Geoscience Australia provides information on the nation's future capacity to produce mineral resources. Australia's Identified
Mineral Resources is an annual nation-wide assessment of Australia's ore reserves and mineral resources. All major and a number
of minor mineral commodities mined in Australia are assessed. Australia's economic demonstrated resources (EDR) of the following
mineral commodities increased during 2004 - bauxite, black coal, copper, gold, iron ore, ilmenite, lead, manganese, rare earth
elements, tantalum, tin, uranium and zinc. EDR of cobalt, diamonds (both gem and industrial), lithium, phosphate, rutile,
silver, tungsten and zircon decreased during the year. EDR for brown coal, magnesite, molybdenum, nickel, niobium, platinum
group metals, shale oil, and vanadium remained at levels similar to those reported in 2003. Increases in EDR were due to on-going
drilling and evaluation of known deposits resulting in the transfer (re-assessment) of resources from inferred or sub-economic
categories into EDR, and discoveries of new deposits or extensions of known deposits. Newly delineated resources of 1 256
t added to gold's total national inventory, with growth in all east coast mainland states and South Australia. A few mining
companies re-estimated ore reserves and mineral resources more conservatively for some commodities to comply with the requirements
of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (JORC Code).
Citation
Title Australia's Identified Mineral Resources 2005
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