Petroleum Exploration, Australia

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Mineral exploration

Total expenditure, seasonally adjusted

Mineral exploration, original series

Metres drilled, seasonally adjusted

Metres drilled, original series

Petroleum exploration

Total expenditure, seasonally adjusted

Onshore, seasonally adjusted

Offshore, seasonally adjusted

Release notes

Trend Series to be reinstated in September quarter 2022

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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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