The Hon Keith Pitt MP, today announced additional funding for MinEx CRC participant Geoscience Australia’s Exploring for the Future (EFTF) program.

This investment adds to the $100 million previously spent on the EFTF program to drive investment, generate jobs and secure the future of the resources sector.

The EFTF program uses a series of cutting-edge geoscientific techniques to map the geological structures at unprecedented scale and detail.

This freely available information creates a better understanding of our mineral, energy and groundwater systems and allows us to realise Australia’s economic potential.