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What are their main fields of work?<br />
They work in a wide variety of<br />
disciplines, including geoscience<br />
mapping (onshore and offshore),<br />
palaeontology, geophysics, remote<br />
sensing, economic geology, marine<br />
geoscience and engineering geology.<br />
What potential for mineral discoveries<br />
are being made in the province?<br />
We see potential in industrial<br />
minerals, some precious and critical<br />
minerals and various energy-linked<br />
minerals. These are still being<br />
characterised and evaluated.<br />
The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> was the site of the launch of the RV Nkosi in 2021.<br />
The Council for Geoscience’s vessel is named after a renowned mineralseparation<br />
technician who passed away in 2019. The project to map the<br />
oceans is in support of the national Blue Economy programme.<br />
How does the brief of the CGS fit into national<br />
priorities?<br />
The Council for Geoscience undertakes activities<br />
of national strategic importance that support<br />
government programmes such as the NDP<br />
2030 (Economy and Employment, Economic<br />
Infrastructure, Inclusive Rural Economy focus<br />
areas), the New Growth Path and the Integrated<br />
Resource Plan, which seek to eradicate poverty,<br />
to promote the creation of employment,<br />
energy security, diversification of the economy,<br />
including the promotion of the green economy<br />
and to promote growth by identifying six<br />
priority sectors focussed on infrastructure<br />
and rebuilding the productive sectors of the<br />
economy, including mining. ■<br />
Pleistocene cliffs along False Bay.
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