BRAZILIAN NICKEL

use in our technology ,” he says .

Brazil has a strong and clear legislative path which Brazilian Nickel will follow in order to obtain all the required licences for operation . The company in fact has received a great level of support from the state of Piauí and the state capital Teresina , it has assisted in this process to allow BRN to both understand and operate within the regulatory requirements .

Looking at the choice of location from a technical perspective , Brazil has a very rich technical base with multiple technical universities to support the country ’ s mining culture .

“ As a technology company as well as a mining company , the skills needed to operate are at a high level ,” says Anne Oxley .

“ Engineers , metallurgists , process engineers , electrical engineers are all needed for this project and

there is a huge melting pot of them in Brazil . Of course you can use expats but for me it is better if you can take your skilled people from the country you ’ re working in .”

Booming Brazil in 2016 2016 has been a strong year for

Brazilian Nickel as the company produced its very first saleable nickel product from the Piaui project demonstration plant , using low strength acid lixiviant on the heaps to gain a PLS high in value metals . From this we create a product that Oxley believes is the “ right product ” to take to the nickel market .

The company recently completed a pre-feasibility study at the site which determined that at full operation the project will produce around 24,500 tonnes of nickel per year contained in an intermediate product .

Despite this , Oxley is keen to bring

124 December 2016