Good afternoon,
I draw your attention to the following important information in relation to the
Northern Territory's prospectivity for U-Au-PGE deposits.
RECENT GEOSCIENTIFIC PRODUCT RELEASES:
NT Geological Survey Report 20. Lally JH and Bajwah ZU, 2006. Uranium
deposits of the NT (SEP 06)
Official launch by new NT Minister for Mines & Energy Chris Natt at Mining
2006, Brisbane, 2 November 2006
Place an order for this CD publication with geoscience.info@nt.gov.au
MINING 2006 RESOURCES CONVENTION:
Mining 2006 Resources Convention. 1-3 November 2006, Hilton,
Brisbane, QLD (http://www.verticalevents.com.au/mining2006)
Minister Chris Natt is making a presentation "Energy opportunities and
developments in the NT"
on the morning of Thursday 2 November and will officially launch the new
"Uranium Deposits of the NT" report (see above).
CORONATION HILL U-Au-PGE DEPOSIT REPORTS AND DRILL CORE:
All Coronation Hill reports and data have now been open-filed and
scanned and are available on request from the Minerals and Energy
Information Centre and can be identified through IRMS
(apps.minerals.nt.gov.au/irmsmin).
The drill core (>7600 m) is also available for viewing at the Darwin
Core Facility. NTGS has arranged a subset of core (CHDDH 029, 072
and 076; 98 trays) to be on display until the end of November. For
more information on the core to be displayed contact the Minerals &
Energy Information Centre (08 8999 6443 or e-mail us at
geoscience.info@nt.gov.au) and ask for the drilling plan and logs.
I also wish to alert you to the new "NTGS Update" email service. The 13 October
release is reproduced below. For directions on how to subscribe to this
quarterly service, navigate to the bottom of this email.
NTGS UPDATE - September 2006 Quarter
RECENT PRODUCT RELEASES
1) 1:250 000 Explanatory Notes series
Highland Rocks (4 JUL 06)(NOTE: was listed in last update)
2) Digital Information Package (DIP) series
Industry Reports Management System database (IRMS). DIP 005
(SEP 06 Update)
3) Reports
20. Lally JH and Bajwah ZU, 2006. Uranium deposits of the NT (SEP 06)
Official launch by Minister Chris Natt at Mining 2006, Brisbane,
1-3 November 2006
4) 1:250,000 Integrated Interpretation Series maps
Highland Rocks (4 JUL 06) (NOTE: was listed in last update)
6) Geophysical dataset releases
Arunta East Gravity Survey 2006.
Covers large portion of north-eastern Arunta Region,centred on
the Jervois mineral field. Includes over 5500 new gravity
stations on a 2km by 2km grid. (SEP 06)
7) Other publications and data
NT-wide mosaic of 250k geological mapsheets.
Geolocated mosaic available for viewing and download (ecw) via:
Image Web Server(www.dme.nt.gov.au/ecw/ProdNT_wide.htm); and
viewing on STRIKE (apps.minerals.nt.gov.au/strike)
Printed version available from Minerals & Energy Information
Centre (MEIC).
CORONATION HILL U-Au-PGE DEPOSIT REPORTS AND DRILL CORE
All Coronation Hill reports and data have now been open-filed and
scanned and are available on request from the Minerals and Energy
Information Centre and can be identified through IRMS
(apps.minerals.nt.gov.au/irmsmin).
The drill core (>7600 m) is also available for viewing at the Darwin
Core Facility. NTGS has arranged a subset of core (CHDDH 029, 072
and 076; 98 trays) to be on display until the end of November. For
more information on the core to be displayed contact MEIC (details
below) and ask for the drilling plan and logs.
AUSTRALIAN EARTH SCIENCES CONVENTION 2006
Several NTGS staff presented at the Australian Earth Sciences
Convention in Melbourne in 20th to 22nd June 2006. Roger Clifton, NTGS
Geophysicist, won a Best Paper Presentation award for "Visualising
Magnetic Depths".
