The Geophysics and Drilling Collaborations (GDC) program is a competitive grants program funded by the NT Government’s $9.5 million per annum Resourcing the Territory program and is administered by the Northern Territory Geological Survey (NTGS).
The program will allocate up to $3 million from the $9.5 million Resourcing the Territory program to share between eligible selected programs to co-fund projects that address geoscientific knowledge gaps, advance exploration activity, and support the discovery and development of resources in the Territory.
Newly defined activities for round 17 include:
- New category ‘Advancing critical minerals’ with up to 50% of direct claimable project costs capped at:
- $50,000 for re-analysis of existing sample sets and/or mine waste to include previously untested critical minerals, or
- $50,000 for early-stage metallurgical test work and/or ore characterisation to assess potential recoverability of critical minerals from mineralised material.
- New eligible activity under ‘Innovative targeting’ with up to 50% of direct claimable project costs capped at:
- $100,000 for re-processing of seismic to assist in visualizing sub-surface geology and undercover targeting.
Applications are open through GrantsNT. Proposals are competitively assessed against specific assessment criteria by an assessment panel. Successful and unsuccessful applicants will be notified in June 2024. Funding agreements must be signed and returned by 1 August 2024, or the offer of funding may be withdrawn.
Applications close 5:00pm ACST Monday 29 April 2024.
