Independence Group is focused on creating shareholder wealth through the discovery of large, high-grade gold or nickel deposits. Given exploration is high risk, the Company has developed a set of principles to manage this risk and improve the chances of success.

IGO targets ore deposit types amenable to rapid evaluation and project turnover and that have the potential to be brought into production within a short time-frame. The commodity focus is based on the wealth of experience and technical expertise within the Group and the country focus is also based on careful consideration of endowment, political risk and operational logistics based primarily on in-house experience.

The key to the Company's exploration objective is to continuously identify, secure and explore the most prospective targets. At the project stage, ongoing critical assessment of multi-disciplinary exploration results ensures maximises the chance of meeting this objective. Independence is continuously seeking to utilise new technology and ideas to improve its chances of discovery.