The Australian geoscience community has gathered in Adelaide today to discuss how to improve the success rate of mineral exploration in Australia.
Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Industry, The Hon Bob Baldwin MP, this morning opened the inaugural UNCOVER summit which brings together exploration industry leaders, academics, and government agencies.
More than 180 delegates will discuss how Australia can reach the mineral resources beneath the 80% of our continent that is “covered” by highly weathered rock (known as regolith) and sedimentary basins. This portion of Australia, deep under the surface, remains largely unmapped and unexplored.
The summit will culminate in a report to be presented to relevant federal and state ministers, the Chief Scientist, the Australian Research Council, relevant federal and state geological surveys, universities and other stakeholders.
The UNCOVER initiative was first developed at the 2010 Theo Murphy High Flyers Think Tank where participants proposed an ambitious research program to enable Australia to uncover more of its mineral wealth. The summit will continue until this Wednesday, 2 April.
Read more about the 2014 UNCOVER summit Searching the deep earth: a vision for exploration georcience in Australia here.
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