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Sustainable mineral resources by utilizing new Exploration technologies

Obiettivo

Smart Exploration consists of a research and application team supported by a group of technologically advanced SMEs and the mining industry. The consortium will firstly focus on developing cost-effective, environmentally-friendly tools and methods for geophysical exploration in highly challenging brownfield areas where exploration expenditure is greater and the return time (from exploration to production) shorter. A second focus point will be long-term greenfield exploration with the aim of reducing exploration costs, implying significant improvement in development rates and a sustainable supply of raw materials at the same rate as the whole world wishes to grow. Therefore, new innovative ideas will also be tested for greenfield exploration to increase the potential of finding new major deposits of relevance to the EU. The overall objectives of the tasks are to develop (1) cost-effective and innovative exploration instruments comprising airborne, surface, downhole and in-mine modular-based geophysical systems, (2) new exploration targets through multidisciplinary and integrated approaches, (3) novel reprocessing and handling of legacy exploration data that will generate additional information and targets for detailed exploration, and (4) validating all these developments, to maximize their impacts, at relevant exploration sites covering greenfield, near-mine and in-mine areas using known targets. We anticipate that these developments will not only generate new technological and methodological markets for the EU, but will also result in improved exploration strategies in the EU and beyond. The nature of the consortium, the partners involved, and the commodities that are considered will result in highly useful exploitation of the developments envisaged in the project and a guarantee of their successful use beyond the project life.

Invito a presentare proposte

H2020-SC5-2016-2017

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Bando secondario

H2020-SC5-2017-OneStageB

Meccanismo di finanziamento

RIA - Research and Innovation action

Coordinatore

UPPSALA UNIVERSITET
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 1 128 388,75
Indirizzo
VON KRAEMERS ALLE 4
751 05 Uppsala
Svezia

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Regione
Östra Sverige Östra Mellansverige Uppsala län
Tipo di attività
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Collegamenti
Costo totale
€ 1 128 388,75

Partecipanti (26)