Geophysics and Drilling Collaborations Program: Round 17 Summary Report, 2024-2025

Abstract

This report summarises the results of round 17 of the Geophysics and Drilling Collaborations (GDC) program 2023-24. The GDC program allocates up to $3 million annually from the $9.5 million Resourcing the Territory program to co-fund eligible selected programs that address geoscientific knowledge gaps, advance exploration activity, and support the discovery and development of resources in the Territory.

This round introduced refinements to project categories and expanded eligible activities. These included the innovative targeting category adding up to $100 000 for seismic reprocessing to assist in visualizing sub-surface geology and undercover targeting. A new category 'advancing critical minerals' was added to support assessment of critical minerals endowment or recoverability using new or existing sample sets.