The dynamic mid-tier mining house inherited the project following its successful acquisition of Reliance Mining Ltd. Speaking at the recent RIU Explorer's Conference in Western Australia, ConsMins managing director Michael Kiernan said nickel would be the flagship commodity for the company in years to come. The Reliance acquisition underpinned its nickel growth strategy, which was focused on the development of a complementary business unit in stainless and carbon steel materials alongside its existing successful manganese and chromite operations. Reliance's key assets were 5,000 tonne per annum Beta Hunt nickel mine in the world-class Kambalda nickel region as well as the substantial resource base and strategic exploration acreage included in the advanced East Alpha project area, which has the potential to be developed - in the short-term - as a 4-5,000t per annum nickel operation. Gold will be added to the commodity mix at the end of the year and will contribute 100,000 oz in total or about 25,000 oz per annum. Kiernan said once the merger was bedded down the company would allocate a 6 million dollars exploration budget to Reliance's ground holdings.
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