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Venus is producing to plan

Providing the high quality ore required for the Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter concentrate feed

Northern Cave Southern Cave
in production almost complete
Venus underground is now at full production rates

• Sub-level caving operation, with caving successfully
~120m
recorded

• ~720K tonnes of production per annum available at 1.5%
nickel grade¹ 2km main

~240m
• Tonnes per vertical metre increases with depth – less access drives
to Leinster
development intensive and upside potential for production underground
output

• ~207kt contained metal in mineral resource², with
mineralisation open at depth and to the north

Mined Planned
¹ Refer to BHP Annual Report 2021 pg. 266 for Venus Ore Reserve annual production targets
² Refer to detailed tables for Nickel West Mineral Resources in the Appendix slide 13
Chris Stone, General Manager Northern Operations
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