Kalgoorlie VBESS Project Overview - The WA government is investing $150 million to support a 500MWh Kalgoorlie vanadium flow battery (Kalgoorlie VBESS)[9] - The project is expected to create approximately 150 local jobs during construction and ongoing employment in manufacturing and export[10] - The project aims to diversify Kalgoorlie's economy by developing a value-added battery and critical minerals industry cluster[10] AVL's Position and Strategy - AVL is positioned to offer solutions for the Kalgoorlie VBESS project, focusing on vanadium mining, electrolyte manufacture, and utility-scale BESS solutions[11] - AVL's Lumina VFB architecture allows for expansion of storage capacity in line with market growth[35] - AVL is targeting over 70% local content in its WA-centric supply chain[35] Vanadium and VFB Market - A single 50MW/500MWh VFB BESS would require 4kt of V2O5 demand, representing approximately 1.7% of the global V2O5 supply[30] - The global vanadium market size in 2024 was 133,000 metric tonnes vanadium[31,43] - Vanadium demand from batteries is projected to increase from 1% of the total market in 2019 to 9% in 2024 and is forecast to reach 37% in 2027[47] Australian Vanadium Project - The Australian Vanadium Project has a global vanadium Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) of 395.4Mt at 0.77% V2O5[33] - This includes 104.5Mt at 1.12% V2O5 classified as Measured or Indicated[33]