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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