Review of geological trends.Australia,Kazakhstan and Russia
In these challenging times, when geologists are trying to "stretch" shrinking budgets in every way, some Australian states and territories are finding new ways to attract investment into exploration, including measures to stimulate co-financing of drilling and finding new innovative ways in geological prospecting.
At the same time, a variety of Australian and New Zealand jurisdictions are actively revising their regulatory regimes that govern (but often hinder) the legal framework for exploration. While many jurisdictions have announced their intention to "remove unnecessary red tape and streamline the negotiation process", the actual transition to a regulatory regime is often time-consuming and erroneous.