Can we do it? Yes we can!, page-51

To continue the theme of “Some posters are making stuff up”, here’s one for the shower-routine-disarrayed Pintahoo who stated: ”resources??? - we have lots of sand and lots of coal and iron ore, that's pretty much it” :

Australia ranks among the top 4 in economic resources for 21 primary industrial minerals, more than any other nation. Statistics are for December 2016.^[22]

Units of measurement: t = tonne; kt = kilotonne (1,000 t); Mt = million tonne (1,000,000 t); Mc = million carat (1,000,000 c)

	Mineral	Unit of Measurement	Demonstrated Economic Resources	World Ranking of Resources	% of World Resources	Production (2016)	World Ranking of Production	% of World Production	Years of Resources at Current Production Rate
1	Iron ore	Mt ore	49,588	1	29	858	1	38	58
2	Gold	t content	9,800	1	17	288	2	9	34
3	Uranium	kt content	1,212	1	29	6.31	3	10	192
4	Zircon	Mt ore	72.1	1	67	.60	1	31	120
5	Zinc	Mt content	63.5	1	28	.884	3	7	75
6	Lead	Mt content	24.09	1	40	.45	2	9	54
7	Nickel	Mt content	18.5	1	24	.204	5	9	91
8	Coal, Brown(lignite)	Mt	66,439	2	24	63.3	5	6	1,050
9	Bauxite	Mt ore	6,005	2	22	82.15	1	31	73
10	Cobalt	kt content	1164	2	14	5.47	5	4	213
11	Tungsten	kt content	391	2	12	.11	12	.40	1,151
12	Titanium (Ilmenite&Rutile)	Mt ore	276.1	2	17	1.7	2	10	162
13	Silver	kt content	89.29	2	16	1.42	5	5	63
14	Copper	Mt content	87.78	2	12	.95	5	5	92
15	Lithium	kt content	2,730	3	18	14	1	41	195
16	Diamond (industrial)	Mc	115.84	3	18	13.96	2	24	8
17	Coal, Black	Mt	64,045	4	10	566.3	4	7	113
18	Vanadium	kt content	2,111	4	11	0	0	NA	NA
19	Tin	kt content	486	4	10	6.64	7	2	73
20	Manganese	Mt ore	219	4	13	3.2	4	9	68
21	Antimony	kt content	139	4	9	5.5	4	4	25
22	Rare Earth Elements	Mt ore	3.43	6	3	.014	2	11	245

Just sayin’
Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_in_Australia