australia's identified mineral resources 2005 - Geoscience Australia

AUSTRALIA’S IDENTIFIED MINERAL RESOURCES 2005
Notes for Table 1
Abbreviations: t = tonne; m 3 = cubic metre; L = litre; kt = 10 3 t; Mc = 10 6 carat;
Mt = 10 6 t; Gt = 10 9 t; GL = 10 9 L.
(a) Total inferred resources in economic, subeconomic
and undifferentiated categories.
(b) Accessible EDR (AEDR) is the portion of
total EDR that is accessible for mining.
AEDR does not include resources which are
inaccessible for mining because of
environmental restrictions, government
policies or military lands.
(c) Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC)
Proven and Probable Ore Reserves as stated
in company annual reports and reports to
Australian Stock Exchange.
(d) Sources: Australian Bureau of Agricultural
and Resource Economics (ABARE).
(e) Sources: Geoscience Australia for Australian
figures, USGS Mineral Commodities
Summaries for other countries.
(f) World mine production for 2004, mostly
USGS estimates.
(g) Includes chrysotile production.
(h) Black and brown coal reserves include both
JORC reserves and Geoscience Australia
estimated reserves for operating mines that
do not publish JORC reserves.
(i) Raw coal.
(j) Geoscience Australia estimate.
(k) Saleable coal.
(l) Excludes Morocco and USA.
(m) Excludes USA.
(n) Not reported by mining companies.
(o) Source: WMC Resources Ltd 2004 Annual
Report (di-ammonium phosphate 647 862 t;
mono-ammonium phosphate 236 059 t).
(p) Source: Phosphate Resources Ltd Annual
Report 2003 (518 500 dry tonnes of rock
shipped; 67 237 dry tonnes of dust shipped).
(q) Latest production figure is 358 t for 2003 from
USGS Mineral Commodities Summaries 2004.
(r) Source: WEC Survey of Energy Resources
for 1999.
(s) Latest production figure is 0.47 GL from the
WEC Survey of Energy Resources for end 2002.
(t) Tantalum production from company data.
(u) Source: OECD/NEA & IAEA (2004). Compiled
from the most recent data for resources
recoverable at