Harris has experience working with vanadium in roles with Evraz Group, Vametco Alloys and Strategic Minerals Corp.
Vincent Algar, managing director, commented: “Daniel’s expertise has already been and will continue to be of great value to AVL.
“The board is pleased to have access to Daniel’s knowledge to back up our endeavours to create wealth for our shareholders.”
The company’s strategy is to deliver vanadium products such as batteries to end users and supply and process raw materials sourced from Gabanintha vanadium project in Western Australia.
The 100%-owned Gabanintha Vanadium project has 91.4 million tonnes at 0.82% vanadium.
AVL aims to develop a local production capacity for high-purity vanadium electrolyte, which forms a key component of vanadium redox flow batteries.
AVL is actively marketing vanadium redox flow batteries in Australia through a distribution agreement with world-leading flow battery manufacturer, GILDEMEISTER.
AVL has sold and installed its first vanadium redox flow battery storage system at a native tree nursery in Busselton, Western Australia.