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Isaac Resources Excellence Precinct

📍Moranbah, Queensland

The IREP project is driving positive change across resources and renewables by focusing on six key goals:

  • Grow and diversify the industry through innovation that advances both resources and renewable energy.

  • Strengthen ESG leadership by protecting the environment and embedding sustainable practices at every stage.

  • Foster coexistence and sustainable communities, ensuring long-term prosperity for regional areas.

  • Build genuine First Nations partnerships, integrating Indigenous knowledge and creating meaningful opportunities.

  • Create a safe, resilient workforce through education, reskilling, and access to new technologies.

  • Improve regulatory efficiency, enabling faster growth, innovation, and sector-wide adaptation.

What the Precinct Will Deliver

The Isaac Resources Excellence Precinct will bring world-class facilities and opportunities to the region, including:

  • Research and development facilities focused on critical minerals, mine rehabilitation, and renewable energy technologies.

  • A dual-sector learning centre, offering university-level education and reskilling programs to build future-ready skills.

  • A mining heritage centre, celebrating the region’s proud industry history while shaping the next generation.

  • Multi-functional collaboration spaces, connecting industry, community, and research to drive innovation.

Together, this hub will create jobs, grow skills, and provide long-term opportunities for workers and families to thrive in the Isaac for generations to come.

 

Initiatives Under Development

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Transformative Post Mining Land Use & Rehabilitation

Building on the region's mining legacy, this initiative creates new economic opportunities from rehabilitated mine sites:

  • Water Re-use and Storage

  • Agriculture and Aquaculture

  • Carbon Sequestration through Land Management including algae produced in the region:

  • Renewable Energy Hubs

  • Eco-Industrial Tourism & Heritage

Expanded Flexi-Lab 2.0 Strategic Mineral Processing

Strategic Minerals Processing & Valorisation of Waste Streams

Leveraging the region's rich geological endowments and existing mining expertise, this initiative focuses on extracting and processing essential materials for the global energy transition:

  • Strategic Minerals Extraction

  • Tailings Reprocessing

  • Tungsten Carbide Circularity

  • Industrial Waste-to-Value

Industrial Tourism

The IREP will incorporate industrial tourism experiences that complement a potential underground mine simulator, Flexi-Lab 2.0 and viewing, VR pods.

  • Flexi-Lab Viewing Window

  • Critical Mineral Education Zone

  • Virtual Reality Pods

Bowen Basin Circularity Hub

Bio-manufacturing & Circular Economy Solutions

This initiative capitalises on the region's agricultural strengths and commitment to resource efficiency, expanding to include diverse organic waste streams:

  • Agricultural Waste-to-Products

  • Municipal Waste-to-Value (Biogas & Bioproducts)

  • Resource Recovery & Recycling

Australian Centre for Industrial Intelligence (ACII)

Digital & AI-Driven Solutions

This includes:

  • Advanced Data Analytics & Machine Learning

  • Digital Twins

  • Large Language Models (LLMs) & Generative AI

  • Earth Observation & Satellite Applications

  • Automation & Robotics

  • Digital Infrastructure Advocacy

Advanced Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU)

This pillar focuses on transforming carbon emissions from a liability into valuable resources. Technologies and initiatives include:

  • Methane-to-Value Projects

  • Green Ammonia & Low-Carbon Fertiliser Production

  • Industrial Carbon Capture & Carbon Feedstocks

  • Algae-Based Carbon Utilisation

  • Direct Air Capture (DAC) & Carbon Mineralisation

The Core
The Collaboration Engine of the Isaac Resource Excellence Precinct

This initiative establishes a premium shared environment designed to support collaboration, project coordination and industry engagement across the Bowen Basin. Positioned within the Isaac Resources Excellence Precinct, The Core provides the professional infrastructure needed for operators, project teams, METS companies, consultants and innovators to work together closer to operations.

This includes:

  • Flexible Workspace & Project Team Facilities

  • Collaboration, Meeting & Workshop Spaces

  • Conference, Training & Industry Event Hosting

  • Regional Industry Coordination & Engagement

  • Innovation, Technology & Knowledge Exchange

  • Professional Base for METS, Consultants & Visiting Teams

 

Coming Soon!

 
 
 

This Expression of Interest is an invitation to be part of the IREP journey.

