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State register · NT

Northern Territory

Manganese, bauxite, gold and zinc across some of Australia’s most remote country.

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43
sites in the register
17
operating
8
care & maintenance
18
in development

The districts

Top End

Gove bauxite, historic Ranger uranium and Groote Eylandt manganese.

Tanami

A desert gold province straddling the WA border.

Barkly

The McArthur Basin’s world-class zinc–lead systems.

Central Australia

Gold and emerging rare-earth country around Alice Springs.

Most-recorded commodities

Gold · 22Silver · 9Copper · 9Iron ore · 8Bismuth · 5Phosphate · 4Zinc · 3Lead · 3Cobalt · 3Bauxite & alumina · 2Manganese · 2Mineral sands · 2

Operating · 17

Callie Gold Operating Cosmo Howley Gold Operating Dhupuma Plateau Bauxite & alumina Operating Gove Bauxite & alumina, Silica sand Operating Groote Eylandt Manganese Operating Howley Gold Operating McArthur River Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Antimony Operating Nobles Gold, Silver, Copper, Bismuth Operating Roper Bar Iron ore Operating Roper Heavy Minerals Mineral sands, Iron ore Operating Roper River Iron Iron ore Operating Tanami - Newmont Gold Operating Tanami Project Gold Operating The Granites Gold Operating Tiwi Mineral sands Operating Union Reefs Gold, Silver Operating Warrego Gold, Copper, Bismuth, Iron ore, Silver Operating

Care & maintenance · 8

Bootu Creek Manganese Care & maintenance Brocks Creek Gold, Silver Care & maintenance Finniss Lithium Project Lithium Care & maintenance Frances Creek Iron ore Care & maintenance Peko Gold, Copper, Bismuth, Cobalt, Silver Care & maintenance Peko - magnetite tailings Iron ore Care & maintenance Sorrel Project Copper Care & maintenance Twin Bonanza Gold Care & maintenance

In development · 18

Ammaroo Phosphate Phosphate, Uranium In development Batman Gold In development Geolsec Phosphate In development Home of Bullion Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Cobalt, Gold In development Leliyn Graphite In development Merlin Diamond In development Molyhil Molybdenum, Copper, Tungsten, Iron ore In development Mount Bundy Project Gold In development Mount Todd Project Gold In development Nolans Bore Rare earth elements, Uranium, Phosphate In development Quest 29 Gold In development Quigleys Gold In development Rover 1 Copper, Gold, Cobalt, Silver, Bismuth, Iron ore In development Rover 1 Zn-Pb-Ag Zinc, Silver, Lead In development Rustlers Roost Gold In development Tom's Gully Gold In development White Devil Gold, Bismuth, Copper In development Wonarah Phosphate In development

Going deeper? The NT Geological Survey publishes the primary geological data for Northern Territory.

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