Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0883661
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Understanding the stratigraphic and structural architecture of late Archean basins and the context of their gold deposits. Gold mined from Archean rocks contributed $4.0 billion to Australia's export income in 2006 and provided the backbone of support for many remote communities. However, production has fallen 40% since 1997 and will be exhausted within 15 years unless major new discoveries are made. The potential to find additional gold deposits remains high, but urgently requires new data and improved exploration techniques to assist in their discovery. The results of this integrated multidisciplinary project will help to arrest the declining discovery rate and thereby sustain this important Australian industry.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 12-2008
End Date: 12-2011
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $270,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Vulcanology | Geology | Geotectonics
