Here is a basic comparison table of the two companies Aston...

Here is a basic comparison table of the two companies Aston minerals ASO.asx and Western mining group WMG.asx

This is my own research and not financial advise, it is important to understand peers and invest with informed decisions.

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	Aston Minerals ASO.asx			Western mining group WMG.asx
Location	Country	Ontario, Canada		Country	Western Australia, Australia
	Jurisdiction	Tier 1		Jurisdiction	Tier 1
	Workforce	60 km North (Timmins Ontario)		Workforce	190km Southwest (Kalgoorlie)
	Downstream Smelter	294km Sudbury Capacity 2.75 million tonnes of ore per year		Downstream Smelter	Nickel West Capacity 750,000 tonnes of ore per year
Management	Exceptional management with combined experience of completion of over 10 mining projects: Exploration experience - Yes Feasibility experience - Yes Financing experience - Yes Project management - Yes Construction - Yes Commissioning - Yes Operations- Yes Current Executive Chairman - Tolga Kumova Currently largest shareholder 11% of company. Aston current management link - https://astonminerals.com/about/directors/ Mr Peter Breese to be appointed as Executive Chairman 01 May 2023 35 years of operational and project management experience. ·Chief operating officer of Nickel producer, LionOre through takeover by Norilsk Nickel ·Chief Executive of Norilsk Nickel following its acquisition of LionOre ·CEO of ASX Listed Mantra Resources Ltd, acquired in 2011 by ARMZ for A$1.16Bn Aston appointed management link - https://astonminerals.com/wp-content/uploads/AstonAppointsExpertNickelMineBuildingTeam04Apr23.pdf.			Exploration experience and capital raising but no current experience progressing project to production. Exploration experience - Yes Feasibility experience - No Financing experience - Yes Project management - No Construction - No Commissioning - No Operations- No Managing director - Dr Caedmon Marriott Currently holding 3m shares (6% of company) Caedmon has over 18 years experience in mineral exploration and equity capital markets. Caedmon was previously Managing Director of Western Australian gold and nickel explorer Aldoro Resources (ASX:ARN). Link - https://www.westernmines.com.au/corporate/board-of-directors/
Power	Existing power infrastructure - Yes Hydro power running through tenement. Ranging from 7-15 cents per kWh			Existing power infrastructure - No If possible but not likely able to access grid from Kalgoorlie - 29c per kWh plus capital to install infrastructure. Otherwise, options such as diesel generator, solar/battery or gas.
Resource	MRE - Yes 1,044 Mt at 0.30% Ni Nickel Sulphide MRE - Feb 23			MRE - No
Mining	Near surface open pit starting at 10m to depths of 847m, width ranges between 100-650m, and strike length of 4,443m Table 2 Reasonable Potential for Economic Extraction (RPEE)			Not assessed
Recovery	Four acid (4A) versus aqua regia (AR) assay		Summary of four acid (4A) versus aqua regia (AR) assay results in table 1	Four acid (4A) versus aqua regia (AR) assay		Summary of four acid (4A) versus aqua regia (AR) assay results in table 1
	Recovery circuit		Aston ran samples through XPS Laboratories, Subdury and on first pass rougher flotation concentrate still achieved exceptional recovery of 71.8% Ni. This will improve with ongoing optimisation and confirms saleable product.	Recovery circuit		Not assessed
Other assets	MRE - Yes Gold - 1.5Moz Various exploration projects globally			MRE - No Various exploration sites across WA.

Aston published an assumptions table within MRE feb 2023 This table allows you to calculate project economics for Astons project.