Ann: Isabel Nickel Project Maiden Mineral Resource Estimate, page-32

The JORC report states it is not viable

"Direct shipping of ore (DSO) operations will generally require higher nickel grades for development. "

Long road ahead for AVQ, months of drilling and then scoping study and continuous refinement of operational costs to get some margin. Of course nickel could rally and it needs to for this to get into production.
If all goes well AVQ will be lucky to produce by middle next year