Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP170101893
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Nature's mechanisms for leaching and remobilising metals. This project aims to understand the chemical and physical processes that govern reactive transport and metal scavenging in rocky environments. Much of Australia's mineral wealth is the result of the interaction of warm fluids with rocks deep in the Earth over geological timescales. The formation of ore deposits is governed by the physical chemistry of mineral dissolution and crystallisation, and by fluid flow through porous rocks and fractures. This project integrates innovation in geology, chemistry, and mineral engineering, and will deliver mineral-scale reaction models that will increase efficiency of in-situ mining and leaching technologies. Knowledge generated can be applied to improve mineral exploration, mining, and processing, contributing to unlocking billions of dollars’ worth of resources tied up in low grade, mineralogically complex ores.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2017
End Date: 12-2020
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $450,500.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Ore Deposit Petrology | Inorganic Geochemistry | Hydrometallurgy | Geochemistry
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Precious (Noble) Metal Ore Exploration | Mining and Extraction of Precious (Noble) Metal Ores | Primary Mining and Extraction of Mineral Resources not elsewhere classified |
