#exploration

Virtual library gets straight to the core

Exploring for critical metals is being made more efficient and less impactful on the environment thanks to a virtual library crammed with information on Australia’s mineralogy.

A photograph of a green parking reserved sign for electric vehicle chargin.

Green power: the future of Aussie graphite

Demand for lithium-ion batteries is increasing demand for minerals, like graphite, to make them. Research to develop a more environmentally-friendly process could see battery-grade graphite produced in Australia.

Male and female scientists taking soil samples from a remote landscape showing a helicopter in the background

Golden soils and wealth from toil

Finding gold requires luck and hard work. Now luck is being delivered by science as new sampling techniques and analysis reduce the guesswork to help prospectors pinpoint gold targets more precisely.

Gold does grow on trees

Our geochemical sampling technique is helping mineral exploration companies hone in on new targets for their next big discoveries.

Exploration needs to get smart if we’re to remain a leading gold producer

It’s a bleak outlook for the future of Australian gold production and revenue unless we rapidly innovate the exploration sector to improve discovery rates.

Toronto, host city for IAC 2014.

“Our World Needs Space”

This week is World Space Week, celebrating "at the international level the contributions of space science and technology to the betterment […]

Yutu on the way to the Moon

Along with maybe a billion other people, we watched in fascination as the China National Space Administration (CNSA) successfully launched […]

Infographic: The explorer’s ultimate toolbox

To search for gold back in Ye Olde days, you'd have to pick up your pan and start sifting. Thankfully, we’ve […]