December 2022
Premier’s Awards 2022
Vision, innovation and excellence in the state’s energy and mining sector.
Critical Minerals South Australia
Project launched August 2022.
New competitive tender regions
Changes to petroleum, geothermal energy and gas storage licensing.
Discovery Day 2022
Showcasing the latest from the Geological Survey and key collaborative partners.
GP2 gravity data release
New geological features revealed.
Early Cretaceous glaciation revealed
New book out early 2023.
Spectral geoscience
Over 110 new datasets available.
October 2022
New cover and landscape projects
Focusing on the cover challenges in the central-western Gawler Craton.
Accelerated Discovery Initiative
Final project reports published.
Exploring for the Future work in South Australia
Seismic, MT, gravity and AEM data acquisition.
Sedimentary Copper Mineral Systems of the Stuart Shelf
New map and 3D model to assist exploration.
Supporting the exploration industry
Newly released guidelines support explorers to apply or undertake exploration activities.
Discovery Day is really Discovery Week
Adelaide will host a festival of geoscience ideas beginning late November.
Spectral geoscience
Over 100 new and updated datasets available.
2022 Roundtable for Oil and Gas
Fostering South Australia’s energy transition.
July 2022
Copper to the World 2022
Calibrating the necessity of sustainable copper production with heightened global demand.
GP2: next generation mineral systems mapping
Mapping tools and FaceTime support community engagement dialogue.
Delamerian National Drilling Initiative
Twelve drillholes in the Quondong Vale region have been completed.
New critical minerals opportunities
High-purity alumina and silicon are new additions to Australia’s critical minerals list.
Groundwater assessment
SARIG’s latest tools and layers provide a one-stop shop to retrieve groundwater data.
Spotlight on Curnamona Province
Connecting across borders to share latest data and knowledge on its mineral potential.
Trialling biogeochemical exploration
Honours project demonstrates and delineates near-surface mineralisation through blind cover.
Spectral geoscience
Geologic Repositories Rock Sample Digitization webinar series.
March 2022
Video series launched
Exploration and mining in South Australia.
Facilitating hydrogen exploration
South Australia’s national lead.
Delamerian National Drilling Initiative
Drilling underway in the Quondong Vale region.
New geochemistry data submitted
Part of the planned data acquisition for the central-western Gawler Craton.
South Australian Discovery Mapping
A new initiative to remake South Australia’s geological map data.
2021 commodity report
Discovering mineral exploration in South Australia.
Supporting the extractives industry
Four regulatory guidelines and a policy released.
Optical air quality monitors
Using calibration models to improve reliability.
Our biostratigraphic resources
A rich paleontological collection and accompanying database.
Spectral geoscience
Raman up and running at the South Australia Drill Core Reference Library.
December 2021
Premier’s Awards 2021
Shining a light on the best and brightest.
Accelerating into Round 3
Pushing the boundaries of traditional exploration.
On the up: Discovery Day 2021
Geoscience foundations for smart exploration and new investment.
Groundbreaking crowdsourcing challenge
Fostering a critical minerals future.
Delamerian National Drilling Initiative
Delivering data via the new South Australian Drilling Atlas.
Beneath the cover
Report sheds light on the Gawler, Musgrave and Curnamona regions.
New play analysis out now
Pedirka Basin – Poolowanna Trough region.
Landholder Information Service continues
Providing independent information to support informed decisions.
Spectral geoscience
South Australia’s National Virtual Core Library node continues to grow.
October 2021
Welcome to our new brand
It’s more than a mark, it is our story.
Copper to the World
Red metal insights from South Australia.
Data acquisition underway
Targeting the central–western Gawler Craton.
Sedimentary copper mineral systems
Applying basin analysis to de-risk exploration of the Stuart Shelf.
Over 30 years of excellence
Pru Freeman’s public service contribution widely acknowledged.
June 2021
Driving mineral exploration growth
Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round two funding recipients.
Environmental liability management
Are bonds the answer?
