Benefits to Australia

•  Scientific innovation relevant to National Priority Areas

    Research Priority 1: An Environmentally Sustainable Australia (Goal 1: Water – a Critical Resource and Goal 3: Developing Deep Earth Resources) and

    Research Priority 3: Frontier Technologies for Building and Transforming Australian Industries (Goal 1: Breakthrough Sciences and Goal 2: Frontier Technologies)

•  Enhanced international links

•  Excellence in training of our future generation of geoscientists

•  Enhanced industry links nationally and internationally

•  Improved exploration tools and strategies for Australian mineral exploration companies both on- and off-shore

•  Technological innovation (scientific advances, intellectual property, commercialisation, value-added consulting services)

Annual Report 2005