Independence Group: Stargazing
All images IGO. BY ELIZABETH FABRI LESS than a month since the official opening of the Nova project, Independence Group — in the hunt for the next Nova-style deposit — has again increased its footprint in the Fraser Range region through a new Joint Venture deal. Independence Group (IGO) is on the rise again in FY18. After bringing its $443 million Nova nickel-copper-cobalt mine into commercial production on 1 July, the mine’s balance sheet is set for a turnaround year as it adds an extra 26,000 tonnes of nickel, 10,000 tonnes of copper and 800t of cobalt to its annual production. Over the last two years, the company’s focus has been developing Nova. But now the project is up and…