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nIcKeL PReVIeW

“ It is exploration

more along the
lines of a research project
than pattern drilling.

of its Mexican assets to Canadian company
Bendito Resources Inc. The sale had a to-
tal value of $20 million, with $4 million cash
and $4 million in shares paid at the time and
a further $12 million of cash and shares due
18 months after Bendito lists on the TSX-V.
Rovira said the sale would assist with
funding for Andover and the company’s
second WA asset, the Barton gold project
near Leonora.
“First drilling at Barton was successful in
identifying significant gold anomalous min-
eralisation and we will continue on a cam-
paign basis,” he said.
“There is a lot happening in the Kookynie-
Leonora area and we have 900sq km in the
middle of it. We need to do a lot more work
in the area before knowing whether we
should talk to others about joining forces.”

– Dominic Piper
Drilling is set to continue unabated at Andover this year

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