Premium Content Subscriber only The role critical minerals like H-Hydrogen will play in lowering world carbon emissions was front and centre this week at the Queensland Exploration Council renewable energy technologies showcase. With Queensland’s huge potential to provide the critical and rare earth minerals needed to manufacture smart phones, solar panels and electric cars, Queensland Exploration Council chair Kim Wainwright said it was an exciting time to be in the exploration sector. The showcase, Ms Wainwright said, illustrated the role critical minerals would play in lowering world carbon emissions through renewable energy technologies. Chief Executive Ian MacFarlane at the Queensland Resources Council Annual Lunch at Royal International Convention Centre, Bowen Hills, Friday, November 27, 2020 – Picture: Richard Walker