Sydney, June 6, 2009 (ABN Newswire) - VIDEO: Interview with the Galaxy Resources MD Iggy Tan with Brian Carlton at the RIU Sydney Resources Roundup May 2009.
Galaxy is an industrial minerals company focusing on lithium production. Galaxy has completed a definitive feasibility study (DFS) which demonstrates that the Mt Cattlin Lithium / Tantalum project (Ravensthorpe, Western Australia) is commercially viable based on a processing rate of 1 million tonnes per annum over a 15 year mine life.
The Company is planning to commence the development of the mine and the construction of the mineral processing plant in Q3 2009 with first spodumene concentrate production scheduled for Q3, 2010. The company will be finalising a pre-feasibility study into the value adding downstream production of lithium carbonate (Li2CO3).
Lithium Carbonate Chemical Plant Design
The company plans to establish a 17,000 tpa lithium carbonate plant in China due to lower associated capital and operating costs, as well as being close to the strategic growing battery markets in Asia.
Lithium concentrate and lithium carbonate raw materials will be in short supply and face high future demand growth due to advances in long life batteries and sophisticated electronics in hybrid and electric vehicles, mobile phones and computers.
About Galaxy Resources Limited
Galaxy Resources Limited (ASX:GXY) (OTCMKTS:GALXF) is an international S&P / ASX 200 Index company with lithium production facilities, hard rock mines and brine assets in Australia, Canada and Argentina. It wholly owns and operates the Mt Cattlin mine in Ravensthorpe Western Australia, which is currently producing spodumene and tantalum concentrate, and the James Bay lithium pegmatite project in Quebec, Canada.
Galaxy is advancing plans to develop the Sal de Vida lithium and potash brine project in Argentina situated in the lithium triangle (where Chile, Argentina and Bolivia meet), which is currently the source of 60% of global lithium production. Sal de Vida has excellent potential as a low cost brine-based lithium carbonate production facility.
Lithium compounds are used in the manufacture of ceramics, glass, and consumer electronics and are an essential cathode material for long life lithium-ion batteries used in hybrid and electric vehicles, as well as mass energy storage systems. Galaxy is bullish about the global lithium demand outlook and is aiming to become a major producer of lithium products.
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