Whether you are looking for a flexible place to work when you are in Moranbah, somewhere to bring your team together, a permanent regional presence, a place to deliver training or undertake research, a platform to showcase your skills and knowledge. In the RCOE, partnership, there is an opportunity to connect with IREP.

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  • Work from the heart of one of Australia’s most significant resources regions without needing to establish a permanent office. IREP’s flexible workspace access passes will provide an easy way for visiting professionals, regional businesses, project teams and organisations to drop in, connect and work. FIND OUT MORE

  • Bring your people, customers, partners or project team together at a facility designed around collaboration. From a two-person meeting to an industry workshop or strategic planning session, IREP will provide professional spaces backed by the capability and connections of the Resources Centre of Excellence. text goes here. FIND OUT MORE

  • For organisations looking for more than occasional access, IREP provides an opportunity to establish a genuine presence in Moranbah. Tenants will not simply occupy an office; they will become part of a precinct connecting industry, skills, research, technology and regional opportunity. Opportunities to tailor tenancy spaces from 12 m² up to 300 m². FIND OUT MORE

  • IREP will bring training, research and industry closer to the environments where skills and solutions are ultimately needed. Registered Training Organisations,

    universities, researchers, technology providers and industry are invited to use the precinct to train people, investigate challenges, test ideas and develop future capability. FIND OUT MORE

  • IREP provides more than a venue; it provides a reason for people to come together. Host an industry forum, product launch, technology demonstration, conference, expo or networking event in a precinct designed to connect ideas with the people who can help move them forward. FIND OUT MORE

  • IREP is seeking organisations that want to do more than use the precinct — they want to help shape what it becomes. Through foundational and strategic partnerships, industry, education, research and government can invest capability, expertise and resources into initiatives that create lasting value for both the resources sector and the Isaac community. FIND OUT MORE

 

FLEXIBLE WORKSPACE ACCESS PASSES

Designed for:

  • Visiting industry and corporate teams

  • METS businesses working across the Bowen Basin

  • Consultants and professional services

  • Researchers and university personnel

  • Government and economic development representatives

  • Project and contractor teams

  • Remote and hybrid workers

  • Businesses exploring the Isaac market before establishing a permanent presence

Expressions of interest are invited for:

  • IREP DAY ACCESS - Pass for occasional use

  • IREP FLEX ACCESS - Pass for set number of bookings per month

  • IREP BUSINESS ACCESS - Pass for regular company use

  • IREP ANNUAL PASS - Ongoing access throughout the year

IREP will offer various access passes to shared facilities, preferential meeting-room rates, networking opportunities, precinct updates, invitations to selected industry activities and opportunities to connect with the broader RCOE and IREP network.


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FACILITY HIRE | MEET.CONNECT.COLLABORATE

Make your next meeting matter.

Bring your clients, project team, stakeholders or industry partners together in a professional environment built around the industries shaping the region.

Book IREP for meetings, workshops, planning sessions, industry briefings, consultations or team days, with the option to add a precinct tour, technology demonstration, industry introduction or facilitated discussion.

For organisations travelling to Moranbah or operating across multiple sites, IREP provides a professional, neutral place to connect, collaborate and get business done.

MEET HERE. CONNECT HERE. LEAVE WITH MORE THAN YOU ARRIVED WITH

 

Potential uses include

  • Business and client meetings

  • Strategic planning sessions

  • Community and stakeholder consultation

  • Hybrid and virtual meetings

  • Board and executive meetings

  • Workshops and roundtables

  • Industry briefings

  • Team planning days

  • Project meetings

  • Interviews and recruitment

  • Research collaboration

A meeting at IREP can be combined with a precinct tour, industry presentation, technology demonstration, facilitated introduction or workshop. The Resources Centre of Excellence has shown what can happen when industry, researchers, educators, government and businesses come together. IREP brings that collaborative model directly into the Isaac region.

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TENANCY OPPORTUNITIES

Put your business closer to the action

IREP places your organisation at the heart of the region, alongside industry, technology providers, educators and researchers.

More than an office, it’s a place to meet clients, build relationships and uncover new opportunities. Don’t just service the Isaac region. Become part of it.

Who could call IREP home?

