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The Greenbushes Lithium Operations are located directly south and immediately adjacent to the town of Greenbushes, approximately 250km south of Perth and Fremantle, a major container shipping port, and 90km south east of the Port of Bunbury, a major bulk handling port, in the south-west of Western Australia. The Greenbushes Lithium Operations produce a range of lithium mineral products and have a well-established global customer base.

The Greenbushes ore body is a highly mineralised zoned pegmatite with a strike length of more than 3km. The Greenbushes Lithium Operations Mineral Reserve is unique among known lithium deposits in that it contains approximately 50% spodumene.

The Greenbushes Lithium Operations have two processing plants located at the mining operations. One plant produces technical-grade lithium concentrates, the other produces chemical-grade lithium concentrate. Ore containing 3.5% to 4.5% lithium oxide is fed into the processing plants which upgrade the lithium mineral, using gravity, heavy media, flotation and magnetic processes into a range of lithium concentrates for bulk or bagged shipment.

The Greenbushes Lithium Operations are located in an agricultural region comprising of mainly dairy farming, orchards, forestry and vineyards. As a result of the attractive location of the Greenbushes Lithium Operations, both in proximity to Perth and also the holiday regions of south-west Western Australia, Talison Lithium is able to recruit and retain a talented and stable workforce, who generally live in the local area. The quality and stability of this workforce is a major competitive advantage which has contributed significantly to growth and improved performance of the Greenbushes Lithium Operations over an extended period.