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TABLE 13
NICKEL:� NEW LATERITE PROJECTS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION, BY YEAR, BEFORE 2020
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
 
Projected Resource Estimated Annual production
year of first Country and grade resources capacity
production   state/province   Project and company1   (% Ni)   (thousands)2   (contained Ni)   Nickel product
2005 Philippines Adlay-Cagdianao-Tandawa 1.61 5,800 5,000 Ore.
(Surigao del Norte) BHP Billiton Group and Case Mining and 1.58 13,000
        Development Corp.                
2005 Philippines Rio Tuba 1.26 16,000 10,000 Ni-Co sulfide.
    (Palawan)   Coral Bay Nickel Corp. (Sumitomo consortium)            
2007 Do. Berong 2.30 4,200 17,000 Ore.
Do. Toledo Mining Corp. PLC, Atlas Consolidated 1.30 270,000
        Mining and Development Corp., Investika Ltd.            
2007 Turkey Caldag 1.32 23,000 21,000 Leachate precipitate.
(Manisa) European Nickel PLC and BHP Billiton Group 1.26 17,600
            1.32   7,100        
2008 Australia Ravensthorpe 0.75 118,000 50,000 Ni-Co hydroxide.
    (Western Australia) BHP Billiton Group   0.60   120,000        
2008 New Caledonia Goro 1.34 96,000 60,000 Ni oxide.
(Southern) Goro Nickel S.A. 2.01 24,000
CVRD Inco Limited, Soci�t� de Participation 1.70 83,000
Mini�re du Sud Cal�donien S.A.S., Sumitomo
        consortium                
2009 Australia Jump-up Dam 1.07 19,000 5,000 Leachate precipitate.
    (Western Australia) Heron Resources Ltd.   0.82   22,000        
2009 Brazil Onca-Puma 1.86 78,000 57,000 Ferronickel.
(Para) Minera��o On�a Puma 1.25 91,000
        Companhia Vale do Rio Doce                
2010 Brazil Barro Alto 1.85 23,000 36,000 Do.
    (Goias)   Anglo American plc   1.79   7,000        
2010 Brazil Vermelho 0.80 290,000 46,000 Metal or oxide.
    (Para)   Companhia Vale do Rio Doce                
2010 Guatemala Fenix saprolite (pyrometallurgical process) 1.81 8,700 22,700 Ferronickel.
    (Izabal)   Skye Resources Inc. and CVRD Inco Ltd.   1.58   33,000        
2011 Australia Marlborough/Gladstone 0.94 49,000 60,000 Metal.
    (Queensland)   Gladstone Pacific Nickel Ltd.   0.93   6,000        
2011 Cuba Pinares de Mayari West 1.10 400,000 40,000 Metal, oxide, or
    (Holguin)   Government of Cuba               ferronickel.
2011 Kazakhstan Shevchenko 0.85 21,000 15,700 Ferronickel.
    (Kostanai Oblast) Oriel Resources plc   0.77   83,000        
2011 New Caledonia Koniambo 2.40 63,000 60,000 Do.
(Northern) Xstrata Nickel and Soc. Miniere du Sud 2.47 13,000
        Pacifique S.A.   1.60   100,000        
2011 Papua New Guinea Ramu� 0.91 76,000 33,000 Ni-Co intermediate.
(Madang) China Metallurgical Construction (Group) Corp., 1.01 67,000
Highlands Pacific Ltd., and Mineral Resources
        Development Co.                
2012 Australia Young 0.99 58,000 4,500 Leachate precipitate,
(New South Wales) Jervois Resources Ltd. 0.72 110,000 initially.
        0.38   110,000        
2012 Cuba Las Camariocas 1.32 110,000 22,500 Metal, oxide, or
    (Holguin)   Government of Cuba and others3               ferronickel.
2012 Guatemala Fenix limonite (hydrometallurgical process) 1.18 33,000 22,200 Ni-Co hydroxide.
    (Izabal)   Skye Resources Inc. and CVRD Inco Ltd.                
2012 Indonesia Weda Bay (Santa Monica, Pintu, Boki Mokot 1.45 154,000 48,000 Ni-Co sulfide.
(Halmahera Island) deposits) 1.53 123,000
Weda Bay Minerals Inc. (Eramet Group) and
        PT Aneka Tambang                
2012 Madagascar Ambatovy (Ambatovy and Analamay deposits) 1.12 44,000 60,000 Ni-Co intermediate.
Dynatec Corp., Sumitomo Corp., South Korean 0.99 81,000
        Consortium                
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 13�Continued
NICKEL:� NEW LATERITE PROJECTS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION, BY YEAR, BEFORE 2020
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
 
