The NSW Government is investing $130 million in mining projects to help position the State as a major global supplier and processor of critical minerals and high-tech metals.

Deputy Premier and Minister responsible for Resources Paul Toole wasย in the Stateโ€™s Far West over the weekend to announce 19 organisations would share inย more than $8.6 million under Stream 1 of the $130 million Critical Minerals and High-Tech Metals Activation Fund.

โ€œCritical minerals and high-tech metals are going to be crucial to future technologies like advanced manufacturing, aerospace, ag-tech and renewables, and this fund willย progress projects and support feasibility studies right across the State,โ€ Mr Toole said.

โ€œOur $8.6 million investment is being backed in by industry co-contributions and together will drive $30 million of investment into growing the critical minerals sector in NSW.

โ€œWeโ€™ve already made itย easier for exploration companies to search for critical minerals and produce high-tech metals projectsย byย removing theย Mineral Allocation Areasย as a key part of the NSW Governmentโ€™s Critical Minerals and High-Tech Metals Strategy.

 

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โ€œNow, weโ€™re turbocharging the industry by driving investment to deliverย feasibility studies, field trials, and environmental studies to get more projects off the ground.

โ€œOur vision is to make NSW the number one investment destination for mining, exploration and advanced manufacturing, and we will continue to drive initiatives to achieve that.โ€