Rebecca Knights
Executive Director, Strategic Policy & Delivery

Rebecca is responsible for providing high level leadership on energy and resource strategic policy, industry development and project implementation to support sustainable benefits and outcomes, and prosperity to South Australian's whilst unlocking the state's resources.

Rebecca has over 20 years commercial, regulatory and policy experience. Before joining the South Australian Government in 2010, Rebecca provided upstream oil and gas commercial and regulatory advice to governments, national oil companies and oil majors across the globe.

Tom Wise
Acting Director, Geological Survey of South Australia

Tom is the Acting Director of the Geological Survey of South Australia and also manages the Regional Geoscience Team.

Tom has worked on the geology and mineral potential of South Australia for over a decade.

Dr Carmen Krapf
Geoscience Lead, Geological Survey of South Australia

Carmen is the Geoscience Lead of the Geological Survey of South Australia and also manages the Mineral Systems & Resources Team.

She leads and is involved in a wide variety of projects to deliver high quality precompetitive geoscience data and industry advice across South Australia’s mineral exploration sector. Her work supports strategic exploration initiatives, including mapping and data development to inform sustainable resource management and critical minerals discoveries.

With over 25 years’ experience in academia and government Carmen is also a passionate and engaging advocate for educating the next generation of geoscientists.

Sunday, 1 March

South Australia's next copper opportunities

• Tom Wise - Acting Director, Geological Survey of South Australia
• Sunday 1 March at 12:00pm
• Booth 311, Australia Minerals Pavilion, Trade Show
• View the presentation slides (PDF, 7.4 MB)
• Get details about the session

Opportunities for critical minerals from mine waste in South Australia
Session: Waste not, want not

• Carmen Krapf - Geoscience Lead, Geological Survey of South Australia
• Sunday 1 March at 1:00pm
• Booth 311, Australia Minerals Pavilion, Trade Show
• View the presentation slides (PDF, 5.2 MB)
• Get details about the session

Monday, 2 March

Next Generation Geology: Uncovering South Australia's Critical Mineral and Energy Resources
Session: Australia Minerals - Australia Day

• Carmen Krapf - Geoscience Lead, Geological Survey of South Australia
• Monday 2 March at 2:00pm
• Room 205D
• View the presentation slides  (PDF, 11.6 MB)
• Get details about the session

Critical minerals: from discovery to downstream
Session Chair

• Tom Wise - Acting Director, Geological Survey of South Australia
• Monday 2 March at 2:50pm
• Room 205D
• Get details about the session

Tuesday, 3 March

IOCG exploration in the Gawler Craton, South Australia
Session: Brownfield exploration unlocking new metal supply

• Tom Wise - Acting Director, Geological Survey of South Australia
• Tuesday 3 March at 11:54am
• Room 701
• View the presentation slides (PDF, 17.4 MB)
• Get details about the session

South Australia booth

Also visit us at Booth 416 in the Australia Minerals Pavilion to connect with the team and learn more about exploration and investment opportunities in South Australia. In addition to the above sessions, we’ll also be hosting informal talks at our booth, covering:

• Critical minerals in mine waste
• South Australia’s next copper opportunities.

The Critical Minerals South Australia project focuses on identifying and promoting the state's potential for critical minerals, which are essential for modern technologies and renewable energy solutions. The project involves compiling and analysing data on mineral occurrences, including those found in mine waste, to support exploration and innovation. Interactive dashboards provide real-time data to assist decision-making and highlight opportunities for investment and development.

Read more about CMSA

Key CMSA products to date:

• Critical mineral potential of South Australia commodity report books
• Secondary prospectivity of South Australia’s mine waste: review (PDF)
• Strategic critical mineral and mine waste ranking dashboard

The South Australian Discovery Mapping project aims to modernise the capture, management, and delivery of South Australia's geological map datasets. By integrating high-quality digital geological data compatible with machine learning and AI, the project supports mineral exploration and de-risks areas of the state. Initially focusing on the Gawler Craton Airborne Survey region, SADM will eventually expand statewide, providing seamless geological data to meet the needs of explorers and data scientists.

Learn more about SADM

The Northern Gawler National Drilling Initiative is a collaboration between the Geological Survey of South Australia and MinEx CRC, aiming to enhance geological knowledge in the Northern Gawler Craton area. By conducting a scientific drilling program, the project seeks to map the region's geology and structure in 3D, thereby identifying potential mineral systems and supporting future exploration efforts.

Read more about the NDI

SARIG Core Intelligence aims to transform South Australia's extensive geological samples into a comprehensive digital intelligence library. By digitising drill core, thin sections, and other geological data, the program will enhance accessibility and usability for global exploration and research.

SARIG Core Intelligence consists of multiple projects focused on data standardisation, core digitisation, and technology partnerships to fill data gaps, ultimately supporting modern, data-driven exploration and resource discovery.

This is a unique opportunity for the industry to collaborate with us in the innovative transformation of our geological data management. This collaboration will not only enhance the digital capabilities of the SARIG Core Intelligence program but also further position South Australia as a leader in global geoscience information.

Read more about SARIG Core Intelligence

South Australia hosts more than 68% of Australia’s economic resources of copper with much yet to be developed.

With three major mines in South Australia and a predicted doubling in demand for copper due to global technological advancements, South Australia is already a key player for copper but is ready for more investment.

Read more about copper in South Australia

South Australia

• is home to the world’s largest zircon mine
• has the world’s second largest proven graphite reserve, and 67% of Australia’s economic resources of graphite
• is an emerging province for ionic clay hosted rare earth elements
• contains around 19 billion tonnes of known magnetite ore
• has vast resources of kaolin-halloysite offering opportunities to convert to high purity alumina
• has sedimentary hosted mineral systems associated with cobalt which make up 40% of South Australian copper occurrences.

In the push towards lowering emissions, the world’s nuclear generating capacity will need to continue to step up. South Australia’s world class uranium deposits and potential projects will continue to deliver the required fuel to aid the transition to a low carbon economy and generate electricity with a low carbon footprint.

South Australia hosts 25% of the worlds, and 82% of Australia’s known uranium and has sat among the world top five uranium producers in the last decade.

The South Australian Government openly and actively supports exploration for uranium in South Australia and the project approvals process has been streamlined to improve transparency and promote efficiency in mining operations while effectively ensuring the safety and protection of the public, workers and the environment.

Read more about South Australian uranium