“A company using artificial intelligence-driven methods announced a significantly expanded find of a large deposit of palladium, platinum and nickel in southeastern Australia, the company’s founder first told Axios on Thursday.

Why it matters: Palladium and other related metals are vital to the transition to cleaner energy technologies, with uses in catalytic converters, hydrogen fuel cells and solar panels.

Zoom in: The find could make it the largest such discovery in Australia to date, Earth AI’s CEO and founder Roman Teslyuk told Axios.”

From Axios.