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Diggers South a monster: Western Areas

NICKEL play Western Areas has announced a 47% increase in contained nickel resource at its Diggers South deposit over previous estimates, as well as estimating a new mineralised halo around the deposit, with the company saying that the 7.8 million tonne prospect is a “monster” with the potential to be a major nickel mine.

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Diggers South a monster: Western Areas

The company reported that the revised total indicated mineral resource at Diggers South now stands at 7.8Mt at an average grade of 1.03% nickel, containing approximately 80,300t nickel. This figure...

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