Nickel Sulphide Exploration
With the collapse of the nickel price nickel exploration has become secondary to gold exploration, but the nickel price will surely recover and Australian Mines has retained all of its nickel resources for the future. Nickel exploration is reported as three entities, namely the Golden Ridge Joint Venture, and he East Location 45 freehold lease near Kalgoorlie, and the Marriotts Project near Leinster.

• East Location
• The Golden Ridge Joint Venture  (GRJV - PIO 56% and manager, AUZ 44%)
• Marriott's Nickel Sulphide Project (AUZ 100%)