PACE Copper

PACE Copper's comprehensive program of regional geoscience investigations and collaborative industry partnerships are designed to set the foundations for the next generation of resources industry growth and job creation in the services, supply and manufacturing sectors.

PACE Copper is a critical component of South Australia's Copper Strategy, committed to tripling the state's annual copper production by 2030 and supporting Australia's elevation to the third largest copper producer globally. The initiative plays a vital role in driving the exploration investment and discovery of the new high-quality resources required to meet South Australia's copper production goal of one million tonnes a year by 2030.

Accelerating exploration, discovery and information is a key theme of the Copper Strategy and the core challenge of PACE Copper. The new research, technical innovations and contemporary datasets delivered through PACE Copper will underpin new exploration efforts for the discovery of the next generation of South Australia's world-class mineral projects.

More specifically PACE Copper will:

• Deliver the world's largest high-resolution, airborne geophysical and terrain imaging program to rejuvenate exploration in South Australia's Copper Belt
• Encourage industry and government collaboration on new drilling targets
• Provide world-class data and analysis for the untouched minerals province in the state's Far West that will result in a major regional drilling program
• Aim to generate more than $400 million in private mineral exploration return for the state and create and retain up to 1000 direct and indirect jobs within the minerals industry and services sector

PACE Copper Programs

Next Generation Copper Discovery Program

	Gawler Craton Airborne Survey World's largest, high-resolution airborne geophysical and terrain imaging program as part of a 'regeneration' of exploration in the Gawler Craton. Project background, aims and outcomes
	Olympic Domain Airborne Electromagnetics Mapping cover across the Olympic Domain south of Olympic Dam using airborne electromagnetics to tie in with the Olympic Domain magnetotellurics project. Project background, aims and outcomes
	Olympic Domain Magnetotellurics Mapping beneath the Olympic Domain to characterise the mineral systems along the eastern margin of the Gawler Craton. Project background, aims and outcomes
	Mineral Systems Drilling Extension Unlocking new understanding of mineral systems in the northern Eyre Peninsula and trial new technologies for more effective mineral exploration through cover. Project background, aims and outcomes
	3D Data Integration Modelling Three-dimensional geophysical model defining the geological setting of whole of South Australia to help explorers make more informed exploration decisions and bring forward new mineral discoveries. Project background, aims and outcomes
	Depth to basement mapping Investigate new ways of processing geophysical data to see through cover and better understand the depth to the basement geology. Project background, aims and outcomes

PACE Discovery Drilling 2016

PACE Discovery Drilling 2016 Collaborative program of direct government investment in company exploration programs to bring forward new mineral discoveries. Project background, aims and outcomes

Far West Discovery Program

	Coompana Gravity Detailed regional gravity survey to help determine the structure, geology and prospectivity of the basement geology beneath the Nullarbor Plains. Project background, aims and outcomes Coompana Gravity data release Download Coompana Gravity data (21 MB)
	Coompana Drilling Regional stratigraphic drilling program to obtain new core samples from the greenfield frontier basement beneath the covered Nullarbor Plains Project background, aims and outcomes
	Geophysical Cover Characterisations Trialling new and existing geophysical techniques to determine depth to basement and cover types in the covered far west of South Australia. Project background, aims and outcomes
	Fowler Domain Airborne Electromagnetics Regional 5 km spaced Airborne Electromagnetic survey to map cover types and thickness over the prospective Fowler and western Christie Domains of the western Gawler Craton. Project background, aims and outcomes
	Far West Geochemistry Regional geochemical and biogeochemical surveys to provide a new generation of mineral exploration targets in covered terrain. Project background, aims and outcomes

Far North Discovery Program

AusLAMP Deep Crustal Magnetotellurics Finalise the coverage of the AusLAMP grid across the state to map the entire solid crust and mantle. Project background, aims and outcomes