Opening of the GA SHRIMP

ASI is pleased to announce the successful hand-over of the Geoscience
Australia SHRIMP IIe to the Minister for Resources and Energy, the
Honorable Martin Ferguson. The SHRIMP IIe, with single collector, will
be used by GA and its State equivalents, to continue their
characterisation of the Australian geological environment. Under the
agreement with GA, ASI will retain the right to time on the SHRIMP IIe,
for instrument development, demonstration to potential users, and
on-selling of time.

The Geoscience Australia news article can be found

The press release can be found

To watch a time lapse movie of the installation of the SHRIMP, click on
this link:

http://www.ga.gov.au/minerals/research/methodology/geochron/facili
ties_procedures.jsp#shrimpvideo