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)