Ark Mines Limited announce that following the completion of the first and second phase of its drilling program at its 100%-owned Gunnawarra Nickel Cobalt Project, North Queensland, it is proceeding with metallurgical testing of the nickel cobalt ore from the project for commercial beneficiation at the Eriez pilot plant in Victoria. The pilot plant is designed as a scalable template for the design and construction of a beneficiation plant for commercial production. Small scale beneficiation trials have showed positive results conducted by Tony King at Herbaton metallurgical and the results from this program, which will be published in the near-term, is the catalyst for this pilot scale beneficiation program.