b'Geophysics in the surveysNewsGeological Survey of Western Australia: AusAEM20-WA updateThe TEMPEST component of AusAEM20WA Stage 1 is complete\x08 Data from the Eastern Goldfields and the East Yilgarn survey blocks (Figure 1) were released on 4 February 2021, followed by the neighbouring EaraheedyDesert block dataset on 25 March 2021\x08 Figure 2 shows the location of the Stage 1 survey blocks for coverage with the TEMPEST and SkyTEM systems\x08 AusAEM20WA is a National Collaborative Framework Agreement project between GSWA and Geoscience Australia\x08 Its objective is to complete 20 km AEM coverage of those parts of Western Australia that were not surveyed as part of Year 2 of Geoscience Australias EFTF AusAEM survey\x08Data acquisition with the SkyTEM system in the Southwest block resumed on 8 March 2021, after having been suspended in November 2020 when the survey helicopter was redeployed to summer bushfire work\x08 Acquisition over the Murchison block will follow after the Southwest block is complete\x08 Plans are for the data from both blocksFigure 1.AusAEM20WA Eastern Goldfields and East Yilgarn blocksstacked profiles of conductivitydepth images (image courtesy of Geoscience Australia).to be available by the end of calendar year 2021\x08Planning is in progress for coverage of the remaining strip in the southeast of Western Australia, tentatively in the 202122 financial year\x08 Ultimately, the Western Australia coverage will go a long way towards attainment of the aspirational national goal of 20 km AEM coverage over continental AustraliaAusAEM20\x08Funding for AusAEM20WA is from the Western Australian governments Exploration Incentive Scheme and additional support from the States COVID-19 recovery plan\x08Data from the recently released datasets (and other government-funded regional datasets) may be downloaded from GeoVIEW\x08WAGSWAs interactive mapping, data discovery, and data delivery platformor from the national Geophysical Archive Data Delivery System (GADDS) hosted by Geoscience Australia\x08For more information, contactFigure 2.Location of AusAEM20WA survey areas. Numbers refer to dataset registration numbers in geophysics@dmirs\x08wa\x08gov\x08au\x08 GSWAs MAGIX data repository.23 PREVIEW APRIL 2021'