Western Areas plans to develop five mines at the Forrestania Nickel Project site by 2011 increasing their need for mining equipment, with targeted production of 35,000t per annum of nickel.The Forrestania Nickel Project is located 400km east of Perth, Western Australia. The first mine to be developed is the Flying Fox containing some of the highest grade nickel in the world. The project also includes Archean Greenstone belts and substantial exploration potential. Two additional planned underground mines - Cosmic Boy and Diggers South - are wholly owned by Forrestania Nickel Project.
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The first stage is fully commissioned with an ore capacity of 300,000tpa. The second stage is scheduled for March 2010 to treat ore from the Spotted Quoll mine. Major infrastructure such as grid power, roads, water, tailings disposal and an airstrip is set for completion during the second stage.
Western Areas’ objective is to increase the capacity of the high-quality mineral resources at Forrestania to 40,000t of nickel in 2009. The Flying Fox mine started production in 2008 and produced 200,597t at 4.05%, containing 8,118t of nickel in concentrate.
