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Innovators
CORE works with founders to support the advancement of critical technology into energy, mining and robotics industries and net-zero solutions.
We work hands-on with innovators and industry partners to turn ideas into real-world impact, helping startups integrate emerging technologies into established sectors. By building capability across energy, mining, robotics, and advanced manufacturing, CORE is helping create a more sustainable, innovation-driven resources industry.
Connects with the people, platforms, and places that turn ideas into impact. Backed by deep industry knowledge, proven outcomes, and a national ecosystem of innovators, you’ll have the support to grow faster, scale smarter, and stay at the cutting edge of innovation.
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OUR PROGRAMS
CORE Start Program
Your first step toward commercial success.
Join a FREE business development program designed to foster entrepreneurship and innovation in the resources sector.
A 12-week early-stage program to help founders validate, grow and pitch with confidence.
1:1 mentoring with our growth specialists
Direct access to industry
Showcase your business on stage
Innovation Zone
Stand out without breaking the bank.
CORE curates shared exhibition spaces at Australia’s biggest industry events—giving startups an affordable way to exhibit, demo and network.
Prime conference floor presence
Meet industry, buyers, partners, media
Done-for-you booth setup & support
Significantly discounted exhibition space
Hot 30 Awards
Recognising Australia’s most exciting innovators in energy & resources.
Each year, we showcase 30 companies leading the charge in tech, sustainability and industrial innovation.
National exposure
Investor & partner attention
Join a high-impact alumni network
Australian innovation directory
CASE Studies
Magellan Power
Magellan Power is tackling one of mining’s fastest-growing problems: lithium-ion battery waste. With the global shift to electrification, spent batteries are piling up, creating both environmental hazards and missed opportunities to recover valuable minerals. The industry urgently needs scalable solutions that reduce waste, cut costs, and strengthen supply chains.
Their 4R Battery Eco System—Repair, Refurbish, Repurpose, Recycle—transforms battery waste into value. By extending battery life, repurposing cells for secondary applications, and recycling materials, Magellan is delivering Australia’s first end-to-end circular model for battery lifecycle management. This not only improves sustainability but also helps secure critical minerals for the energy transition.
Backed by 30+ years in industry, strong B2B relationships, and hubs in Rockingham and Newman, Magellan is uniquely placed to scale quickly. Serving mining, utilities, defence, transport, and renewables, the company is enabling industries to decarbonise responsibly while positioning Australia as a global leader in sustainable battery innovation.
Datarock
Mining companies are drowning in drill core imagery but struggling to turn it into reliable insights. Traditional manual logging is slow, error-prone, lacks auditability, and often fails to inform downstream decisions effectively—blocking progress in exploration, planning, and sustainability initiatives.
Datarock’s cloud-native platform uses machine learning and computer vision to automate core logging from standard RGB photos, delivering geological and geotechnical insights faster, more accurately, and with full audit trails. This scalable, secure system transforms raw imagery into model-ready intelligence that traditional workflows simply can’t match.
Founded in 2018, and based in our Perth and Adelaide Hub’s, Datarock has already completed over 200 data-science projects for major mining players and processed more than 20 million metres of drill core imagery. Backed by IMDEX and others, and with a team of 50+ experts, they’ve positioned themselves as global leaders in mining data innovation.
Switch Technologies
Switch Technologies tackles a critical challenge in mining and heavy industry: wasted energy during braking. By retrofitting regenerative braking systems into existing machinery, they recover and repurpose energy normally lost as heat, cutting diesel use, emissions, and operating costs.
Their pragmatic, retrofit-first approach avoids the complexities and infrastructure demands of fully electric fleets. A proof-of-concept, a hybrid Toyota Land Cruiser 79 Series featuring a plug-in setup with advanced battery technology demonstrates how they make decarbonisation affordable and scalable across heavy-duty applications.
Based in Western Australia, Switch Technologies blends cutting-edge power electronics with real-world engineering to deliver capital-efficient carbon cuts for mining, fleets, and industrial operations.
Economical Energy
Adelaide-based, Economical Energy’s EcoHoist is rethinking how ore is moved from underground mines. Instead of relying on costly, diesel-powered trucks, EcoHoist uses an electrically driven bucket-elevator system that increases shaft capacity utilisation up to 24 times. This radically cuts capital costs, reduces energy use, and eliminates the bottlenecks that slow mine development.
Designed to run entirely on clean electricity, EcoHoist removes diesel from underground haulage, lowering emissions while improving air quality and safety for workers. By reducing the scale and cost of shaft excavation, it also makes deeper and smaller deposits more commercially viable—unlocking resources that are currently stranded by logistics.
With backing from global partners like ABB and recognition through innovation accelerators, Economical Energy is positioning EcoHoist as a breakthrough in mining infrastructure. It offers a scalable, future-proof alternative that supports electrification, decarbonisation, and long-term sustainability across the resources sector.
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