It’s time for another quarterly snapshot of the geoscientist employment situation in Australia. This survey will provide data on trends in geoscientist employment in Australia during the second quarter of 2017. The March 2017 employment survey showed that unemployment and under-employment for geoscientists had fallen in three of the last four quarters – encouraging news after

Any geoscientist working in mineral exploration in Australia over the past few years will tell you that the sector has been doing it tough.   Junior explorers have experienced difficulties raising capital.  There appears to have not been a lot of mid-tier to major company interest in exploration in recent years, with a few notable exceptions.

Many readers will be aware of the recent, prominent campaign to have eye surgeon Fred Hollows, genuinely regarded by many as an iconic Australian, replace Queen Elizabeth on the Australian five dollar note.  The campaign generated so much interest, both in Australia and internationally, that the Reserve Bank of Australia presented the Fred Hollows Foundation with artwork

AIG welcomes the Hon Josh Frydenberg MP as the new Australian Government Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia.  AIG looks forward to working with Minister Frydenberg to preserve the pre-eminence of the minerals industry for the Australian economy and its communities. AIG also acknowledges and thanks the former Minister, the Hon Ian Macfarlane MP,

Susan Kihn, a Mining Talent Expert at CareerMine, based in Vancouver Canada, has analysed data extracted exclusively from the 2014 CareerMine Salary Survey results, to compare what geologists were earning in 2012 and what they are now earning in 2014. Even with the downturn in mining worldwide which has seen massive job losses as a result of mining

Mineral Systems: Advances from traditional ore deposit models This seminar was presented by AIG W.A. Branch in Perth, 11 August, 2014.  Videos of each presentation are available on the AIG YouTube channel.  Links are provided to each video below. Keynote Presentation: Cam McCuaig, Centre for Exploration Targeting, University of Western Australia The Mineral System Concept: the

“The  Mineral and Petroleum Exploration, Australia June 2014 quarter  report released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows a slight increase in mineral exploration expenditure and metres drilled on the back of consistent decreases,” said Simon Bennison, Association of Mining and Exploration Companies CEO. “This is not surprising given exploration is a seasonal industry

June Quarter Geoscientist Unemployment Falls but Rate Remains at Record Levels The Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG) June 2014 geoscientist employment survey revealed little good news for Australia’s geoscientists (geologists and geophysicists). The unemployment rate amongst Australia’s geoscientists fell to 15.5% from the record of 18.7% recorded in the January 2014 survey. The underemployment rate,

The latest AIG Australian Geoscientist Employment survey is open for submissions.   This series of surveys commenced in 2008 to monitor the impact of the global economic downturn on geoscientist employment throughout Australia. They provide valuable data that is used by AIG in conjunction with other industry groups to track fluctuations in geoscientist employment in parallel with