Geoscience Australia to develop a first-ever national database of mine waste sites across the country and the minerals that could be present.
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Invisible gold seen for the first time
A Curtin University research team in Western Australia has uncovered the nature of invisible gold trapped in pyrite and developed an eco-friendlier way to extract it.
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Women in geoscience study reveal disparity
A University of South Australia (UniSA) research project has found that only 3 per cent of women in the geosciences sector have achieved their career goals.
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Tasmania to boost visibility of resources sector
The Tasmanian Government is aiming to grow its mineral resources sector with a $2.4 million upgrade to the Mineral Resources Tasmania Core Library at Mornington.
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DNA sequencing could unlock hidden mineral deposits: Geoscience BC
Canada's Geoscience BC has proposed that genomic sequencing can be used as a mineral exploration technique.
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Australia ramps up resources exploration with $125m investment
The Australian Government has injected $125 million into expanding Geoscience Australia’s Exploring for the Future minerals exploration program to strengthen the resources sector.
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QLD magnifies mineral exploration with $10m grant
The Queensland Government has announced a $10 million mineral exploration funding boost as part of its Unite and Recover jobs plan in the face of COVID-19 impacts.
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Australia could reap extra $9.4bn from critical minerals
The Australian Government reiterates its commitment to ensuring Australia reaches its potential as a global supplier of critical minerals following the release of a report from Geoscience Australia.
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Tech targets taking exploration 300km underground
The Australian Academy of Sciences has launched a comprehensive 10-year plan for Australian geoscience development.
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New Curtin Uni facility unlocking ‘hidden’ gold
Scientists at Curtin University have uncovered gold nanoparticles in arsenopyrite using atom probing.
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Geoscience Australia takes out innovation award
Geoscience Australia’s Mineral Potential Mapper tool has won the Engaging with the Edge category at the 2016 Public Sector Innovation Awards.
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South Australia’s final frontier to be explored
OZ Minerals has partnered with Mithril Resources to explore seven new licence areas in South Australia’s last underexplored frontier.
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BHP to spend nearly a fifth of budget on exploration
BHP has announced a renewed focus on exploration, targeting “opportunities across copper and oil”, aiming to spend nearly 20 per cent of its capital budget on exploration.
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Did the earth move for you? How GPS tracks the slow movements of a world in motion
If you feel that the earth beneath your feet is moving, it’s because it is.
Since the late 1980s geophysicists including myself have been building a network of advanced Global Positioning System (GPS)
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Curtin attracts new geoscience funding
Curtin University’s Professor Zheng-Xiang Li has been honoured as one of the world’s leading geoscience researchers, having received the Australian Laureate Fellowship from the Federal Government.
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Geoscience employment numbers fall again
After a slight recovery in geoscientist unemployment numbers prospects have again dimmed for the sector.
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Professor Iain Stewart to speak at Newcastle’s earth sciences convention
Newcastle will host nearly 600 delegates from the mining and geoscience communities next week at the Australian Earth Sciences Convention.
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Making open pits safer, by design
What began as an international research and technology transfer project has changed the way the mining industry approaches open pit design.
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Groundbreaking earth sciences for a smart – and lucky – country
As part of the Australia 2025: Smart Science series, the Australian National University's Andrew Roberts talks to Australia's chief scientist Ian Chubb about earth sciences.
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Geoscientist jobless rate soars
Unemployment amongst Australian geoscientists is at its highest levels since records began.
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