Vecco Group has been signed as the foundation customer for the Queensland Resources Common User Facility (QRCUF) in Townsville.
The company will use the facility to validate its vanadium production processes to speed up Australia’s first pit-to-product vanadium flow battery supply chain.
The Common User Facility supports companies to test and refine mineral processing techniques, helping de-risk projects and bring them to market sooner.
The 2026-27 Queensland Budget allocated $46.1 million over three years to accelerate the extraction, processing and export of critical minerals.
Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Dale Last said the completion of QRCUF meant junior miners and explorers could de-risk their projects and accelerate development.
“Vecco Group signing on as our foundation customer shows strong industry confidence and reflects the critical role QRCUF will play in fast-tracking projects from testing through to production,” he said.
Vecco Group Managing Director Thomas Northcott said Vecco was proud to be working with the Queensland Government as foundation user of the QRCUF.
“The QRCUF is a significant milestone for Queensland’s critical minerals industry and will support the development and demonstration of new vanadium processing capability in the State,” Mr Northcott said.
“For Vecco, QRCUF represents an important step in progressing our integrated vanadium supply chain toward a shovel-ready project, from Queensland ore through to downstream electrolyte production for vanadium flow batteries helping power the next phase of the AI data centre infrastructure build-out and strengthen grid resiliency.”
