BRISBANE, Queensland, Oct. 23 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement:

Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Minister for Manufacturing and Minister for Regional and Rural Development

The Honourable Dale Last

* The Crisafulli Government has openedthe Queensland Resources Common User Facility to support critical minerals processing. * The Australian-first purpose-built Townsville facility will help companies prove and scale downstream processing, reduce project risk and move projects to commercial production. * The Queensland Resources Common User Facility forms part of the Crisafulli Government's plan to acceleratethe extraction, processing and export of high-quality critical m...