A SECOND round of grants has been offered through the Northern Territory Government’s Geophysics and Drilling Collaborations program.
19/02/2009
THE Queensland government has announced it will provide $2 million to mining exploration companies for targeted drilling projects across the state.
22/04/2009
FOUR exploration companies will be given Queensland Government grants to help shoulder the cost of bringing drilling rigs to mineral exploration sites in the north-west.
22/11/2007
THE NORTHERN Territory Government has awarded over $850,000 to resources projects.
18/06/2009
RUNGE and GeoScience Victoria (GSV) have collaborated to create an innovative system that allows GSV to create top-quality 3D models to help exploration companies.
20/05/2009
EXPLORATION proposals to explore oil fields in the Great South Basin beyond Stewart Island have been postponed.
09/10/2009
Victorian Energy and Resources Minster Peter Batchelor has announced 11 mining companies will receive a total of $700,000 to aid in their search for minerals.
14/11/2008
HIGHLANDS Pacific has announced its new exploration program at Nong River in Papua New Guinea nearby the Ok Tedi cooper-gold mine.
27/10/2009
OZ MINERALS has pulled out of a joint venture to explore for minerals on Tasmania's west coast.
26/02/2009
THE CSIRO this week released a podcast educating exploration companies on the ‘natural’ drilling alternative.
22/05/2009
TWENTY exploration companies will share in grants worth about $2 million for joint industry-government drilling projects throughout Queensland.
04/09/2007
DECLINING gas production in Europe has led European energy giants to invest billions in U.S. natural gas and oil fields where large, hard-to-get reserves have been unlocked with new drilling technology.
20/02/2009
LEADING international and national drilling companies are participating in an operation of over 300 people to contain and fix the Montara Field oil leak.
29/10/2009
MINING exploration companies have expressed interest in a unique new digging technique that could make expensive drilling programs a thing of the past.
05/05/2009
THE TASMANIAN State Government today announced it will grant new mineral exploration licences to two companies exploring for base metals and gold in western and northern Tasmania.
06/04/2009
A SURGE in the price of gold has led Clancy Exploration to step up its drilling program in western New South Wales.
20/02/2009
The Association of Mining & Exploration Companies (AMEC) has congratulated the WA State Government for its commitment to introduce a $80 million, four year exploration incentive program.
17/02/2009
AS a branch of one of the world’s largest integrated energy companies, Chevron Australia has announced an additional natural gas discovery was made in the Carnarvon Basin.
15/12/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Resources Council (QRC) has revealed Queensland would benefit greatly in jobs and new investment with the federal government’s new flow through shares (FTS) scheme.
08/05/2009
AUSTRALIA'S petroleum industry group has welcomed the Western Australian Government's $80 million initiative to boost petroleum and mineral exploration.
09/04/2009