Themes/Feature Articles

Cover feature - NSW coal industry

• Bright outlook for coal
• Aeromagnetic and radiometric survey at Wilpinjong - East Ulan
• Update of Sydney gas coal seam methane project
• Mount Arthur North project update
• Donaldson Coal project update
• Carrington Mine update
• Ultra clean coal as a gas turbine fuel

A message from the Director-General

• Exploration New South Wales
• New geophysical surveys
• Grasmere 1:100 000 sheet, home to a few surprises
• Mount Daubeny Basin: A pull-apart structure with base metal and gold potential

Feature - Gold

• History of gold mining in New South Wales
• Gold ... 150 years on

Minerals

• Planning for mineral sand developments
• Positive outlook for the NSW metallic minerals industry
• Murray Basin mineral sands: Ginkgo project
• Peak Hill gold: Update
• Important NSW mineral projects
• Exploration licences (ELs)
• ELs granted October-December 2000
• Summaries of terminated ELs July-September 2000
• ELs in force January 2001 (map)
• ELs terminated October-December 2000 (map)

Coal & Petroleum

• Coal authorisations/ELs February 2001
• Coal mining proposals March 2001
• Petroleum titles February 2001

Safety & Environment

• Environmental trust grants for the rehabilitation of derelict mines
• A safe and healthy mining industry - the contribution of governments
• Explosions in coal mines: Low frequency, high consequence
• The problem of dryland salinity: How can the Department help?

General

• Mining and petroleum legislation clarifies existing acts
• PDAC: Prospectors and Developers Association Convention
• Native Title: Low impact exploration
• Publications released January-March 2001
• New expenditure requirement for one unit exploration licences