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Metallica attracts BHPB

JUNIOR nickel explorer Metallica Minerals has signed an exploration joint venture with BHP Billiton, with the major agreeing to spend up to $11.75 million on exploration over its large tenement holding in north Queensland.

Jesse Riseborough
Metallica attracts BHPB

Under the terms of the deal BHPB can earn up to a 75% interest in the northern half of Metallica’s NORINCO nickel-cobalt ground with the major set to begin an EM and magnetic geophysical survey within...

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