Australian National University

Chief Investigators

Dr Samantha McGaughey

Prof Andrew Berry

Prof Greg Yaxley

Prof John Mavrogenes​

Associated Centre

Research School of Earth Sciences

Projects

Understanding Critical Minerals: the Rocha da Rocha Rare Earth Element-Niobium-Scandium Deposits in Northeast Brazil

  • Australian National University , Theme 1 - Accelerating Discovery
  • RP 3: Regolith and Cover: Surface Processes

Niobium-Tantalum mineralisation of the Mount Weld Carbonatite, Western Australia

  • Australian National University , Theme 1 - Accelerating Discovery
  • RP 2: Alkaline magmas and Carbonatites

The genesis of carbonatite-related niobium and rare earth element mineralisation

  • Australian National University , Theme 1 - Accelerating Discovery
  • RP 2: Alkaline magmas and Carbonatites

Formation conditions of lithium-rich pegmatites

  • Australian National University , Theme 1 - Accelerating Discovery
  • RP 1: Pegmatites

Experimental Geochemistry of Critical Metals

  • Australian National University , Theme 2 - Accelerating Characterisation
  • RP 5: Extraction/Traceability

Understanding the Formation of REE and HFSE Deposits in Weathered Carbonatites and Their Geochemical Signatures

  • Australian National University , Theme 2 - Accelerating Characterisation
  • RP 2: Alkaline magmas and Carbonatites , RP 3: Regolith and Cover: Surface Processes , RP 5: Extraction/Traceability

Bioleaching of hyper-enriched black shales (HEBS)

  • Australian National University , Theme 3 - Accelerating Processing
  • RP 4: Repurposing , RP 5: Extraction/Traceability

Partitioning of REE and CM between crystals, melts and fluids and in situ XAS studies of metal transport​

  • Australian National University , Theme 3 - Accelerating Processing
  • RP 1: Pegmatites , RP 2: Alkaline magmas and Carbonatites , RP 3: Regolith and Cover: Surface Processes , RP 4: Repurposing , RP 5: Extraction/Traceability , RP 6: Data-driven Knowledge

Using magnetite to understand carbonatite formation and factors controlling critical metal enrichment

  • Australian National University , Theme 2 - Accelerating Characterisation
  • RP 2: Alkaline magmas and Carbonatites , RP 4: Repurposing , RP 5: Extraction/Traceability