SUDBURY KEY NICKEL REFINING HUBIf i were advising Team Sudbury ( Majors )
I'd point their compass to - dease Lake.
Design a Central Nickel Hub Processing Plant.
Servicing 3 juniors.
- NCP
- FPX
- Giga
Sudbury would have 100+ years of, nickel supply.
Design processing plant for, nickel silicates
Wellgreen's deposit has significant chloride ( excess )
- Nickel silicate chloride
- Excess chloride with in deposit converts nickel sulphides to chloride
Rail in BC begins @ Dease Lake. From Dease to Prince George rail ----------> to Sudbury.
Dease rail to Prince George
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/BC_Rail_map.png/240px-BC_Rail_map.png Prince George to Sudbury - CN Rail 
Truth be told,
i never thought rail frieght was this economical.
Amazing.
In 2021, shippers paid
4.16 U.S. cents per revenue ton-mile on railways in Canada and Western grain shippers paid nearly 30 percent less than the average rate at just 2.97 U.S. cents per revenue ton-mile.
Dease to Sudbury ( approx 5,000 ) km
Notice - cost per revenue ton mile
5,000 km ( dease to sudbury )
= 3,000 miles
x 0.0416 cents ton / mile
= $124 / ton
Hence - if a nickel junior was granted a nickel chloride 90% dry con ( anhydride )
junior allotted
$3,500/t it would create favorble economics.
Govt assisting with subsidized rail ton mile costs like it does with wheat
= could reduce logistics by near half the cost.
Using the existing excess chloride in wellgreen deposit saves on, reagents
Sudbury producing metal alloy vs matte = far more profits
It's exactly how Canadian nickel industry should be modelled.
Right ?