Chalice Mining (ASX:CHN) has been recognised as a ‘strategic project’ by the WA government under Roger Cook’s helm. The stock went up last week on no news (though HotCopper users note company chief Alex Dorsch bought more shares), even after the company sold off a workers’ camp in Toodyay – right nearby its Gonneville project. The company called off the rigs earlier this year when nickel prices tanked – that metal being a large part of Gonneville’s underlying value proposition. Whether its status as a ‘strategic project’ will actually change anything remains to be seen, despite the company now…