AusQuest Limited announced that an extensive helicopter-borne electromagnetic (HEM) survey has commenced at its Morrisey Nickel-Copper-PGE Project in Western Australia, under the Strategic Alliance Agreement (SAA) with a wholly-owned subsidiary of South32 Limited. Approximately 2,260km of HEM will be surveyed over three priority target areas targeting nickel- copper-PGE sulphide mineralisation similar to that found at Nova-Bollinger in the Fraser Range of Western Australia (WA) and, more recently, at Julimar, north of Perth ­ which highlighted the untested nickel-copper-PGE potential of the western margin of the Yilgarn Craton. The Morrisey Project covers an area of 1,200km2 and extends for a strike length of 80km along the north-western margin of the Yilgarn Craton within the high grade metamorphic Narryer Terrane of WA. The Project was initially secured to cover magnetic targets indicative of mafic/ultramafic host rocks in a similar tectono-stratigraphic setting to the Julimar (and possibly Nova-Bollinger) discoveries. Regional soil sampling across the priority target areas indicates the presence of prospective mafic/ultramafic rock types in the area, as well as several nickel-copper soil anomalies with the potential to reflect nickel sulphide mineralisation. The HEM survey will be conducted by NRG Australia using the Xcite HEM system along flight lines 150m apart. The survey should take approximately 2 weeks to complete, with final processed data available within four weeks of completing the survey.