Industry Article: ABC News - With billions of tonnes of phosphate for fertiliser, can Australia 'seize the moment'?

The Georgina Basin stretches 330,000 square kilometres across the Northern Territory and Queensland and contains some of the world's largest deposits of rock phosphate — a key ingredient for making fertiliser.

There are several resources companies in the region aiming to start up mines, and with global fertiliser prices soaring, the timing seems right.

"Throughout the Georgina Basin there's billions of tonnes of quality phosphate ... so we have an opportunity, but we have to seize the moment," said Colin Randall, executive director of Chatham Rock Phosphate.

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