Kubikwe nguLuka 2020-3-6

Imithombo ebalulekile yezimbiwa kuleli lizwe ikhuphuke kakhulu, ngokusho kwedatha ekhishwe yi-GA Geoscience Australia engqungqutheleni ye-PDAC eToronto.

Ngo-2018, izinsiza ze-tantalum zase-Australia zakhula ngamaphesenti angama-79, i-lithium ngamaphesenti angama-68, i-platinum group kanye ne-rare earth metals zombili zakhula ngamaphesenti angama-26, i-potassium ngamaphesenti angama-24, i-vanadium ngamaphesenti ayi-17 kanye ne-cobalt ngamaphesenti ayi-11.

I-GA ikholelwa ukuthi isizathu esiyinhloko sokwanda kwezinsizakusebenza ukwanda kwesidingo kanye nokwanda kokutholakala okusha.

UKeith Pitt, ungqongqoshe wezezimali kahulumeni, amanzi kanye nenyakatho ye-Australia, uthe izimbiwa ezibalulekile ziyadingeka ukuze kwenziwe omakhalekhukhwini, izibonisi zekristalu eliwuketshezi, ama-chips, omaginethi, amabhethri kanye nobunye ubuchwepheshe obusha obuqhuba intuthuko yezomnotho kanye nezobuchwepheshe.

Kodwa-ke, imithombo yedayimane, i-bauxite kanye ne-phosphorus yase-Australia yehla.

Ngesilinganiso sokukhiqiza sika-2018, amalahle ase-Australia, i-uranium, i-nickel, i-cobalt, i-tantalum, i-rare earth kanye ne-ore zinempilo yokumba iminyaka engaphezu kwe-100, kuyilapho i-iron ore, ithusi, i-bauxite, i-lead, i-tin, i-lithium, isiliva kanye ne-platinum zinempilo yokumba iminyaka engama-50-100. Impilo yokumba ye-manganese, i-antimony, igolide nedayimane ingaphansi kweminyaka engama-50.

I-AIMR (i-Australia's Identified Mineral Resources) ingenye yezincwadi eziningana ezisatshalaliswa nguhulumeni e-PDAC.

Engqungqutheleni ye-PDAC ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto, i-GA isayine isivumelwano sokubambisana nocwaningo lwe-geological lwaseCanada egameni likahulumeni wase-Australia ukuze kufundwe amandla ezimbiwa ase-Australia, kusho uPitt. Ngo-2019, i-GA kanye nocwaningo lwe-geological lwase-US nabo basayine isivumelwano sokubambisana socwaningo lwezimbiwa ezibalulekile. Ngaphakathi e-Australia, i-CMFO (i-Critical Minerals Facilitation Office) izosekela ukutshalwa kwezimali, ukuxhaswa ngezimali kanye nokufinyelela emakethe yamaphrojekthi ezimbiwa ezibalulekile. Lokhu kuzohlinzeka ngemisebenzi ezinkulungwaneni zabantu base-Australia besikhathi esizayo kwezohwebo kanye nokukhiqiza.