IREP is particularly interested in organisations working across areas including:

  • Resources and METS

  • Digital Technologies and telecommunications

  • Research and commercialisation

  • Circular Economy and resources recovery

  • Regional Development

  • Automation and autonomous systems

  • Advanced manufacturing

  • Mine rehabilitation and post mining land use

  • Environmental innovation

  • Artificial intelligence and industrial intelligence

  • Skills and workforce development

  • Critical and strategic minerals

  • Energy and emerging industries

IREP's tenancy model is intended to encourage participation as well as occupation. Depending on the organisation and tenancy arrangement, opportunities could extend beyond office space to include:

  1. Access to shared meeting and collaboration facilities

  2. Participation in precinct events and activities

  3. Connections with industry and research networks

  4. Opportunities to demonstrate capability

  5. Collaboration on projects and programs

  6. Engagement with visiting industry and government delegations

  7. Workforce and education connections

  8. Pathways into the wider RCOE ecosystem

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TRAIN. TEST. DEVELOP

Train here. Test here. Develop here. Prove what’s possible here

IREP brings training, research, technology and industry closer to where they’re needed.

RTOs, universities, researchers, technology companies, METS businesses and industry can deliver training, test ideas, demonstrate technology, develop collaborations and respond to real workforce and industry challenges.

Training opportunities

IREP can provide a regional platform for:

  • Accredited and non-accredited training

  • Industry-specific professional development

  • Short courses and micro-credentials

  • Future skills programs Bespoke industry training

  • Workforce upskilling and reskilling

  • Technology familiarisation

  • Educator and teacher industry immersion

  • Apprenticeship and trade-related activities

Research & Development

IREP also creates an opportunity to bring applied research closer to industry

Potential activities may include:

  1. Technology trials

  2. Research projects

  3. Industry challenge programs

  4. Equipment and technology demonstrations

  5. Data and digital applications

  6. AI, automation and industrial intelligence

  7. Remote operations

  8. Advanced manufacturing

  9. Mine rehabilitation

  10. Circular economy and resource recovery

  11. Post mining land use

  12. Environmental technologies

  13. Workforce and human factors research

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EVENTS

Have something worth sharing with the resources sector?

IREP provides a platform for product launches, demonstrations, industry events, workshops, forums and networking in Moranbah.

More than a venue, it can help connect your event with industry networks, partners, stakeholders and new opportunities.

For technology and METS companies, it’s a chance to show industry what you can do.

Potential activities may include:

  • Industry forums

  • Equipment demonstrations

  • Research showcases

  • Careers and workforce events

  • Conferences

  • Expos

  • Training Events

  • Investor and delegation visits

  • Technology showcases

  • Networking events

  • Community information sessions

  • Innovation challenges

  • Product launches

  • Industry breakfasts and luncheons

  • Stakeholder roundtables

  • School education activities

RCOE can help strengthen your event through stakeholder connections, precinct tours, demonstrations, speakers, industry participation and promotion.

IREP also gives technology providers and innovators the opportunity to showcase capability through live demonstrations and real-world applications.

2027 events include Teacher Conference and Queensland Resources & Innovation Expo.

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FOUNDATIONAL & STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

Don't just be associated with IREP. Help shape what comes next

IREP is looking for organisations ready to go beyond sponsorship and help build new capability, opportunities and outcomes in the Isaac region. Partnerships could involve workforce challenges, research, technology, education, industry projects, investment or new regional initiatives.

Bring your expertise, technology, networks or a challenge and explore what we could build together. Partner early. Help shape the opportunity. Build something that lasts.

Partnerships could support

  • Workforce and skills development

  • AI, automation and digital capability

  • Circular economy initiatives

  • Community capability

  • Applied research

  • Advanced manufacturing

  • Regional economic diversification

  • Innovation and commercialisation

  • Technology trials & demonstrations

  • Critical and strategic minerals

  • Education and career pathways

  • New programs and projects

  • Industrial intelligence

  • Mine rehabilitation and post mining land use

  • Industrial and regional tourism

Different partners. Different contributions | Not every partnership needs to look the same.

Investment - Long-term financial participation or co investment

Capability - Specialist knowledge, people, technology or equipment.

Programs - Co-development of training, research, workforce or innovation initiatives.

Projects - Collaboration around a defined regional or industry challenge.

Activation - Supporting events, demonstrations, showcases and engagement.

Connections - Bringing national and international expertise, networks and opportunities into the Isaac region.

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IREP Expression of Interest