Id say it was all about the Nickel ......

Id say it was all about the Nickel ...

https://www.australianmining.com.au/news/bhp-making-all-the-right-calls-at-nickel-west/

"BHP has set itself to expand production by 40 per cent at its Mount Keith nickel mine in Western Australia, with a new semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mill, flotation technology and two new Liebherr excavators.
Speaking at the 2021 Diggers & Dealers forum, BHP Nickel West asset president Eddy Haegel said BHP was looking to respond to an increase in nickel demand at Mount Keith"

Albion Resources ("Albion" or the "Company") is pleased to advise that the prospective nickel-copper and gold exploration license, 36/1005, located 30km southeast of Leinster, is now granted. This strategic and significant new tenement is along strike from Auroch's recently announced the Horn and related Ni-Cu prospects and adjacent to BHP's Nickel West Weebo Ni deposit. Chairman Colin Locke commented: “Shareholders can be extremely confident in the Leinster Project’s potential because it is located ajacent to BHP’s Weebo Bore Ni deposit and neighbour Auroch continues to report nickel and copper intercepts that trend north towards our newly granted tenement.

This project is now a key pillar of the Company as we build towards our maiden drilling program.” Tenement details and work program The Leinster Project comprises one exploration licence application (E36/1005). The Project covers 42 km2 in a worldclass base-metal and gold province approximately 30 kilometres southeast of the town of Leinster. Historic drilling was mostly shallow (<100m), with both nickel and gold mineralised intercepts poorly tested at depth by RC or diamond drilling. An electromagnetic survey (MLTEM) or gradient array induced polarisation/resistivity survey (GAIP) is being considered for each of the two principal nickel targets, i.e. north of the Horn trend and south of the Weebo deposit, to identify potential conductors along the prospective strike of ultramafic rocks.

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