Projected Resource Estimated Annual production
year of first Country and grade resources capacity
production   state/province   Project and company1   (% Ni)   (thousands)2   (contained Ni)   Nickel product
2013 Australia Mount Margaret 0.78 170,000 45,000 Ni-Co hydroxide.
    (Western Australia) Minara Resources Ltd.                
2013 Guatemala Sechol (El Inicio, El Segundo, Rio Negro, Poza 1.40 37,000 4 NA Ni-Co intermediate.
Azul deposits) 1.50 100,000
        Jaguar Nickel S.A. (BHP Billiton Ltd.)                
2013 Philippines Sablayan (Kisluyan, Buraboy, Shabo areas) 0.94 73,000 60,000 Ni-Co sulfide.
(Mindoro Island) Crew Minerals ASA 0.95 47,000
            0.88   88,000        
2014 Australia Syerston 0.73 77,000 18,000 Ni-Co sulfide
    (New South Wales) Ivanhoe Nickel and Platinum Ltd.               concentrate.
2014 Australia Kalgoorlie and North Kalgoorlie�Ghost Rocks, 1.20 100,000 50,000 Ni-Co hydroxide.
(Western Australia) Goongarrie, Kalpini 0.83 225,000
        Heron Resources Ltd. and Inco Limited                
2014 Cuba San Felipe 1.30 250,000 45,000 Metal or oxide.
    (Camaguey)   Government of Cuba and others                
2015 New Caledonia Prony 1.50 NA 4 NA 4 Ni oxide.
(Southern) CVRD Inco Limited, Bureau de Recherches�
        Geologiques et Minieres, Sumitomo consortium            
2016 Papua New Guinea WoWo Gap 1.09 31,000 45,000 Metal.
    (Oro)   Resource Mining Corp. Ltd.   1.44   18,000        
2017 New Caledonia Nakety-Bogota 1.47 88,000 52,000 Ni-Co intermediate.
(Northern) Argosy Minerals, Inc. and Soc. des Mines de 1.50 140,000
        la Tontouta                
2019 Dominican Republic Cerro de Maimon (Cumpie Hill and Loma Mala) 1.70 NA NA NA
    (Las Jarditas)   Rio Tinto plc                
2019 Indonesia La Sampala 1.50 195,000 46,000 NA
    (Sulawest)   Rio Tinto plc   1.30   185,000        
2020 C�te d'Ivoire Biankouma, Touba, Sipilou 1.57 120,000 45,000 Ni-Co intermediate
Xstrata Nickel and Soc. d'Etat pour le 1.40 140,000 or ferronickel.
        Developpement Minier                
2020 Indonesia Gag Island 1.35 240,000 30,000 Intermediate, metal,
    (Maluku)   BHP Billiton Group and PT Aneka Tambang           or ferronickel.
NA Not available.
1Company names reflect organizational structure as of February 26, 2007.� BHP Billiton Group is a dual listed company comprising of BHP Billiton Limited and�
BHP Billiton Plc.
2Gross weight, dry.� "Estimated resources" are rounded to no more than two significant digits.� When two or more data sets are listed, the first resource data
represent measured resources; the second, indicated resources; and the third, inferred resources.
3China Minmetals Corporation and the Government of Venezuela have both expressed an interest in investing in this long-stalled project.
4New resource estimate in progress.
Sources:� Company annual reports, presentations, and press releases; CRU International, Ltd.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

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