Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation to create a framework for the development of an ecosystem-based management and monitoring plan.

It's the latest attack against a wave of new technologies aiming to produce the electric vehicle battery metal.

Research team at the Western Australian School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical developed the new technology as part of research toward automating fluid monitoring and handling in the drilling industry.

Based in Perth, Peter Nicholson will lead origination, transaction evaluation, due diligence and structuring.

A potential combination would give Genesis control of St Barbara's prized Gwalia gold mine in Leonora.