CVRD-Inco will proceed to step three of the Kalgoorlie Nickel Project, its joint venture with West Perth-based Heron Resources Ltd, and will pass on a draft program and budget for the works by Saturday.
Jubilee Mines NL has entered into an off-take agreement with Inco Ltd for the sale of nickel concentrate production from its Cosmos Nickel Operations in Western Australia for the period from 1 October 2006 to 30 September 2007.
The state’s nickel laterite mining sector received a confidence boost from an unlikely source recently when Canadian nickel giant Inco threw its weight behind junior miner Heron Resources’ $1.4 billion Kalgoorlie nickel project.
