b'Geophysics in the surveysNewsGeological Survey of Queensland: New Economy Resources Initiative geophysics programmes and Cloncurry extension MT results releasedThe Department of Resources recent funding package, the New Economy Minerals Initiative (NEMI) aims to continue to drive exploration and understanding of the range of metals and minerals found in Queensland that will be required for emerging technologies\x08 This year sees the commencement of the acquisition of more pre-competitive airborne geophysics as well as a study into mineralisation conduits using broad scale magnetotellurics\x08Under this funding, GSQ will be extending our 100 m magnetic and radiometric data coverage in Northwest Queensland, with the Kamilaroi survey well into the planning stages\x08 This survey will extend the 100 m coverage to the north of the recent Central Isa and Cloncurry North surveys (see Figure 1) and was selected as it follows a trend of structures hosting cobalt mineralisation and copper deposits in the south\x08 The survey will cover an area of ~6000 km2 with flying expected to be underway byMay\x08The Canobie Airborne Gravity Gradiometry survey will provide an improvement in the gravity resolution to the north of Cloncurry in an area of cover\x08 The survey will be flown with a line spacing of 1 km and willFigure 1.Map showing bounds of airborne geophysical surveys to be collected as part of NEMI. Purple shading cover an area of ~5000 km2 in an areaindicates past 100 m survey coverage.prospective for IOGC deposits\x08 Planned integration of the airborne data with the existing 2 km spaced regional ground gravity data which covers the whole Mt Isa Inlier will be done to determine the value of future coverage in this region\x08 Flying is expected to commence mid-year\x08MT in QueenslandIn addition to the pre-competitive airborne geophysics collected under NEMI, the GSQ will also be embarking on an in-house field campaign to acquire broadband MT data along the previously acquired 14GA-CF2 and 14GA-CF3 seismic lines in the southwest (see Figure2)\x08This survey is the first phase of a campaign of work aimed at better defining the enigmatic Carpentaria Conductivity Anomaly (CCA)\x08 The CCA is spatially associated with mineralisation in the Cloncurry area, but little is known about the extension of this feature toFigure 2.Map of the existing Boulia MT survey sites in black and the new CCA phase one planned the south\x08 The 2021 acquisition will actdeployment sites in orange.21 PREVIEW APRIL 2021'