Investment Opportunities & Industry Activity

Investment opportunities | Industry activity | Victorian resources fact sheets | Discovery magazine

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Investment opportunities

Rediscover the Potential

Victoria offers an excellent investment environment in which great prospectivity, low sovereign risk, world-class geoscience data and a transparent approvals process combine to make it the perfect platform for business growth.

• Excellent prospectivity providing more opportunities to explore
• World-class pre-competitive and cutting edge geoscientific data reducing exploration and development risk
• A State Government which supports resource investment and research and development
• Low sovereign risk, a stable environment and a strong resilient economy
• A clear and consistent approvals process
• Highly integrated infrastructure with one of the lowest energy costs in Australia
• Uniquely positioned to adapt to a carbon constrained economy
• An enviable lifestyle and access to a skilled work force
• A well established mining services sector

Base metals Victoria, Australia, is emerging as a new base metals province following a number of significant discoveries and projections for strong future resource prospectivity. Base metal occurrences exist throughout the State of Victoria with particularly strong under sediment cover prospectivity in the state’s northwest. Base metal ores present in Victoria contain relatively common metals such as copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum and nickel. Victoria - Base metals fact sheet Victoria - Base metals fact sheet (PDF 1.2MB)
Coal Victoria offers investors the opportunity to develop low-cost brown coal projects from one of the world’s largest, high-quality coal resources, located close to potential carbon capture and storage sites... Victoria - Coal fact sheet (PDF 418KB) Victoria - Coal fact sheet - Mandarin (PDF 1.8MB) How to access brown coal in Victoria (PDF 1.5MB) How to access brown coal in Victoria - Mandarin (PDF 1.3MB) Our Coal, Our Future - Future Opportunities for brown coal (PDF 1.0MB)
Geothermal energy Victoria offers exploration and development opportunities in the geothermal energy sector. The close proximity of potential geothermal energy sources to the national electricity grid, combined with an established regulatory framework and comprehensive and expanding open-file geoscience databases help reduce your exploration risk. Victoria - Geothermal fact sheet (PDF 140KB)
Gold Victoria is a world-renowned gold province with a variety of deposit styles and world-class pre-competitive geoscientific information to guide explorers to major new discoveries. Victoria has 13 goldfields that have each produced more than 1 Moz of gold, including one field of 22 Moz and another of 12 Moz. Many of these old goldfields offer an opportunity to reopen mines, add ounces through modern exploration in adjacent locations or find totally new deposits... Victoria - Gold fact sheet (PDF 101KB) Victoria - Gold fact sheet - Mandarin (PDF 1.3MB)
Mineral sands Victoria is emerging as a world-class mineral sands province offering explorers proven mineral endowment supported by quality geoscience information and a sophisticated export infrastructure. Victoria’s mineral sands production is set to soar from 2009, with an additional 850,000 tonnes per annum of heavy mineral concentrate derived from the Murray Basin Stage 2 and Donald projects. This will represent a four fold increase of concentrate currently processed at the Hamilton separation plant... Victoria - Mineral sands fact sheet (PDF 93KB)
Oil and gas Victoria is a world-renowned oil and gas province with significant opportunities for explorers in new areas or through farm-in, underpinned by world-class pre-competitive information and ready access to existing infrastructure and markets. Victoria is a significant contributor to Australian oil and gas production, with proven potential for further exploration and development. Victoria - Oil & gas fact sheet (PDF 139KB)