Independence Group (IGO) has partnered with junior Buxton Resources to advance its Double Magic-Merlin nickel-copper project in the West Kimberley region, Western Australia.

Buxton acquired Double Magic in 2015 and commenced drilling at the project’s Merlin prospect in July this year, returning up to 40 metres of 1 per cent nickel equivalent from 304 metres of drilling.

Individual assays from this drilling also returned up to 7.26 per cent nickel, 1.73 per cent copper and 11.7 grams per tonne of platinum group elements (platinum and palladium).