Original article by Mark Wembridge
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 20 : 14-May-25

The Mine Reuse Project has been launched by the Geological Survey of NSW, Geoscience Australia and the University of Queensland. The project is analysing the waste deposits of current and defunct mines in NSW to determine if they contain critical minerals that had previously been overlooked. Analysis of 1,200 samples of mine waste has found elevated concentrations of 11 critical minerals and metals across 28 current and abandoned mines. The project could potentially lead to the reopening of mines across NSW, and provide a new source of the minerals that are crucial to the energy transition and whose global supply is dominated by China at present.

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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND