| GLOSSARY |
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| Bioheapleaching |
heapleaching using the catalytic action of iron and sulfur oxidizing bacteria |
| Cobalt |
hard, brittle metal resembling iron or nickel in appearance |
| Cut-off-grade |
the lowest grade of mineralized material that is included in Mineral Resources |
| Deposit |
an anomalous occurrence of a specific mineral or minerals within the earth's crust |
| Diamond drilling |
diamond core drilling utilises an annular diamond-impregnated drill bit attached to the end of hollow drill rods to cut a cylindrical core of solid rock |
| Grade |
the quantity of ore or metal in a specified quantity of rock |
| Groundwater |
all the water contained in the void space within rocks and soil |
| Heapleaching |
a hydrometallurgical process used for the recovery of metals from ore |
| JORC code |
the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves |
| Mineral |
a natural, inorganic, homogeneous material that can be expressed by a chemical formula |
| Mineral Resource |
a concentration of occurrence of material of intrinsic economic interest in or on the Earth's crust such a form and quantity that there are reasonable prospects for eventual economic extraction |
| Nickel |
silvery white metal that takes on a high polish; hard, malleable, ductile, somewhat ferromagnetic, and fair conductor of heat and electricity |
| Ore Reserve |
the economically mineable part of a Measured or Indicated Mineral Resource |
| Orebody |
a mostly solid and fairly continuous mass of mineralization estimated to be economically mineable |
| Waste rock |
rock which is not ore but is brought to the surface by mining activities and has no economic value |
