CORDOBA, ARGENTINA–(EMWNews – August 8, 2008) – Researched by Industrial Info Resources

(Sugar Land, Texas) — Brazil’s Votorantim Metais Niquel S. A. (Sao Paulo)

has signed an agreement with Australia’s Mirabela Nickel Limited (TSX:MNB)

(West Perth) to purchase nickel concentrate from the Santa Rita mine being

developed in Brazil through Mirabela Mineracao do Brasil Limitada (Ipiau).

The agreement allows for the purchase of 50% of Mirabela’s production in

Brazil until 2014.

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