The Council for Geoscience is actively engaged in various activities within and outside the borders of South Africa, including:

• Geological Mapping
• Metallogenic Mapping
• Geotechnical Mapping
• Economic Geology
• Engineering Geological Site Investigations
• Airborne and ground-based Geophysical Surveys and Interpretations
• Geochemical Surveys
• Seismology
• Ground-water Investigations
• Coastal Erosion Studies
• Marine Geology
• Environmental Impact Assessments
• Palaeontology
• Geographic Information System Development and Spatial Database Design
• Laboratory Services
  • Wet-chemical Determinations
  • Geotechnical Analytical Services
  • Optical- and Electron Microscopy
  • Petrographic Descriptions
  • Mineralogy
  • X-ray Diffractometry
  • X-ray Fluorescence
• Data Analysis, design and Compilation of Geoscience Databases
• Information Management and Dissemination
• Map Production:
  • Geological Maps
  • Geophysical Maps, including Magnetic, Radiometric and Gravity Maps
  • Seismic Hazard Maps
  • Metallogenic Maps
• Geoscience Publications in various formats