Strategic Minerals outlines plan for Hanns Camp

Strategic Minerals was pressing ahead with its Hanns Camp nickel-copper sulphide project in Western Australia, having lodged a permit of work with the state’s Department of Mines.

Hanns Camp is part of the Laverton Project, which Strategic holds a 50% interest in through its recent acquisition of Central Australian Rare Earths.

The AIM-traded firm also confirmed planning was underway for the maiden drilling programme at the target, which will be the first nickel focused drilling to be completed there since the late 1970s.

Its board said drilling was expected to start in mid- to late-May, once the permit is received.

The nickel-copper target is analogous to the ‘world-class’ Nova discovery in Western Australia.

"The lodgement of permit of work with the West Australian Government is an exciting first step on the road to assessing our interest in the tenements known as Hanns Camp at Laverton,” said Strategic Minerals chairman Alan Broome.

“Current planning has drilling expected in mid to late May in line with our previous announcement.

“We look forward to keeping the market abreast of developments relating to the drilling programme as they unfold,” he explained.