ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT150100250

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FT150100250

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Geobiological gold cycling: Golden opportunities for the minerals industry. This project aims to develop new geobiological tools for gold exploration and processing that are rooted in a fundamental understanding of geobiological gold cycling. Given the high production costs, the sustainability of the Australian gold industry relies strongly on innovation. Yet, there are many gaps in our fundamental understanding of bio (geo)chemical gold dispersion and precipitation. This project aims to fill these gaps by linking biochemical pathways of gold mobilisation and resistance in bacteria to its transport and biomineralisation. This would enable the development of protein-based biosensors, bioindicators and nanovectors. These would support the development of exploration and bioaccumulation technologies that allow more economically sustainable and environmentally viable mining practices, such as enhancing production from subeconomic ore.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 05-2016

End Date: 09-2020

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $804,960.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Microbial Genetics | Microbial Ecology | Exploration Geochemistry | Geochemistry

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Precious (Noble) Metal Ore Exploration | Mining and Extraction of Precious (Noble) Metal Ores |

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