TIWI ISLANDS AIRBORNE MAGNETIC AND RADIOMETRIC SURVEY 2006
NTGS commenced flying an airborne magnetic and radiometric survey over
the Tiwi Islands on Friday 6th October. For more information visit:
www.minerals.nt.gov.au/ntgs and choose the survey under "Current and
planned geophysical surveys".
NEW NTGS WEBSITE
On 30th September the new NTGS website was launched. The URL remains
the same (www.minerals.nt.gov.au/ntgs) but the website has been migrated
to the standard NT Government branding and design. Website content will
be undergoing a major review in the next couple of months as few changes
were undertaken during the migration. Please take advantage of the
feedback link on the bottom right of every web page to provide us your
comments.
GEOPHYSICAL ARCHIVE DATA DELIVERY SYSTEM (GADDS)
GADDS provides magnetic, radiometric, gravity and digital elevation
data from Australian National, State and Territory Governments via a
spatial search interface. All Northern Territory geophysical datasets
have been edited and cleansed to the highest standards and the gridded
and line (located) data are now available for download through GADDS.
At the same time the metadata has been standardised and refined to the
point where it can be automatically read by all conforming software.
To access the system navigate to the Australian government's geoscience
portal at www.geoscience.gov.au and choosing one of the profiles, click
on the geophysics link. Otherwise navigate directly to
www.geoscience.gov.au/gadds.
If you want to see the latest stitches of NT wide geophysical data,
navigate to:
the Geophysical Image Web Server at apps.minerals.nt.gov.au/iws or
STRIKE at: apps.minerals.nt.gov.au/STRIKE.
Many of the NT wide images were updated in June 2006.
DID YOU KNOW?
All NTGS products and publications, including the GA maps and
explanatory notes (1:100k and 1:250k only) of the Northern Territory,
are distributed free of charge.
NTGS IS EXHIBITING AT THE FOLLOWING CONFERENCES:
Mining 2006 Resources Convention. 1st to 3rd November 2006, Hilton,
Brisbane, QLD (http://www.verticalevents.com.au/mining2006)
Minister Chris Natt is making a presentation "Energy opportunities and
developments in the NT" and will be launching the new uranium deposits
report.
China Mining 2006. 14th to 16th November 2006, Beijing International
Convention Centre (www.china-mining.com). NTGS will be exhibiting as
part of the Team Australia booth.
Minister Chris Natt will be presenting at the conference.
AAPG International Conference & Exhibition, 5th to 8th November 2006,
Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Perth WA
(http://www.aapg.org/perth/index.cfm)
ANNUAL GEOSCIENCE EXPLORATION SEMINAR (AGES)
Please mark the NTGS annual seminar in your calendar:
AGES 2007 is being held 20th to 21st March 2007, Alice Springs
Convention Centre, Alice Springs NT
CONTACT US
For more information or orders, please contact our Minerals and Energy
Information Centre on (08) 8999 6443 or e-mail us at
geoscience.info@nt.gov.au. The Minerals and Energy Information Centre is
a service provided by the Northern Territory Department of Primary
Industry,Fisheries and Mines.
"NTGS Update", is a list of recently released geoscience products and on
occasion related information that could assist you in your business.
Although the email will be sent quarterly, ad hoc updates may be
distributed at shorter intervals on rare occasions. In general the
update will be sent out in the first 2 weeks of January, April, July
and October.
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Richard Brescianini
Director
Northern Territory Geological Survey
Department of Primary Industry, Fisheries and Mines
Centrepoint Building Smith Street Mall
GPO Box 3000 DARWIN NT 0801
AUSTRALIA
Tel: 61 8 8999-5377
Mob: 61 401 119-458
Fax: 61 8 8999-6824
E-mail: richard.brescianini@nt.gov.au
Web: http://www.minerals.nt.gov.au/ntgs
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