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Rusina Mining NL (AIM: RMLA, ASX: RML) and its joint venture partner European Nickel PLC (AIM: ENK) jointly announced that the Acoje nickel heap leach trial pad and pilot plant was officially opened on December 9 2009 on Luzon Island in the Philippines.

This is the first pilot plant in the Philippines to trial heap leaching technology on nickel laterites. The trial heap will be constructed at the same height as the full commercial operation and is designed to prove the heap percolation and leach rates on a full scale basis as well as demonstrating the rain control methodology. In addition the trial facility will showcase the clean, safe and environmentally friendly nature of the process to the government and local stakeholders, the companies said.

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