Minotaur puts nickel projects on the market

7th July 2017 By: Esmarie Iannucci - Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor: Australasia

PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Explorer Minotaur Exploration is seeking a buyer for its Leinster and Saints nickel projects, in Western Australia.

The company has called for expressions of interest for the outright sale of the assets, which hold a combined 29 000 t of nickel resource.

The Saints deposit holds a Joint Ore Reserves Committee-compliant resource of 10.5-million tonnes, at 2% nickel, for 21 000 t of nickel, while the Leinster project hosts 600 000 t of resource, grading at 1.4% nickel and 0.3% copper.