Western Mines Group (ASX:WMG) is concluding phase four drilling at its flagship Mulga Tank Project, showcasing the company’s progress at this year’s Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum.
Speaking to Mining.com.au ahead of Diggers, Managing Director Caedmon Marriott expects nickel to be a forgotten commodity in wider discussions across the forum.
“There’s essentially no other nickel explorers left, I expect very few people will want to talk nickel,” Marriott tells this news service.
“Gold on the other hand, I expect the gold companies to be having a real party.”
As previously reported by Mining.com.au, the Mulga Tank has a total resource of 1.968 billion tonnes @ 0.27% nickel, 131 parts per million cobalt, 82ppm copper, and 17 parts per billion platinum and palladium.
Western Mines, which has a market capitalisation of $22.26 million, says the resource marks Mulga Tank as the largest nickel sulphide deposit in Australia.
The company is exhibiting at the forum, to discuss its maiden resource estimate and update investors of its ongoing drilling program at the project.
Phase four of drilling began in July 2025, which Western Mines expects to complete in another month before returning assays.
The company intends to follow up the project with further reverse circulation and diamond drilling.
The 2025 program for Diggers and Dealers marks its 34th year of operations, acting as a mining investment forum for miners, explorers, investors, and other related parties.
“Diggers is the highlight of the Western Australian mining industry, so you go to be part of the Western Australian industry,” Marriott explains.
“We hope to connect with peers within the Western Australian industry.”
Diggers & Dealers is running from 4-6 August 2025, held in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Mining.com.au is again this year attending the event.
Western Mines’ Mulga Tank Project falls just 190km east-northeast of Kalgoorlie, covering a large portion of the Minigwal Greenstone Belt in the Eastern Goldfields Province of the Yilgarn Craton.
Write to Maddison Elliott at Mining.com.au
Images: Western Mines
