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A Message from the Minister

A Message from the Director-General

EXPLORATION NSW

• Airborne gravity survey conducted at Broken Hill 
• Broken Hill information products release
• Potential for sediment-hosted lead-zinc in Broken Hill region
• Information directory assists explorers in Broken Hill Region
• New Inverell geophysical dataset released
• New data package for Oaklands Basin to encourage search for petroleum
• Major airborne geophysical survey conducted on western NSW
• DMR promotes new releases at ASEG Conference

Minerals

• Assessing the NSW coast for land use planning and natural resource management
• Excavated rock as a potential source of construction materials
• Cementing the future: Blue Circle Southern Cement
• Mineral Hill Exploration Update
• Consolidated Broken Hill Update
• Ardlethan Tin Mine Update
• ELs granted to Decemeber 2002 / March 2003
• Summaries of terminated ELs to December 2002
• ELs Cancelled/Expired December 2002 (map)
• Els in force December 2002 (map)
• Summaries of terminated ELs to March 2003
• ELs Cancelled/Expired March 2003 (map)
• Els in force March 2003 (map)
• Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Convention
• Important New South Wales Mineral Projects

Coal and Petroleum

• Coal and Petroleum updates
• Wilpinjong coal development area tender
• NSW coal industry overview and outlook
• Ridgelands Stage 2 and North West Hunter Drilling Program 
• Coal Authorisation/Exploration Licenses December 2002 (map p.43)
• Coal Authorisation/Exploration Licenses March 2003 (map p.45) 
• Coal Mining Proposals May 2003 (map p.47)
• Petroleum Titles December 2002 (map p.49)
• Petroleum Titles March 2003 (map p.51)

Safety

• Stand up for safety
• Engineering compliance assessments

Environment

• Derelict Mines Program 2002 - 03
• Small Mines Safety Management Kit
• Using Native Grasses in Rehabilitation
• Ensuring positive environmental outcomes
• Remediation of the derelict Valla Mine

General

• 2002 - 2003 New South Wales Minerals Industry Annual
• New Conservation Reserve category permits exploration and mining
• Brigalow Belt South Bioregion assessment concludes
• Publications released through to May 2003