PHOTO: Aerial shot of a critical minerals mine in Cobar. Image: NSW Energy and Resources Knowledge Hub
The NSW Government is looking to encourage more mining in the state, with applications for funding from the NSW Government’s new $2.5 million Critical Minerals Exploration Program (CMEP) closing this week.
There are already 13 active major metals and critical minerals mines in NSW, employing more than 6,000 people, mostly across the state’s Central West and Far West.
Successful applicants will receive a 50% co-investment to undertake exploration through drilling, geophysics and/or geochemistry investigation, all steps needed to determine the scale of critical minerals deposits…