** Shares of Pacific Nickel Mines Ltd PNM.AX jump as much
as 13.4% to A$0.093, hitting their highest since Nov 26
** The nickel explorer says mining from the test pits is
expected to start by the end of this week at the Kolosori nickel
project in Solomon Islands urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX6nGh7K
** The early works programme is to help establish a site
base at Kolosori for the main construction programme targeted
for April/May to conduct mining operations
** Stock head for its sharpest gain since Dec 9
(Reporting by Navya Mittal)
((Navya.Mittal@thomsonreuters.com;))