Update on Rock Fall at Leinster Nickel Operation

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11 Jun 2009

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We are pleased to advise that emergency crews working overnight have cleared the rock fall in Leinster’s underground mine, enabling our employee to be safely brought to the surface at around 0630 this morning. The employee was not harmed in the incident.

We are pleased that our safety systems worked as planned and that no one was injured in the incident.

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