January 17, 2025: Australian Vanadium said on January 13 that plans for a mining and processing project in Western Australia had taken a major step forward after securing key environmental approval.

The state government issued the approval under the Environmental Protection Act for the Gabanintha project, which now forms part of the company’s namesake Australian Vanadium Project.

The decision covers plans for a mine, concentrator, processing plant, and other infrastructure.

CEO Graham Arvidson said the decision marked a major milestone toward construction and production at the planned open-cut mine and concentrator near Meekatharra, with a vanadium oxide processing plant some 450km to the west of the state near Geraldton port.

Australian Vanadium said in 2023 it had appointed the Primero Group to build its vanadium electrolyte manufacturing facility in Western Australia.