EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT

Major investment points to major discovery by Rio

RIO Tinto has applied to build a road to connect its rumoured Winu copper discovery in the Paterson Province to the Great Northern Highway near the Western Australian coast.

An aerial photo shows the camp at Winu

An aerial photo shows the camp at Winu

The company filed a miscellaneous licence application on November 22 for the road, which stretches several hundred kilometres inland to its exploration licence. The application includes a bore field,...

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