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MinEx CRC is committed to growing and supporting an equitable, diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels safe, valued, supported, and treated fairly with dignity and respect. The MinEx CRC Diversity and Inclusion Policy as endorsed by the Executive Management Committee in May 2022 and is available to download below. Download the MinEx CRC EDI Policy here.

The first real-time downhole assay prototype based on LIBS technology has reached the first stage of “real world” testing – analysis of a simulated drillhole in the lab based on real lithologies from the field. The very ambitious aim of developing a novel, real-time downhole elemental analyser has reached an important milestone – actual testing…

A key part of the MinEx CRC agenda is to train the next generation of professionals in the skills required to utilise and maximise the impact of new technologies and ideas generated. MinEx CRC currently has 35 active postgraduate students enrolled across its three Programs, detailed via the Postgraduate Students page of our website. As per…

MinEx CRC welcomes Rio Tinto as a new Participant. Rio will be contributing to our Drilling Technology and Data from Drilling Projects (Projects 1,3,4 and 5) and brings to MinEx extensive experience in all aspects of Mineral Exploration and technology development.

Phase II of drilling is now well underway in the MinEx CRC NDI Delamerian Orogen Campaign in collaboration with Department for Energy and Mining, South Australia The MinEx CRC CT rig has provided chip samples from surface to fresh basement and 2.5-3m of basement core for each hole. The below image shows a full 3m CT sample of suspected monzonite…

As part of the East Tennant National Drilling Initiative campaign, ten stratigraphic boreholes were drilled in the vicinity of the Barkly Roadhouse, east of Tennant Creek, in the Northern Territory. These holes were designed to test stratigraphic, structural and mineral systems questions in the completely buried and poorly-understood East Tennant region. Drilling was completed during…

The MinEx CRC National NDI Campaign currently underway in the Delamerian Orogen in collaboration with the Department for Energy and Mining, South Australia, features in the latest edition of the MESA Journal. Download the editorial here.

We are pleased to advise MinEx CRC has been awarded Company of the Year – Mining and Metals by APAC Business Headlines. APAC Business Headlines, a digital and print publishing house, fosters the exchange of ideas, technology, and collaboration within the Asia Pacific region. Download the MinEx CRC award editorial here. Learn more about APAC Business Headlines…

The MinExCRC National NDI Campaign currently underway in the Delamerian Orogen in collaboration with Department for Energy and Mining, South Australia is utilising both Coil Tube drilling and conventional Diamond drilling. Whilst our first conventional drillhole (NDIAW_D01) was hydrothermally-altered in places, with pervasive hematitic alteration of the host granite and chlorite-sericite veining, our second (NDIAW_D02) has shown significant alteration. This most-recent drillhole showed a similar granitic host…

Borehole Completion Reports, extensive data and Hylogger data sets are available via the NDI portal via the MinEx CRC East Tennant webpage. Press Releases and media articles on the East Tennant Campaign can be found via the MinEx CRC East Tennant webpage.