Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP100200102
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Development of biosensors and bioindicators for gold exploration and processing in Australia. In times of increasing demand for gold and shrinking rates of discovery in Australia, biosensor and bioindicator techniques deliver significant advantages to the Australian mining industry and allow it to retain its international competiveness. The new understanding of the biogeochemical behaviour of gold in soils and other weathered materials developed in a previous ARC Linkage Project enables the development of biosensor and bioindicator technology that will allow mineral explorers to differentiate mineralised from non-mineralised zones using specific (meta) genomic community responses. The new technology will provide cost-efficient and environmentally sustainable techniques for improving exploration success and optimising ore processing.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 01-2011
End Date: 08-2014
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $430,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Gene Expression (incl. Microarray and other genome-wide approaches) | Microbial Ecology | Exploration Geochemistry | Geochemistry | Sensor Technology (Chemical aspects) | Nanobiotechnology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Precious (Noble) Metal Ore Exploration | Mining and Extraction of Precious (Noble) Metal Ores |
