Rich geology beneath the toes of Tasmanians has been revealed as a part of a federal Exploring for the Future program.
Resources Minister Madeleine King mentioned on Thursday the brand new Geoscience Australia and Mineral Resources Tasmania information would help the state’s mining business.
Last 12 months, a helicopter carrying radiometric and magnetic surveying gear flew throughout almost 10,000 sq. kilometres of south-eastern Tasmania.
“Just like an ultrasound can reveal what’s inside your body, magnetic and radiometric surveys can reveal the geology below the ground by measuring the magnetism and tiny amounts of natural radioactivity of the Earth,” she mentioned.
The survey recognized probably profitable deposits of gold, bauxite, tungsten and different crucial minerals, and may detect groundwater aquifers and totally different soil sorts in agricultural areas.
State Resources Minister Felix Ellis mentioned Tasmania was in an enviable place to capitalise on rising world demand for these minerals, supported by considerable renewable power.
The information may be discovered on Geoscience Australia’s on-line digital catalogue, eCat.
