Collaborative development program

The Collaborative development program (CDP) is now open for applications. The program offers $5 million in funding to recover remaining mineralisation found in mine waste in an effort to accelerate the development of Queensland's critical minerals sector.

The funding will provide support to companies that want to extract critical minerals and reprocessing opportunities in mine waste that remains in-ground. It will help to facilitate secondary prospectivity, while supporting Queensland jobs and economic development.

The program will remain open until the end of June 2027, or until funds are exhausted. Applications will be assessed on a merit basis by the Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing, and Regional and Rural Development.

How to apply

The following documents provide more information for those wanting to apply:

• Guideline for applicants (PDF, 445KB)
• Technical proposal template (DOCX, 39KB)

For all questions related to the program, email [email protected].

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CDP recipients

Funding has been awarded to the following companies who have successfully demonstrated how their projects will advance the recovery of critical minerals in mine waste.

• Extracting critical minerals from Swanbank coal ash
  Recipient: Lava Blue Limited
  Lava Blue are investigating the reprocessing of Swanbank’s coal ash to high purity alumina (HPA).
• Vanadium Recovery Project – Spent Catalyst
  Recipient: QEM Limited
  QEM Ltd are investigating the extraction of vanadium as V₂O₅ from waste.

Note: this program is still open for new applications. Additional recipients will be added to the list (above) as funding is awarded.