b'Geophysics in the SurveysNewsGeoscience Australia: NewsGeoscience Australia (GA), inof the Exploring for the Future (EFTF)dataset acquired in collaboration with collaboration with the Geological Surveyscampaign, conducted in collaborationthe Northern Territory Geological Survey of Western Australia, South Australia,with the respective State and Territory(NTGS) provides significant resolution Northern Territory, Queensland, Newgeological survey agencies. Deliverablesimprovement over historical work. Since South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania haswill include a full suite of inversions andbeing released earlier this year, the had an exceptionally busy couple ofintegrated data products for groundwaterdataset has already sparked considerable years for geophysical survey acquisitionresource analysis, and pre-competitiveinterest from mineral resource companies and processing (Figure 1). information for the identification of newwishing to invest in this remote, relatively Some specific highlights include: mineral resources throughout Northernunder-explored but highly prospective Australia. Inversion data for Queenslandterrain.and NT parts of the program can alreadyThe located and gridded data is now be accessed via the EFTF portal.AusAEM2 available via GAs e-catalogue system (https://ecat.ga.gov.au/ number 131406) The Australian airborne EM surveyingTanami airborne magnetics andor via the NTGS website.program (AusAEM) over northernradiometric datasetAustralia was suspended in October of this year at 72% complete whilstGA has recently completed additionalMagnetotelluric data releasesthe aircraft undertakes work for theprocessing of the Northern Territory USGS. AusAEM commenced in 20182018 Tanami airborne magnetics andMagnetotellurics (MT) is a passive and will eventually cover an entire arearadiometrics survey to generate ageophysical method that uses natural of2.56 million km2, from Hughenden inseamless merge for the 43 000 km2time variations of the Earths magnetic Queensland to Port Hedland in Westernflown over The Granites and Mountand electric fields to measure the Australia (Figure 1). The remaining138Solitaire 250 k map sheets. Flown at 200electrical resistivity of the sub-surface. 700 line km will be completed by them flight line spacing and 60 m groundGA, in collaboration with the state middle of 2020 and is an integral partclearance, this new regional geophysicaland territory geological surveys and Figure 1.20182020 geophysical surveyscompleted, in progress or planned by GA in collaboration with State and Territory agencies.21 PREVIEW DECEMBER 2019'