Funding for QLD companies in the mineral resources sector

The Collaborative Development Program QLD provides funding to support companies that want to extract critical minerals and pursue reprocessing opportunities in mine waste that remains in-ground.

It aims to recover remaining mineralisation from mine waste and accelerate the development of Queensland’s critical minerals sector.

Applicants must meet at least one of the following criteria and have all the relevant approvals in place:

- holder or operator of a granted Exploration Permit for Minerals (EPM) in Queensland

- holder or operator of a granted Mining Lease (ML) in Queensland

- holder or operator of a Mineral Development Licence (MDL) in Queensland

- operator of a mineral concentrator plant, leaching plant, benefaction plant, pilot plant, smelter (or other similar infrastructure) associated with a mining operation in Queensland

- holder or operator of waste tailings dams in Queensland

- holder or operator of a coal-fired power station on-site fly-ash and solid mineral wastes in Queensland.