PFS demonstrates ‘healthy’ operational, financial characteristics of Odysseus project

The prefeasibility study (PFS) into the Odysseus nickel project, in Western Australia, has estimated that the project could deliver an average of 12 000 t/y of nickel in concentrate over an initial seven-and-a-half-year mine life. Owner Western Areas on Thursday said the PFS estimated the project will require a capital expenditure of between A$190-million and A$210-million, which would also fund the definitive feasibility study (DFS), to develop the Odysseus project.