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WMC to test deep Musgrave target

WMC Resources is likely to drill a deep target at its isolated West Musgrave nickel-copper-cobalt-PGE project in Western Australia during 2005, with the Babel prospect estimated to contain a “mineral inventory” of around 1 million tonnes of nickel metal and a similar amount of copper.

Michael Quinn
WMC to test deep Musgrave target

Speaking at the Mining 2004 conference in Brisbane, WMC’s general manager exploration Barton Suchomel said the target started at around 400m depth. No other details were released. Suchomel, who bears...

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