State register · NT
Northern Territory
Manganese, bauxite, gold and zinc across some of Australia’s most remote country.
43
sites in the register
17
operating
8
care & maintenance
18
in development
The districts
Top End
Gove bauxite, historic Ranger uranium and Groote Eylandt manganese.
Tanami
A desert gold province straddling the WA border.
Central Australia
Gold and emerging rare-earth country around Alice Springs.
Most-recorded commodities
Operating · 17
Callie Gold Cosmo Howley Gold Dhupuma Plateau Bauxite & alumina Gove Bauxite & alumina, Silica sand Groote Eylandt Manganese Howley Gold McArthur River Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Antimony Nobles Gold, Silver, Copper, Bismuth Roper Bar Iron ore Roper Heavy Minerals Mineral sands, Iron ore Roper River Iron Iron ore Tanami - Newmont Gold Tanami Project Gold The Granites Gold Tiwi Mineral sands Union Reefs Gold, Silver Warrego Gold, Copper, Bismuth, Iron ore, Silver
Care & maintenance · 8
Bootu Creek Manganese Care & maintenance Brocks Creek Gold, Silver Care & maintenance Finniss Lithium Project Lithium Care & maintenance Frances Creek Iron ore Care & maintenance Peko Gold, Copper, Bismuth, Cobalt, Silver Care & maintenance Peko - magnetite tailings Iron ore Care & maintenance Sorrel Project Copper Care & maintenance Twin Bonanza Gold Care & maintenance
In development · 18
Ammaroo Phosphate Phosphate, Uranium In development Batman Gold In development Geolsec Phosphate In development Home of Bullion Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Cobalt, Gold In development Leliyn Graphite In development Merlin Diamond In development Molyhil Molybdenum, Copper, Tungsten, Iron ore In development Mount Bundy Project Gold In development Mount Todd Project Gold In development Nolans Bore Rare earth elements, Uranium, Phosphate In development Quest 29 Gold In development Quigleys Gold In development Rover 1 Copper, Gold, Cobalt, Silver, Bismuth, Iron ore In development Rover 1 Zn-Pb-Ag Zinc, Silver, Lead In development Rustlers Roost Gold In development Tom's Gully Gold In development White Devil Gold, Bismuth, Copper In development Wonarah Phosphate In development
Going deeper? The NT Geological Survey publishes the primary geological data for Northern Territory.
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Sources for this page
- Geoscience Australia — OZMIN (EarthResourceML-Lite WFS) — licensed CC BY 3.0 AU , retrieved 2026-08-24
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