Work Contracts Awarded for Galaxy Resources' Mt Cattlin

Last week, Galaxy Resources awarded its Mt Cattlin mining contract to Orionstone Pty Ltd.

Orionstone is a provider of mining equipment and services that was established in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia 17 years ago and currently has fleets of equipment operating around Australia. Former clients of the company include Norilsk Nickel, Harmony Gold, Newcrest Mining, Haddington and Panoramic Resources.

At the Mt Cattlin Spodumene Project, Orionstone will provide a Hitachi 1800 excavator, Caterpillar 777D dump trucks, Cat D9 dozer and other ancillary equipment as well as plant operators and maintenance staff.

The drill and blast component of the mining contract will be delivered by an Orionstone subcontractor, Total Drilling Services Pty Ltd who has also been operating in the Goldfields region for many years.

Mining is expected to commence in early April 2010 with a four month pre-strip period in order to guarantee supply of run of mine ore for the commissioning of the process plant in Q3 2010.

This continues Galaxy's commitment to providing contracts and work to communities local to the Ravensthorpe area.