Nullagine, Western Australia
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Nullagine, Western Australia is an old goldrush town in the Western Australia's northwest region and located on the Nullagine River 296 km south east of Port Hedland and 1186 km north of Perth on the old Great Northern Highway.
Its population was 1500 prior to WWII, now only about 250 remains with the decline of gold mining. However the town still attracts fossickers and prospectors. Minerals like agate, asbestos, antimony, beryl, chalcedony, copper, jade, jasper, manganese, tiger eye and wolfram had been found here.
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Newly discovered iron ore deposits to the southwest may lead to a revival of the town. [1]
A company called BC, which has taken its name from the Bonnie Creek “paleochannel” system of ancient river beds in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, believes it has a chance of proving up between 200 million and 600 million tonnes of pisolitic (pea-shaped) iron in what was once a diamond exploration location. With iron ore prices continuing to rise, that translates into a potential bonanza with an in-ground value of up to A$30 billion. The three-stage challenge for BC will be first in proving that it has the ore in the ground, that it is of a quality that Asian steel mills wants to buy, and that it can secure a transport route to the coast, and find room at a port for handling exports
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