JSC MMC Norilsk Nickel’s subsidiary, Tati Nickel, has secured new exploration licenses in Botswana to increase the resource base of the Tati Nickel project. Management has secured licenses for additional territories adjacent to existing production sites of the project. Botswana’s Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Affairs granted three out of four licenses for the territories requested. Tati Nickel currently owns licenses for the areas located between the Phoenix and Selkirk deposits to the west. The company obtained a 3 year exploration license for the Tekwane deposit as well as the area north of the Phoenix deposit. Tati Nickel has developed a program of intense exploration for 2011. The program’s objective is to update the ore body model of the Phoenix and Selkirk deposits and provide a detailed study of the adjoining prospect areas.