Securing the pipeline of lithium for the renewable energy transition

全球可再生能源面临的一个主要风险是通过电池维持绿色储能所需的锂供应。该项目旨在快速跟踪新的锂资源发现，包括澳大利亚的传统硬岩矿床和新出现的目标，如盐水水库。它将加快我们确定澳大利亚大陆锂矿床形成方式和位置的能力，并开发新的矿物勘探工具，以快速和经济高效地发现新矿床。矿业、政府和学术界之间的紧密联系将推动这一进程，通过实现其巨大的锂资源潜力，使澳大利亚作为全球主要锂供应商受益。

A major risk to global renewable energy is sustaining the supply of lithium needed for green energy storage via batteries. This project aims to fast-track new lithium resource discoveries, both from conventional hard rock deposits in Australia and newly emerging targets such as saline groundwater reservoirs. It will accelerate our ability to determine how and where lithium ore deposits form in the Australian continent, and develop novel mineral-based exploration tools for rapid and cost-effective discovery of new deposits. This will be advanced by a strong nexus between the minerals industry, government and academia, benefitting Australia as a dominant global lithium supplier by realising the potential of its enormous lithium resources.