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Abstract:
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Introduction -- Purpose -- Problems -- Issues addressed -- Process of the inquiry ; Context to the inquiry : The general decline in mineral exploration -- What is "greenfields" exploration -- Trends in greenfields exploration for 1996 to 2001 -- Trends in greenfields exploration in the backlog of pending tenements -- Summary of the context to the inquiry ; Economic considerations : Direct job creation of greenfields exploration -- Summary of economic considerations ; Findings from submission : World downturn in demand and prices for minerals -- Amalgamations and rationalisation in the industy as a consequence of globalisation -- Increased national and global competition for exploration investment -- Perceptions of prospecitivity and relative lack of modern regional geoscience data sets -- Financial issues related to levels of taxation and lack of incentives for such higt risk invertment -- Access to land -- Perceptions concerning the avaiavility and cost of providing essential infrastructure for future development -- Legal and administrative issues associated with overlapping Federal and State legislation -- Other issues: Training, and skills being lost -- Summary of suggested actions.
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