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Galaxy Lithium Australia Ltd

Holds ground today

Galaxy Lithium Australia Ltd holds 15 Western Australian tenements covering 21,749 ha. It is a subsidiary of Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO). It has lodged 7 open-file WAMEX reports between 2011 and 2022, mostly for lithium, tantalum and gold.

Reports lodged
7
Tenements held
15
21,749 ha
Holding since
2010
Active
12yrs
2011 to 2022
Areas worked
1
Shire of Ravensthorpe
Owner
Rio Tinto
ASX:RIO
Last reported
2022
4 years ago
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Where Galaxy Lithium Australia Ltd has reported

Who owns Galaxy Lithium Australia?

Galaxy Lithium Australia is a subsidiary of Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO). The group is named as a holder on 522 live Western Australian tenements.

The other companies Rio Tinto holds ground through, with the live tenements each is named on:

Hamersley Iron Pty. Limited 181Robe River Mining Co. Pty. Ltd. 174North Mining Limited 171Rio Tinto Winu Pty Limited 33Hamersley Resources Limited 28Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Limited 27Hamersley Exploration Pty Limited 23Hamersley WA Pty Ltd 15Galaxy Resources Pty Ltd 10Hamersley Iron-Yandi Pty Limited 9Mount Bruce Mining Pty Limited 6Argyle Diamonds Pty Limited 5Allkem Financial Services Pty Ltd 1Kerrigup Resources Pty Limited Rio Tinto Limited

From Rio Tinto's consolidated entity disclosure statement, as at 2025-12-31.

Who holds paper over Rio Tinto's ground?

Galaxy Lithium Australia is part of the Rio Tinto group, so these are the group's connections.

55 of Rio Tinto's live titles carry a caveat or mortgage held by another party. Rio Tinto holds caveats or mortgages over 43 live titles of other companies. It holds 251 live titles together with another holder.

Caveats and mortgages over its ground

SMM Perth Pty Ltd 26Winu Services Pty Ltd 26Rhodes Ridge Management Services Pty Ltd 14SPC Blue Pty Ltd 14Rhodes Ridge Mining (No 1) Pty Ltd 14Greatland Resources 7

and 8 more

It holds caveats and mortgages over

SMM Perth Pty Ltd 26SPC Blue Pty Ltd 14Rhodes Ridge Mining (No 1) Pty Ltd 14High-Tech Metals Ltd 1Cannon Resources Pty Ltd 1FMR Investments Pty Limited 1

Holds ground with

Mitsui Iron Ore Development Pty Ltd 171Cape Lambert Iron Associates 171Pannawonica Iron Associates 171SMM Perth Pty Ltd 27Rhodes Ridge Mining (No 1) Pty Ltd 23SPC Blue Pty Ltd 23

and 4 more

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From caveats, mortgages and joint holdings on the DMPE tenement register. A caveat protects an interest in a title, such as a royalty, an option or a loan; the register does not say which.

What Galaxy Lithium Australia holds today

Galaxy Lithium Australia holds 15 tenements across 21,749 ha. The register records 11 titles transferred in, the latest in March 2021.

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Exploration record

Commodities targeted
Lithium 7 · Tantalum 7 · Gold 1 · Spodumene 1
Where they worked
Shire of Ravensthorpe 7
Also filed as
Galaxy Lithium Australia Pty Ltd · Galaxy Lithium Australia Ltd
Work on record
Diamond drilling 5 · RC drilling 4 · Mineral resource estimate 3 · Geological reconnaissance 2 · Geophysical data processing 2 · Metallurgy 2 · Mine production 2 · Multielement analysis 2
Resource declared
Yes, in 3 reports: A119054 (2019), A111997 (2017), A89450 (2011)
Downloadable data
7 of 7 reports include a digital package
Report types
Annual 6 · Partial Surrender 1
Reports by decade
52010s
22020s

Reports filed

7 WAMEX exploration reports lodged by Galaxy Lithium Australia Ltd.
Most recent reports
ReportYearProjectTitle
A131775 2022 Mount Cattlin Partial Surrender E74/571 Mount Cattlin Project for the period ending 24/06/2022.
A122671 2020 Mont Cattlin Annual Report 24 December 2018 to 23 December 2019, Mount Cattlin Project, M74/244, E 74/379, E74/399, E74/400
A119054 2019 Mount Cattlin Annual Report 24 December 2018 to 23 December 2018, Mount Cattlin Project C127/2004, M74/244, E 74/379, E74/39
A111997 2017 Mount Cattlin Annual Report 18 December 2015 to 17 December 2016, Mount Cattlin Project, M74/244, E74/400, E74/401, E74/299,
A101138 2014 Mount Cattlin Mount Cattlin Project, Annual Report for the period 18/12/2012 to 17/12/2013, E74/ 295, 299, 400-401 & 415; M7
A96814 2013 Mount Cattlin Mount Cattlin Project, Annual Report for the period 18th December 2011 to 17th December 2012, M74/244; E74/400
A89450 2011 Mount Cattlin Annual Report 24 December 2009 to 23 December 2010, Mount Cattlin Project, (M74/244)

Named projects

Project names Galaxy Lithium Australia Ltd used in their reports, with the shire each sits in.

Mount Cattlin 6Mont Cattlin 1

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Tenure data sourced from the DMPE public registers and SLIP WA (© Government of Western Australia, CC BY 4.0). Compiled by NextMaps. Verify against primary sources before reliance.