An Australian Discovered nickel In Dangoma, Northern Nigeria

Nickel

A private mining syndicate is reportedly headed
by Hugh Morgan, a mining industry veteran. Is
said to have discovered nickel deposit in a town
in the north which said to be over a hundred of
kilometers from the country’s capital. Dangoma
is a small farming community North-West state
of Kaduna.
Report monitored from Australian national news
daily, The Australian, the nickel balls, rumoured
to grade better than 90 per cent nickel and
thought to be a world first given their
widespread distribution, offer the potential for
early cash flow.
Nickel is a chemical element with symbol Ni and
atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous
metal with a slight golden tinge. Nickel belongs
to the transition metals and is hard and ductile.
“The nickel balls, rumoured to grade better than
90 per cent nickel and thought to be a world
first given their widespread distribution, offer the
potential for early cashflow from a simple and
low-cost screening operation to fund a full
assessment of the find that has exploration
circles buzzing.”
However, details of the discovery are sketchy,
according to the Australian national news, but
the newspapers said, “the discovery is unusual
because the nickel is found in small balls up to
3mm in diameter of a high purity in shallow soils
in what could be the surface expression of a
much bigger hard-rock nickel field.”
Morgan reportedly said it was for the Nigerian
government to make an announcement.
A formal announcement is likely to come in few
days to come as minister for Solid Minerals,
Kayode Fayemi will be among the speakers at a
three-day Africa Down Under mining
conference at Perth’s Pan Pacific Hotel,
Australia, in September.
Mr. Fayemi is to speak first on Wednesday,
September 7, while Mr Morgan will follow along
with consulting geologist Louisa Lawrance.
Nickel is said oxidizes slowly at room
temperature and is considered corrosion
resistant. Historically, nickel has been used for
plating iron and brass, coating chemistry
equipment, and manufacturing certain alloys that
retain a high silvery polish, such as German
silver.