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2026 Queensland Drilling Sentiment Survey

Introduction - about your drilling company

If you were involved in any resource drilling activities in Queensland in 2025-26, we'd appreciate you completing this short survey. The survey aims to understand your experiences over the past year.

The results of the survey will form part of the Queensland Exploration Council's 2026 Exploration Scorecard.

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.

1.What were your company's main drilling exploration targets in 2025-26? (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 2026 to June 2027)?
3.How much did the following factors in Queensland affect your company's objectives in 2025-26?
Very postively
Positively
Not at all
Negatively
Very negatively
Royalty/tax rates
Conduct and compensation agreements
Equipment availability and costs (eg rigs, material and/or supply chain issues)
Department of Resources assistance with tenure application and grant processes
Access to exploration funding
Land available for exploration
Exploration tenure compliance and administration
Environmental regulations
Increased costs due to inflation
Exploration tenure application and grant processes
Approvals
Policy uncertainty (State)
Pre-competitive geoscientific data
Cultural Heritage regulations
Social licence to operate (including the shift in investor expectations)
Labour/skills availability
Native Title regulations
Resources prospectivity/endowment
Department of Resources response to requests on tenure compliance and administration
Policy uncertainty (Commonwealth)
4.In addition to the factors above, the following issues have emerged over the past 12 months. To what extent do you expect these to affect your organisation’s activity?
Very Positively
Positively
No Impact
Negatively
Very Negatively
Federal Government proposed changes to capital gains tax (removal of the 50% CGT discount)
Federal Government proposed domestic gas reservation scheme
Global oil shock and Australia’s fuel supply and security (impact to date and expected ongoing impacts)
5.What is the name of your drilling company?
6.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.