Company News: Western Areas
Updated: 23 Feb 2010
The primary discovery at Forrestania, Flying Fox, is one of the highest grade nickel deposits in the world. Total Mineral Resources at Flying Fox comprise 2.0 million tonnes at an average grade of 6.2% (2.5Mt @ 5.5% for 125kNi including Lounge Lizard) nickel, containing approximately 125,640 tonnes of nickel. Western Areas' produced 8,000 tonnes of nickel in the 1st full year of production at Flying Fox.
The Company is also developing a number of other discoveries at the Forrestania Nickel Project.
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