Yes, there's no doubt there's significant scandium...

Yes, there's no doubt there's significant scandium mineralisation at Quicksilver.

The review of the resource drill-hole database at the Project confirmed significant intersections of scandium (“Sc”) mineralisation (> 50 ppm Sc) including wide high-grade zones (> 100 ppm Sc) back in March.

The mineralisation is near surface and widespread, contained within the same footprint of the nickel–cobalt resource and most likely associated with the Ni-Co mineralisation.

Significant intersections included wide, high-grade zones like these:

- QRC0111: 32m @ 124ppm from 3m (incl. 20m @ 154ppm from 5m)
- QRC0161: 22m @ 115ppm from 9m (incl. 7m @ 190ppm from 10m)
- QRC0038: 44m @ 77ppm from 32m (incl. 6m @ 114ppm from 44m)
- QRC0054: 37m @ 61ppm from 29m
- QAC0019: 22m @ 74ppm from 12m
- QAC0015: 4m @ 98ppm from 0m

But as you say, HeliosUK, it comes down to the flowsheet.

We'll just have to wait on the Stage 3 Met testwork for answers on it (the scandium) and the REEs - though again, as you say, they're further down the pecking order than the nickel-cobalt.

If we can optimise the Ni-Co concentrate grade up to the target 1.5%+, then I think we're off to the races regardless of whatever added cream might come into the mix.

And of course realising that objective certainly wasn't harmed by the last round of spectacular intersections!

(Oooh, let me hear them again ...28m at 2.34% Nickel & 0.109% Cobalt within the Resource Outline, including intercepts of up to 4.14% Ni and 0.421% Co. )