key people martin rowley chairman anthony tse managing director products lithium website galaxyresources.com.au galaxy resources is an australian public mining company . it is listed on the australian securities exchange . overview edit galaxy resources has projects in australia china canada and argentina . 1 it produces lithium . 1 galaxy owns the sal de vida lithium and potash brine project in argentina located in the lithium triangle where chile argentina and bolivia meet and the james bay lithium pegmatite project in james bay quebec canada . galaxy also owns the mt cattlin spodumene tantalite mine at ravensthorpe western australia 1 operated in joint venture with general mining corporation . the mine operated between 2009 and 2012 before being placed on care and maintenance between 2013 and 2016 . following a plant refurbishment mining at mt cattlin recommenced in march 2016 with first tantalum production in may 2016 . 2 3 4 in may 2016 galaxy announced a merger with joint venture partner general mining corporation . the resulting company would have a combined market capitalization of a 700 million focused on lithum production through its acquisition of further lithium mines . 5 references edit a b c official website corporate overview barnett opens galaxy s mt cattlin spodumene project . 6 november 2009 . kagi jacob 20 march 2013 . lithium mine shut down in blow to ravensthorpe . investor presentation pdf . ardross wa galaxy resources limited . 30 august 2016 . p. 5 . retrieved 3 september 2016 . ingram tess . galaxy resources and general mining in 700m lithium merger . sydney morning herald . retrieved 31 may 2016 . this australia related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title galaxy resources & oldid 737513387 categories companies listed on the australian securities exchangemining companies of australialithium miningaustralia stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 september 2016 at 09 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view