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Newly listed junior Hemisphere Resources may be a newcomer to the exploration game but it has plans to grow beyond a primary focus on Western Australia’s Kalgoorlie-Boulder region.

  Consider its name for starters, which conjures up images of a global company, but in reality Hemisphere Resources is a small operation working from modest Perth headquarters.

The “think big” naming exercise was a practical one for managing director and Hemisphere co-founder Danny Costick, who said it was designed to accommodate the company’s plans to diversify into other minerals down the track. For now though, the $6 million market cap player has its eyes set firmly on Kalgoorlie-Boulder, for which Costick has always had a soft spot.

Like many of his peers who have built their careers in the renowned gold district, the Kalgoorlie-educated mining engineer has been spellbound by the area’s minerals endowment and the potential for new mines to feed off the network of existing infrastructure. Costick’s love of the gold fields stretches back to his days as a student at the Western Australian School of Mines, during which time he developed an interest in base metals, specifically nickel, gold and  uranium – a good fit for a region that produces several million ounces of gold per annum and around 10% of the world’s nickel supply.