Independence unveils nickel exploration budget for 2018

ASX-listed diversified miner Independence Group will spend nearly 60% of its A$50-million exploration budget in 2018 on the Nova and Fraser Range project area. Independence MD and CEO Peter Bradford told delegates at the Paydirt nickel conference in Perth, on Tuesday, that A$9-million would be spent to explore the Nova mining lease, with a further A$21-million going towards the greater Fraser Range tenement area.