Australian Vanadium signs MOU with Spanish vanadium redox flow battery specialist
AVL and E22 will collaborate on offtake of vanadium pentoxide, vanadium electrolyte and battery sales into the Australian and global markets.
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ASX:AVL
Australian Vanadium Ltd (ASX:AVL, OTCQB:ATVVF) is a resource company focused on vanadium, seeking to offer investors a unique exposure to all aspects of the vanadium value chain – from resource through to steel and energy storage opportunities. The company is advancing the development of its world-class Australian Vanadium Project at Gabaninthaoject near Meekatharra, which is among the highest-grade vanadium projects in the world. VSUN Energy is AVL’s 100% owned renewable energy and energy storage subsidiary which is focused on developing the Australian market for vanadium flow batteries for long duration energy storage.
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AVL and E22 will collaborate on offtake of vanadium pentoxide, vanadium electrolyte and battery sales into the Australian and global markets.
AVL and Shenglong will look to finalise the ore sale contract in 2023, at a yearly tonnage to be determined.
The Australia Vanadium Project’s total mineral resource now stands at 239 million tonnes at 0.73% vanadium pentoxide.
The latest results support the potential for gold mineralisation in nine structural corridors over 11 kilometres in cross-cutting fault zones adjacent to the vanadium-titanium magnetite (VTM) deposit.
“The 1,900-metre-long coincident, magnetic high, EM high and topographic low further validate our past work at Coates and provide the impetus for our planned drilling program using EIS funding late in 2021,” says MD.
Australian Vanadium has garnered support from the market and the Australian Federal Government for its plans to build Australia's first full-scale vanadium electrolyte plant in partnership with Primero.
The company is undertaking beneficiation test-work aimed at boosting the economic value of the ore by removing worthless minerals and resulting in higher grades.
The company has engaged structured finance specialist HCF International Advisers Limited which, in partnership with Grant Thornton Australia, will help evaluate and arrange debt financing for construction of the Australian Vanadium Project.
The company is advancing high purity vanadium production, construction of a commercial electrolyte plant, and manufacture of residential and stand-alone power systems based on vanadium redox flow battery technology.
Funds raised from the placement will be applied towards the completion and delivery of the bankable feasibility study for the Australian Vanadium Project.
The company’s shares will remain in a trading halt until Tuesday, August 24, or when an announcement is released to the market.
Vanadium is a strategic and critical metal for many countries, due to its use in steel and potential for battery storage.
The MOU includes the licence for low-cost USV technology to convert vanadium oxides to vanadium electrolyte for use in vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs).
Partners Australian Vanadium and Bryah Resources are also progressing with the proposed spin-off of Star Resources that holds a non-core gold exploration asset.
Significant recent discoveries in the region have supported AVL’s expansion of exploration for nickel, base metals, gold and PGEs at the Coates Project.
AVL's mechanical water leach circuit has been shown to be a viable, cost-effective design, maximising onshore Australian extraction of high-value critical mineral vanadium products.
The company’s key driver going forwards is to deliver a bankable feasibility study for the project with an operating cost that can withstand the cyclical lows of the vanadium market.
The award represents a multi-million dollar funding opportunity for AVL, which will use the fresh capital to develop its vanadium-powered battery offering for the Australian energy market.
88-90% vanadium extraction was achieved during pilot-scale mechanical water leaching, advancing key final processing design elements of a bankable feasibility study for the Australian Vanadium Project.
Bryah Resources has reported a 31.3 million tonne nickel-copper-cobalt resource at the Australian Vanadium Project.