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The National Drilling Initiative (NDI) will manage and deliver drilling programs in multiple case study areas proposed by MinEx CRC’s partner geological survey organisations.
The National Drilling Initiative (NDI) will manage and deliver drilling programs in multiple case study areas proposed by MinEx CRC’s partner geological survey organisations. The NDI vision is to drill multiple holes in a region to map the regional geology and architecture and define the potential for mineral systems in 3D. A range of drilling methods may be used however it is intended that the NDI will take advantage of new low-cost Coiled Tubing (CT) drilling technology and associated sensing, in order to maximise the number of drill holes and the volume of data collected.
Access the MinEx CRC National Drilling Initiative (NDI) Portal. More information can be found here
General Information:
The purpose of the Northern Gawler Craton NDI Project is to undertake a scientific drilling program to improve geological knowledge in the Northern Gawler Craton area of South Australia. This work will contribute to an existing precompetitive geoscience program which seeks to improves our understanding of the mineral, energy, and groundwater potential of the region.
The project will collect physical samples such as drill core and chips and downhole data from a series of boreholes that will yield information about the order and position of Proterozoic crystalline basement rocks in the Northern Gawler Craton region. These stratigraphic boreholes will be up to 500m deep.
Project Update:
Drilling for this Campaign has now concluded.
Drilling conducted by MinEx CRC and the Geoscience Australia has now concluded.
The purpose of the Delamerian Margins NSW National Drilling Initiative (NDI) project was to undertake a pre-competitive geoscience research program and answer fundamental science questions to promote future mineral exploration and discovery in the Delamerian arc area of western New South Wales.
The new data will be considered with existing datasets derived from the Geoscience Australia (GA) Stavely Project, the MinEx CRC-Geological Survey of South Australia (GSSA) Delamerian NDI, geological survey of New South Wales (GSNSW) mapping and industry legacy data as part of the Exploring for the Future (EFTF) Darling-Curnamona-Delamerian (DCD) project.
The combined data will provide a broader overview of the tectonostratigraphic evolution and mineral potential of the Cambrian Delamerian arc rocks, and younger intrusive rocks.
Drilling conducted by MinEx CRC and the Geological Survey of South Australia has now concluded.
Further information on the Delamerian Orogen NDI Campaign can be found via the Geological Survey of South Australia webpage here.
Delamerian NDI Drilling Campaign Selected as a Finalist for the 2022 SA Science Awards
Fantastic recognition for a job well done
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