EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT

Western Areas has Odysseus complex in mind for production

PRIME Australian nickel miner Western Areas has signalled confidence in the outlook for its commodity of choice by reporting it plans to spend around A$32 million over the next 18 months knocking infrastructure its Odysseus project at Cosmos north of Leinster into shape.

 The Cosmos plant is the destination of future Odysseus ore.

The Cosmos plant is the destination of future Odysseus ore.

Planned work programs will focus on the evaporation ponds, mine camp, dewatering and decline rehabilitation. The cashflow spend over the 18‐month program is forecast to be split about 60:40 over two...

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