Rich Nickel Find In New
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Caledonia
REPORTS received in Australia from New Caledonia, in September, in dicate the discovery of rich nickel pyrites, similar to the pyrites of Canada, in the Kouaoua region, on the east coast of the Colony The nickel content, 46 per cent., is exceptional, and the ore is also said to contain copper, gold and possibly platinum. The absence of nickel pyrites in New Caledonia has always been taken for granted, the nickel content of the usual Caledonian ores being between 3 and 7 per cent. Closer investigation of the find is now in progress.
Mr. E. Ryan, arrived in Sydney from New Guinea recently by WRC airliner.
He is a member of W. R. Carpenter & Co. Ltd.’s staff at Kavieng and will un dergo medical treatment in Australia.
Mr. H. J. Rawnsley, of Burns, Philp &' Co. Ltd., Rabaul, New Guinea, has been transferred to the Sydney office.