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New life for old mines: critical minerals unearthed in NSW

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Cutting-edge scientific techniques have revealed potential new opportunities at 28 historic and active mine sites across regional NSW – some located in the Orange, Parkes, Cobar and Broken Hill areas – where significant deposits of critical minerals and high-tech metals have been discovered in old mining waste.

The Geological Survey of NSW’s Mine Reuse Project, undertaken in collaboration w...


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