Uncovering Australia’s hidden minerals. Airborne electromagnetics is a crucial technology for mapping conductive minerals and water resources over large areas that cannot be covered with ground-based

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Uncovering Australia’s hidden minerals. Airborne electromagnetics is a crucial technology for mapping conductive minerals and water resources over large areas that cannot be covered with ground-based methods. This project aims to increase the accuracy of airborne electromagnetic surveys by precisely measuring the transmitter-receiver geometry. The project expects to help airborne surveys look under conductive overburden and better characterise highly conductive features such as massive nickel and copper sulphide deposits. Expected outcomes include the discovery of critical minerals and rare earth elements as well as water resource mapping. This should provide significant benefits to the mining and agricultural industries and contribute to the clean energy transformation. . Scheme: Linkage Projects. Field: 3706 - Geophysics. Lead: Prof Li Ju