Western Areas Ltd. provided an update on development activities at the long-life Odysseus nickel mine. The development of Odysseus continues to ramp up positively, with underground mining contractor Barminco achieving a record-breaking 498 metres of lateral and decline development last month. It follows a significant milestone achieved at Odysseus early last month, with the production of first ore. The Company has also further de-risked the development schedule and go froward capital expenditure of the project, after it recently signed two contracts for major construction works. The two Odysseus contracts encompass shaft haulage, infrastructure design, construction, and equipping agreement with RUC Cementation Mining Contractors Pty Ltd. (RUC) and a Cosmos concentrator engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement with GR Engineering Services Ltd. (GRES). Both contractors have a proven track record successfully completing work for Western Areas, with RUC being the contractor responsible for the recent raise bore breakthrough at Odysseus, and GRES the EPC contractor for the Company's Forrestania Cosmic Boy Concentrator. These new contracts represent a significant component of the pre-production capex for the project, which has an expected mine life of at least 10 years, and securing the work packages significantly reduces the potential risk of price inflation in Odysseus' development. The primary ventilation upgrade at Odysseus has also commenced, with the installation of the primary fans set to be commissioned next month. This will significantly improve the underground ventilation conditions and allow further advancement of development metres. A site visit was undertaken to assess the current plant condition and layout with long lead items identified to be ordered in the coming month. The contract team is scheduled to commence site works late in the December quarter, with the majority of plant refurbishment works scheduled to start in the March 2022 quarter. First concentrate is expected in the December 2022 quarter. As part of the upgrade engineering design works, the GRES team also included design for an increase in mill capacity from 900ktpa to 1.1Mtpa, which allows for integration of production from the AM6 deposit. Certain critical components for that upgrade have been included in the 900ktpa design. The shaft survey work (laser and lidar) has been completed indicating that the shaft barrel vertical alignment is well within the 200mm tolerance level and work has commenced now on the Leg 2 pilot hole drilling. This is expected to be completed early in the December quarter, with shaft reaming due to be completed early in the June 2022 quarter. The sub-brace civil works is now well advanced with the wall construction ongoing and backfilling of the box-cut commenced. The shaft equipping can then proceed in the March 2022 quarter, after backfilling of the box-cut has been completed. The shaft hoisting system is scheduled to be fully operational early in the June 2023 quarter. As noted in the September quarterly report, drilling is due to commence this month to test the extensions of the high-grade massive sulphide lenses located directly below the Odysseus North disseminated deposit. The diamond drilling contractor is scheduled to be onsite mid-November to complete four holes from the 9,500m RL. The Odysseus massive sulphide mineral resource consists of 195,000 tonnes at 11.7% Ni for 22,816 nickel tonnes. An offtake tender process commenced in the September quarter for the first two years of Odysseus concentrate. The process received very strong interest from a large group of potential offtake partners. Preferred parties have been shortlisted for final discussions on terms. The Company is pleased to advise that the tender bids are extremely positive, reinforcing the strong demand for nickel concentrate for the Electric Vehicle battery market.