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Forrestania joint venture puts Western Areas on the fast track

PERTH-based junior Western Areas hopes to be producing nickel by next year after taking a $1.3 million option to earn 75% of the Forrestania nickel project, which includes three nickel sulphide resources containing more than 55,000 tonnes of metal.

Greg Tubby

Forrestania joint venture puts Western Areas on the fast track

It has also taken a separate option to buy the RAV-8 nickel processing plant for $400,000 from Tectonic Resources. "We're going from a nickel explorer to having our foot on some very significant resources,...

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