Nickel Resources and Potential of Australia

Nickel is an important industrial commodity that is used in the manufacture of stainless steel, super-alloys and in rechargeable batteries. Australia holds the world's largest economic resources of nickel, with approximately 25% of global resources (based on latest data from United States Geological Survey, 2012). The bulk of Australia's nickel resources occur in laterite deposits (69%). However, most (82%) of Australia's nickel production is from sulfide deposits hosted by ultramafic volcanic and intrusive rocks (komatiites), within the Archean Yilgarn Craton of Western Australia. Although komatiite-hosted deposits dominate Australian production, this deposit type ranks only fourth in global nickel production (18%), after deposits hosted by large igneous provinces (LIPs) (30%, e.g., Norilsk, Russia), astrobleme (20%, Sudbury, Canada) and tholeiitic intrusion-hosted or 'basal sulfide' deposits (20%, e.g., Voisey's Bay, Canada and Jinchuan, China). Tholeiitic intrusion-hosted nickel sulphide deposits are highly sought exploration targets due to their potential size and co-products of platinum-group elements (PGE) and copper. This brochure highlights Australia's current resources and potential for tholeiitic intrusion-hosted nickel sulphide deposits.

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