Promoting South Australia’s geoheritage
Updated 1:2 million scale geoheritage sites of South Australia map out now.
New exploration model
The young (and Cloncurry-like?) evolution of the northeastern Gawler Craton.
Virtual treasure trove
New petroleum and geothermal core photo database now live.
Spectral geoscience
Growing our capability with ongoing scanning and new instruments.
Uranium 2021
Exploring the growing global demand for more uranium production.
Large igneous province workshop
A hybrid way to dive deep to ignite exploration interest.
April 2021
Exploring for the Future
Eight new projects recently announced.
The Gawler Challenge: Next Generation Mineral Systems Mapping
New project integrating geoscience and machine learning.
Gawler Craton Airborne Survey
Full sets of merged grids are now available.
Updated depth to basement data package
Includes new datasets derived from the Gawler Craton Airborne Survey (GCAS).
Leading practice regulation
New tailings policy published.
Extractives Supply Chain Review
Productivity Commission implementation program: what’s happening now.
New spectral geoscientific data
South Australia’s National Virtual Core Library node expanding rapidly.
Leading with legacy data
Surface geochemistry data captured in the Delamerian region.
April 2020
Raising South Australia’s global profile (R Cobcroft)
Carrapateena on the rise (P Abbot)
Gawler Craton Airborne Survey (L Katona)
Hydrogeochemistry Atlas for South Australia (A Petts)
Woomera Prohibited Area new MOU (C Lacar)
July 2020
A global effort to make exploration data rock (H Bridgwater, P Buxton and C Gerrard)
Quality projects pushing new frontiers (G Taylor and M Twining)
High-resolution map datasets now available (R Dutch)
Timeslice geophysics (P Heath, J Irvine and L Katona)
Growing our magnetotelluric capabilities (K Robertson)
Copper to the World Online (G Taylor)
October 2020
ExploreSA: The Gawler Challenge (G Taylor)
Creating Carrapateena (G Taylor)
Data and ground release opens the door (T Wise and S Curtis)
New maps guide exploration under cover (C Krapf)
Murray Basin heavy minerals (M Köhler)
Fowler Domain exploration success (M Twining)
Discovery Day 2020 (A Reid and L Baida)
December 2020
Exceptional performance (L Baida)
Accelerated Discovery Initiative (D Connolly-Hay)
Robust and modern mining laws (A Green)
Bridging the gap (C Krapf, H Crow and S Bye)
February 2019
Getting Lean in 2019 (C Buttfield, P White and P De Ionno)
Roundtable for Oil and Gas (D Horvat)
Onshore oil and gas drilling (E Alexander)
Unearthed data goes live (G Taylor)
April 2019
MinEx CRC in the starting blocks (A Reid, A Fabris and C Tiddy)
Woomera Prohibited Area review (C Lacar)
PACE Gas delivers (E Alexander)
Creating global connections (C Moore and G Taylor)
June 2019
Oil and gas bids open (E Alexander)
Andamooka Precious Stones Field (A Moll)
Upper Spencer Gulf in the spotlight (A Green)
SARIG open data catalogue (C Gerrard)
Snapshot in time (E Alexander)
Convergence on the Coast (R Dutch and S Thiel)
August 2019
Acquisition milestone (L Katona)
Katnook under construction (W Hughson)
Celebrating the best (A Green)
Datum matters (P Buxton and I Campbell)
Oil and gas compliance (M Malavazos)
IOCG in the spotlight (A Fabris)
October 2019
MinEx CRC targets Delamerian Orogen (S Curtis and T Wise)
Gripped by the central Gawler Craton (A Reid)
Natural gas fuelling our state (E Alexander)
Seismic data transitioning to the cloud (I Campbell)
Protecting earth’s earliest animals (ML Simpson)
Cutting-edge geoscience (A Reid)
December 2019
Accelerated Discovery Initiative (P Freeman)
ExploreSA: The Gawler Challenge (L Bond)
Excellence in energy and mining (L bond and A Green)
