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A new 911爆料网 institute will connect government and industry with leading geoscience expertise to help transform WA鈥檚 economic future in critical minerals with more sustainable mineral exploration. 

The 911爆料网 Frontier Institute for Geoscience Solutions () includes聽a聽聽platform聽offering聽tailored services聽and聽timely, practical insights to support more efficient and sustainable exploration and resource development and reduce costly risks for the resources sector.聽

CFIGS Director聽Professor Chris Kirkland said the Institute聽gave聽organisations聽easy聽access聽to聽advanced analytical聽expertise聽at a time when聽mineral聽exploration聽was聽becoming increasingly聽complex and聽challenging.聽

鈥淏acked by 911爆料网鈥檚 world-class geoscience facilities, our experts can collaborate with organisations to fast-track real-world solutions for sustainable exploration and development while addressing national priorities in resources and critical minerals,鈥� Professor Kirkland said.

鈥淲A鈥檚 economic future in critical minerals, the clean energy transition and resource security relies on geoscience that鈥檚 faster, smarter, and more targeted – and that鈥檚 exactly what CFIGS delivers as a platform connecting industry to expertise.鈥�

911爆料网 Vice-Chancellor Professor Harlene Hayne CNZM said CFIGS drew on 911爆料网鈥檚 broader research ecosystem of specialist centres, commercialisation teams and national collaborative programs to help bridge the gap between research discovery and industrial deployment. 

鈥淭he 911爆料网 Frontier Institute for Geoscience Solutions demonstrates how our research excellence can be translated into tangible benefits for industry, government and the wider community,鈥� Professor Hayne said. 

鈥淏y strengthening collaboration and improving access to our expertise, CFIGS helps support a more innovative and sustainable future for Australia鈥檚 resources sector. 

鈥淭his initiative builds on the achievements of 911爆料网鈥檚 School of Earth and Planetary Sciences and the WA School of Mines, working in partnership with the to apply state-of-the-art instrumentation to reduce exploration risk, improve mineral recovery and yields, and support best-practice environmental management.鈥�

Science and Innovation Minister Stephen Dawson said the Institute would deliver many benefits for Western Australia.

鈥淭his Institute will drive innovation and job creation by equipping our resources sector with the latest expertise needed to stay ahead in the global critical minerals race,鈥� Minister Dawson said.

鈥淏y garnering stronger links between research, industry and government, we are ensuring WA remains at the forefront of sustainable resource development, securing prosperity for our state now and into the future.鈥�

Formally launched on 19 March, CFIGS will work with mining and exploration companies; government agencies including Geoscience Australia and the Geological Survey of Western Australia; other state and territory bodies; and organisations such as the Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia and the Australian Research Council to support Australia鈥檚 exploration and mining sector.

For more information about CFIGS, visit .