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I welcome the exciting announcement by the Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Minister for Resources and Water Keith Pitt on 16 March, which sets out a new Critical Minerals Strategy, including a series of initiatives to build a competitive critical minerals sector in Australia.

I welcome the exciting by the Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Minister for Resources and Water Keith Pitt on 16 March, which sets out a new , including a series of initiatives to build a competitive critical minerals sector in Australia.

ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½ is well placed to help cement Australia's reputation as a critical minerals powerhouse. We have a strong track record of stimulating mineral exploration investment, with our pre-competitive data opening new exploration and development opportunities across Australia. This is made possible through programs like the $225 million Exploring for the Future Program we are delivering here at ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½.

The establishment of a $50 million virtual National Critical Minerals Research and Development Centre is a central component of the updated 2022 Critical Minerals Strategy and provides ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½ with another opportunity to help boost Australia’s credentials as a reliable and responsible supplier of critical minerals globally. The announcement is also a demonstration of how ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½ is continuing to deliver on our Strategy 2028 targets.

The Centre will be led by CSIRO, with ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½ and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) as partners. Together, we will unlock new sources of economically viable critical minerals; develop Australian intellectual property in critical minerals processing; target technical bottlenecks in strategic supply chains; and drive breakthrough collaborative research.

The 2022 updated has a vision to make Australia integral to meeting the growing global demand. Australia is blessed with an extraordinary endowment of critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, and rare earths. ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½ has a real opportunity in this centre to support new discoveries of world-class deposits to meet the rapidly accelerating global demand for critical minerals and realise Australia's full critical mineral resource potential.

More information on these initiatives is available at Minister Pitt’s .

Dr James Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½

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