
POSTGRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES IN EXPLORATION SCIENCE
JOIN THE MINEX CRC POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM
- Be part of a revolution in exploration science that will deliver the next generation of mineral discoveries.
- Help develop technologies for more effective, safer and environmentally friendly mineral exploration.
CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH…
- Work in the world’s largest collaborative effort in mineral exploration research, bringing together global leaders in geosciences, engineering and sensing technology at the forefront of exploration science.
- Develop new technologies to measure and understand complex Earth systems.
- Grow your knowledge and experience within multi-disciplinary research teams.
- Engage in a culture of innovation – where great ideas underpin practical solutions.
…WITH IMPACT
- MinEx CRC research is driven by real-world challenges defined by our resources industry and Government.
- Research outcomes have a pathway to market via service provider and end-user partners.
PROVIDING EXPANDED CAREER OPTIONS
- MinEx CRC post-graduate projects are industry-linked, with co-supervision and mentorship from industry professionals.
- Practical, hands-on experience in industry environment
- Open multiple doorways – to an academic, government or industry career.
- Develop skills in innovation, entrepreneurship and communication.
OUR MISSION
All MinEx CRC Postgraduate projects are clearly aligned with our Mission to:
- Demonstrate Australia as a destination country for mineral exploration
- Develop more productive, safer and environmentally-friendly drilling methods for mineral deposit discovery and drill-out
- Develop new technologies for collecting data while drilling
- Implement a world-first collaboration of Geological Surveys, research and industry that will undertake drilling in under-explored areas of potential mineral wealth within Australia.
PROJECT AREAS
DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES
- Drilling optimisation and automation
- Real-time downhole sensing of drilling parameters
- Innovative drilling and sampling technologies for mineral exploration
DATA FROM DRILLING
- Cutting edge sensing and in-field analytical techniques
- Real-time subsurface reconstruction from geophysical logging whilst drilling
- Novel seismic exploration methods
- Data science applied to exploration in complex systems
- 3D prospectivity and uncertainty analysis
NATIONAL DRILLING INITIATIVE
- Data from frontier, never-before-sampled geological terranes
- Continent to camp-scale geological architecture and evolution
- Geologic fundamentals of mineral systems
- Geophysical and geochemical expression of mineral systems in Earth science data
- Novel, integrated isotopic and geochronological techniques
- Mineral deposit vectoring from integrated regional geology, geophysics, geochemistry, geochronology, regolith studies and hydrogeochemistry.
- Data science techniques for multi-dimensional and multi-scale prospectivity analysis and ore system targeting
We are searching for committed, passionate and talented postgraduate students to join us in this challenge.
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