Liontown
Liontown Resources (ASX:LTR) is an Australian lithium company developing and ramping up production from the Kathleen Valley Lithium Operation in Western Australia, targeting supply into the global battery materials value chain. The company’s model is to mine and process spodumene concentrate from a long-life hard-rock resource, supported by offtake/strategic relationships and ongoing optimisation of mining and processing. Liontown’s positioning is leveraged to demand growth from EVs and energy storage, with value driven by execution on ramp-up, cost control and product quality/consistency.
Short position
Liontown (ASX:LTR) has 6.46% of its shares on issue reported as short positions as of 5 Oct 2026, or about 206,121,230 shares. Over the past 30 days that figure has risen 2.04 percentage points, and over 90 days it has risen 3.68 percentage points. Its highest recorded short interest was 13.33% in August 2025. LTR is classified in the Materials industry. All figures come from official ASIC short position reports, published with a four trading-day (T+4) delay.
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Western AustraliaMajority of operations (estimate)
Basis: Kathleen Valley lithium project development
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