ClosedCommonwealth of AustraliaGovernment
Critical Minerals Development Program
Offered by Australian Government
Not published
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Verified against Australian Government's own page on 27 Aug 2026
Key facts
- Funding amount
- $1m to $30m
- From $1 million to $30 million of funding.
- Status
- Closed
- Jurisdiction
- Commonwealth of Australia
- Australia (Commonwealth)
- Last verified
- 27 Aug 2026
- The date we last read this program on Australian Government's own page.
Who can apply
Australian Government lists this program as open to the following kinds of applicant. It is a starting filter, not the full eligibility test, and the guidelines on the official page are what decide it.
- Indigenous organisations
Eligibility, in the funder's words
Free account
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What the program funds
This program provides funding to help progress early to mid-stage critical minerals projects towards financing and production. Projects will target critical minerals as listed in Australia’s Critical Minerals Strategy. The Critical Minerals Development Program provides funding for projects producing or planning to produce critical mineral(s) listed in Australia’s Critical Minerals Strategy . This includes activities undertaken post-exploration and before final investment decision.
Free account
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What it is for
This program is categorised under the following purposes. Each one that has a page of its own links to every other Australian grant we track for the same purpose.
- Mining
How to apply
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Apply for Critical Minerals Development Program on the official site
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Where this came from
Sourced from business.gov.au, © Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Industry, Science and Resources), used under CC BY 3.0 AU (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/).
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