Australian state turns to crowdsourcing to uncover mineral riches

South Australia is putting A$250 000 up for grabs in a crowdsourcing competition to uncover more mineral reserves, as the industry taps expertise from a wide array of disciplines to find new large mineral lodes.

The five-month challenge will make available the state’s historic data sets for a region home to BHP Group’s huge Olympic Dam copper mine, the government of the Australian state said in a statement.

The competition will kick off on March 2 and run until July 31, it added.