The
Greenbushes pegmatite, operated by Talison Lithium (acquired by Tianqi
Group [CH:002466]), is in the southwest region of Australia and is
the country’s largest lithium deposit. Greenbushes has been mined for
tantalum and lithium. The mineable pegmatite zone extends about 2
kilometres in length and total mineral resources have been estimated at
120.6Mt with an average grade of 1.3% Li. Other lithium pegmatite
deposits include the Mount Cattlin deposit (Galaxy Resources), 200
kilometres east of Greenbushes, with estimated lithium resources of
17.2Mt at 0.49% Li; and the Mount Marion lithium project, which is
located ~40 kilometres southwest of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia
(jointly owned by Reed Resources [ASX:RDR] and Mineral Resources Ltd.
[ASX:MIN]).
- LITHEX RESOURCES LIMITED’s (LTX)
- Macarthur Minerals Ltd (MMS:CN)
- Marindi Metal Limited (BMY:AU)
- Poseidon Nickel Limited (ASX:POS)
- Talison Lithium (Tianqi Lithium Corporation-51%, Abemarle-49%)
