CSIRO joins Accelerate's hunt for manganese processing secret
Junior explorer Accelerate Resources wins $50,000 CSIRO grant to characterise ore at its Woodie Woodie North manganese project in WA.
Getting the metallurgy right often means the difference between staying stuck and becoming a producer. Accelerate Resources just won a $50,000 research grant from CSIRO.
The grant will help it understand how its manganese ore responds to processing. The study is led by CSIRO's Dr Yoram Teitler.
It will analyse 150 metres of diamond core from the company's Woodie Woodie North project in the Pilbara. The analysis will use X-ray fluorescence and hyperspectral scanning to map the ore's mineral makeup.
Accelerate has already defined a maiden resource of 1.2 million tonnes grading 19.1 per cent manganese. Surface rock samples have returned grades of up to 59.4 per cent.
Manganese is on Australia's Critical Minerals List. It is essential to steelmaking and increasingly vital for lithium-ion battery chemistry.
The CSIRO study is due in mid-2027.
- $50,000
- Grant amount
- 150 metres
- Core to analyse
- 1.2 million tonnes
- Resource size
- Dr Yoram Teitler
- Lead scientist
Why it mattersFor a junior explorer, access to CSIRO's world-class testing is a serious advantage and a shortcut that would be expensive to build in-house; getting the processing route right can be the key that unlocks a project's value.
AustraliaThe project sits in WA's Pilbara, a region critical to Australia's resources sector, and manganese is now central to Australia's energy transition and battery manufacturing ambitions.
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