AAP reported that Western Areas NL has upgraded the mineral resource at its Flying Fox project by 11%.

Western Areas said that it had revised mineral resource estimates for the Flying Fox T4 and T5 deposits as well as initial mineral resource estimates for the T6 and T7 nickel deposits. Based on the revised mineral resources, ore reserves for T4 and T5 were being upgraded which was expected to have a positive impact on mine production and grade from early 2010 onwards.

High grade mineral resources at Flying Fox now comprise 1,584,500 tonnes at an average grade of 6% nickel, containing 95,370 tonnes nickel.

(Sourced from AAP)