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Accelerate calls on CSIRO to crack WA manganese code
Accelerate Resources enlists CSIRO to study manganese ore at its Woodie Woodie North project in Western Australia.
Key points
- CSIRO's Dr Yoram Teitler will lead a study analysing 150 metres of large-diameter diamond core.
- Accelerate has defined a maiden inferred resource of 1.2 million tonnes grading 19.1 per cent manganese.
- Woodie Woodie North covers 432 square kilometres, 55km north of Consolidated Minerals' Woodie Woodie manganese mine.
Why it matters. The study is expected to sharpen Accelerate's geological understanding of its deposit and help inform future resource evaluation and mine planning.
Accelerate Resources has partnered with the government research body CSIRO to study the metallurgy of its Woodie Woodie North manganese project in Western Australia. The company was awarded a $50,000 Kick-Start research grant for a study led by CSIRO's Dr Yoram Teitler, analysing 150 metres of drill core from Area 42. The study is due to finish in mid-2027, when CSIRO will deliver a technical report and recommendations.
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Accelerate calls on CSIRO to crack WA manganese code
Accelerate Resources has secured $50,000 in CSIRO funding to study manganese core from its Woodie Woodie North project, aiming to fast-track a Pilbara processing pathway. Sponsored by BULLS N’ BEARS Penny Taylor November 2, 2026 — 2:55pm Accelerate Resources has called in the nation’s top scientific minds, partnering with the government research organisation CSIRO to crack the metallurgical code of its Woodie Woodie North manganese project in Western Australia’s prolific Pilbara region. The company has been awarded a $50,000 Kick-Start research grant, which will fund a detailed characterisation study on its manganese mineralisation – a critical step in designing an effective processing flowsheet and assessing the potential for a saleable product. Large-diameter metallurgical drill core from Accelerate Resources’ Woodie Woodie North project, now at CSIRO’s Perth laboratory for detailed analysis. The study, titled Multiscale Characterisation of Manganese Mineralisation, is to be led by CSIRO’s Dr Yoram Teitler and will analyse 150 metres of large-diameter diamond core from the Dale’s Patch and Nathan’s Flat prospects within the project’s Area 42 deposit. In the first stage, CSIRO will log and scan the core for manganese and associated elements using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and hyperspectral techniques, while measuring hardness. The second stage will involve petrographic, mineral.