Group

	Net profit after tax of $16 million (2008: $51 million)
	Dividends paid during the year - 7 cents fully franked (2008: 17 cents)
	Dividends payable subsequent to year end - 3 cents fully franked, paid 29 September 2009
	Fully diluted EPS of 14 cents (2008: 44 cents)

Operations

	Only 8 lost time injuries since the commencement of mining in October 2002
	220,953 tonnes of ore mined at 4.0% Ni producing 8,779 nickel tonnes
	Long reserves at 30 June 2009: 51,800 (2008: 37,200) nickel tonnes
	Long resources at 30 June 2009: 93,900 (2008: 75,800) nickel tonnes (including reserves)
	New nickel shoot discovered at McLeay nickel deposit which remains open to the south-east
	New Moran nickel deposit discovered in the Long South target area which remains open

Exploration

	Tropicana JV – Open-cut resource of 5.01Moz gold announced
	Tropicana JV – Bankable Feasibility Study in progress and numerous high-grade gold intercepts remain open down-plunge
	New nickel sulphides intersected at Duketon
	Encouraging gold mineralisation intersected at Karlawinda with other shallow gold anomalies yet to be tested by deeper drilling