b'NewsGeophysics in the surveysGeological Survey of New South Wales: Geophysics blitzThe geophysics team at the Geological106 608 km2 of acquisition is planned Survey of NSW have had a busy firstfor the near future, including extensive half of 2023. A swathe of new dataAirborne Gravity over the New England acquisition spanning five differentregion and the release of the statewide techniques and covering nearly 20%Airborne Gravity survey conducted by of the state, alongside the continuedthe Department of Customer Service.update and release of nation-leading, high-resolution geophysical merges hasThe motivation behind such a strong kept our hands full. push for geophysical acquisition is multi-faceted. Provision of pre-Geophysical surveys acquired in 2023competitive data to support the include: exploration industry is very important, Yathong AEM (April, 6030 km2) however these surveys also provide Forbes-Dubbo AEM (MayJune, 21excellent datasets for geological 460 km2) study of the respective regions, asdatasets in the country by merging the Norther Extension AEM (June,well as helping to search for potentialbest available data into regional products. 3240 km2) groundwater in drought-ravaged areasWith statewide merges now at 25 m grid Yathong AMR (MayAugust, 11of the state. The data for all surveyscell size, and a large-scale regional merge 400 km2) performed by GSNSW are made open- of the highly prospective Central NSW Cobar-Yathong Seismic (AprilJune,file and distributed through our onlinedown to 10 m grid cell size, the resolution 500 line km) portal MinView. To access these data,of the data has never been better.simply scan the following QR code.These surveys are the tip of a much largerThe drive to revitalise the statewide iceberg, with 27 904 km2 of acquisitionIn addition to contributing a wealth of newgeophysics merges in NSW began also performed between 2019-2022geophysical data, GSNSW is dedicated towith exhaustive metadata production (Figure 1). And the fun doesnt stop now.providing the highest quality geophysicaland QA/QC of all airborne geophysical Figure 1.Map of recently completed and upcoming geophysical acquisition in NSW.23 PREVIEW AUGUST 2023'