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Exploration

Access information about exploration release areas, licences and areas of high level mineral resource potential in Tasmania.

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Mining

Find information about the Quarry Code of Practice, mining leases and mineral rights within Tasmania.

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Geoscience

Access geological maps and understand the geoscience initiatives being undertaken in Tasmania.

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Prospecting and fossicking

Discover what you need to fossick and prospect for minerals in Tasmania.

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Land and resource management

Access information on how we manage the sustainability of mining and exploration for community benefit in Tasmania.

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Updates to Information for Explorers guidance

MRT has released an updated version of the Information for Explorers document.

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2 new reports on Tasmania's natural hydrogen and helium potential

Geoscience Australia and Mineral Resources Tasmania have collaborated to publish two new reports into the exploration potential for natural hydrogen and helium in Tasmania.

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Recommendation to Grant EL4/2023 - Hadspen

The Director of Mines intends to recommend to the Minister for Resources that he grant the following exploration licence:

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Recommendation to Grant EL7/2023 - Fourteen Mile Creek

The Director of Mines intends to recommend to the Minister for Resources that he grant the following exploration licence:

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Reports released to open file

Following is a list of company and MRT reports made open file in July 2023.The reports can be downloaded from the MRT database.

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Recommendation to Grant EL1/2023 - Mount Heemskirk

The Director of Mines intends to recommend to the Minister for Resources that he grant the following exploration licence:

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Recommendation to Grant EL2/2023 - Meredith Range

The Director of Mines intends to recommend to the Minister for Resources that he grant the following exploration licence:

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Recommendation to Grant EL38/2022 - Mount Kershaw

The Director of Mines intends to recommend to the Minister for Resources that he grant the following exploration licence:

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Recommendation to Grant EL9/2023 - Mount Slaughter

The Director of Mines intends to recommend to the Minister for Resources that he grant the following exploration licence:

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Recommendation to Grant EL40/2022 - Campbell Town

The Director of Mines intends to recommend to the Minister for Resources that he grant the following exploration licence:

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New dates for hornblende mylonites in western Tasmania

Four samples of the hornblende mylonites of western Tasmania were selected for Ar/Ar hornblende dating.

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Debris flow hazard assessment for kunanyi / Mt. Wellington

MRT has released a new debris flow hazard assessment for kunanyi/Mt. Wellington. The assessment outlines methods used in the creation of a new generation of debris flow maps for the Hobart area.

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MRT's conditions of data use

MRT has published an update to its Conditions of Data Use, available for download here.

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UTAS Honours Project at Legacy Scotia Mine Site

A UTAS Honours student has completed a study aimed at understanding the lithological, geochemical, and mineralogical drivers of water quality at the Scotia mine site, northeastern Tasmania.

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Recommendation to Grant EL32/2022 - Longford

The Director of Mines intends to recommend to the Minister for Resources that he grant the following exploration licence:

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Recommendation to Grant EL41/2022 - Observatory Hill

The Director of Mines intends to recommend to the Minister for Resources that he grant the following exploration licence:

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Geochronology of Proterozoic rocks in NW Tasmania

Early results from a project dating mineralisation in the Proterozoic rocks of NW Tasmania were recently presented at the Australian Earth Science Convention in Perth.

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Research dates submarine volcanic succession at Kennaook/Cape Grim

MRT has supported a study, published in the Australian Journal of Earth Sciences by J. M. Fox and others from the University of Tasmania, that includes the first 40Ar/39Ar geochronology for the Kennaook/Cape Grim volcanic succession.

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