Victoria has a vibrant earth resources sector with a variety of commodities including brown coal, gold, petroleum, mineral sands and base metals, as well as emerging industries such as geothermal and geosequestration.
We support and promote investment opportunities in the sector, which includes providing cutting-edge geoscience information to help significantly reduce exploration risk. We also facilitate projects under development in the State as they navigate through approvals processes.
In addition, we maintain an efficient licensing and permitting system for exploration, resource development and operations, including for pipeline activities, and regulate the industry to ensure that environmental management standards are met.
Code of Practice for Small Quarries
The Code of Practice for Small Quarries has been made and is now available online. Click the link above for more information.
Gold explorers guide to Victoria VictorianGold Province: a contemporary exploration guide is a valuable source reference for geologists, both within and outside Australia, who influence decisions as to where a company’s exploration focus will be.
We are currently redeveloping our website. This page links to related web pages and documents that refer to our former divisional name, Minerals and Petroleum. The name change reflects our enhanced role in respect to geothermal and carbon storage (geosequestration) activities.
Victoria has a vibrant earth resources sector with a variety of commodities including brown coal, gold, petroleum, mineral sands and base metals, as well as emerging industries such as geothermal and geosequestration. 
