Exploration in the House 2015: Geology Survey of NSW Overview and highlights from 2014 by Dr John Greenfield
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Exploration in the House 2015: Geology Survey of NSW Overview and highlights from 2014 by Dr John Greenfield
- 1. Overview and highlights from 2014 Dr John Greenfield Director
- 2. 140 years strong… 102 Staff 63 Permanent, 39 Term staff Coal, Petroleum, Coal Innovation within GSNSW $40m Budget $6.5m Core, $8.9m New Frontiers $8m staff, $7.4m operational $3.0b Assets $2.5b – digital data holdings $0.5b – core, cuttings, samples in 6 core libraries 1378GSNSW products 589 books, reports, bulletins etc. 59 digital data packages, apps 543 maps Capabilities across coal, petroleum, geosequestration, geothermal and minerals: • Mapping • Mineral systems • Geophysics, 3D • Large survey and drilling procurement • Land-use, titles, & resource assessment • Palaeontology, Petrology, Hylogger • Digital Cartography • Editing, layout, graphics • Databases, web delivery, apps Premier geoscience agency in NSW
- 3. Build the foundation for resource discovery Expert advice founded on field-based knowledgeAdvice Strong investment in resources and geosciencePromotion Knowledge A sustainable resource pipeline for NSW Resource industry NSW Govt Investors Geo Orgs Public Stakeholders Vision:
- 5. Seamless Geology Eastern NSW (Zone 56) release Sydney Basin complete Structural & metamorphic coverage Londonderry Core Library Extension Construction team employed Slab- first concrete poured Cooperative Drilling Announcement of grantees Two major drilling intersections Southern Thomson Orogen MT and gravity surveys Interpretation and compilation Geoscience Information Gateway New DIGS search engine Mineral Resource Audit Roll-out to Councils Coal Innovation Darling Basin- Proven carbon storage potential Key Projects Common Ground Now live China Mining 2014 New institutional investors in NSW MOU with China Geological Survey 3D Modelling Clarence Morton Basin Special MentionsHighlights of 2014 commonground.nsw.gov.au
- 6. Londonderry Core Library CORE: Drillholes - 52 Km – 1100 km ?- 8,126.69 Boxes - 2,181 CUTTINGS: Holes - 18 ? - 7,736.95 Boxes - 123 VISITORS: Department Industry Academic Other Total 138 143 55 238 574 SAMPLING: 73 holes were sampled in this period Drillholes scanned 215 (63km) 46 (12km) Avge (m) scanned per day ~150m Datasets on AuScope portal 88 81 (115 awaiting upload) Hylogger Total 2014
- 7. Seamless Geology- Zone 56 Newcastle Maitland
- 9. Maitland
- 13. Cooperative Drilling- Round 1 • $2m for up to 50% of direct drilling costs, with a cap of $200 000 per project • New Frontiers projects- either greenfield areas or new concepts • Last receipts in 16th September 2015
- 14. Cooperative Drilling Round 2 Either 50%, 75% or 100% of direct drilling costs, with a cap of $200 000 per project
- 15. Collerina Paupong GSNSW success… building foundations for discovery
- 16. Thank you and good luck in 2015