2025 Queensland Drilling Sentiment Survey

Introduction - about your drilling company

If you were involved in any resource drilling activities in Queensland in 2024-25, we'd appreciate you completing this short survey. The survey aims to understand your experiences over the past year. Please feel free to forward the survey on to any fellow drillers who may be interested in sharing their views.

The results of the survey will form part of the Queensland Exploration Council's 2025 Exploration Scorecard, which will be released on 31 October 2025 at the QEC Breakfast.

Please note: all your data is aggregated, so your answers are confidential and anonymous.

For any questions relating to this survey please contact the QEC Scorecard Team via email: info@queenslandexploration.com.au

Thank you for helping to describe the importance of resource drilling to Queensland. Please feel free to forward the survey on to any colleagues who might be interested in sharing their views.

1.What were your company's main drilling exploration targets in 2024-25? (select all that apply)
2.In general terms, how do you see your company's drilling activity in Queensland over the next 12 months (July 2025 to June 2026)?
3.How much did the following factors in Queensland affect your company's objectives in 2024-25?
Very postively
Positively
Not at all
Negatively
Very negatively
Equipment availability and costs (eg rigs, material and/or supply chain issues)
Labour/skills availability
Department of Resources assistance with tenure application and grant processes
Policy uncertainty (Commonwealth)
Access to exploration funding
Pre-competitive geoscientific data
Exploration tenure application and grant processes
Approvals
Department of Resources response to requests on tenure compliance and administration
Land available for exploration
Native Title regulations
Royalty/tax rates
Increased costs due to inflation
Social licence to operate (including the shift in investor expectations)
Conduct and compensation agreements
Exploration tenure compliance and administration
Environmental regulations
Policy uncertainty (State)
Cultural Heritage regulations
Resources prospectivity/endowment
4.What is the name of your drilling company?
5.Please add any further comments you may have in regards to the survey and your responses
On behalf of all of Queensland explorers – past, present and future – thank you for your feedback. All your comments will help to improve Queensland’s exploration systems. Please feel free to go back and add in any final detail into your comments.