Northeast central Australia has potential as new base metals province

An area to the northeast of Alice Springs has the potential to emerge as the Northern Territory’s newest nickel, copper and gold province, according to an explorer active in the province. Speaking in Perth on the first day of the 2011 Paydirt Australian Nickel Conference, last week, Mithril Resources’ Managing Director, Graham Ascough, said there were strong mineralised fundamentals about the Huckitta region that could rapidly prove up its potential as a new province. (more…)