Canada Nickel Announces New Discovery at Mann Northwest Property, Provides Update on Regional Drilling at Midlothian and Sothman
- First four holes at Mann Northwest intersected multi-hundred metre intervals of mineralized peridotite and dunite
- Long, shallow mineralized intervals reported at both Sothman and Midlothian
- Midlothian returned 343 metres of
0.28% nickel starting at 2 metres - Sothman returned 319 metres of
0.29% nickel starting at 15 metres in East Zone - High-grade mineralization confirmed at Sothman within larger mineralized intervals
1.28% nickel over core length of 5.3 metres from 58.7 metres, within 192 metres of0.31% nickel in West Zone
Mark Selby, CEO of Canada Nickel commented "Our regional exploration program successfully continues to deliver positive results, as we add Mann Northwest to the string of successes at Reid,
The Mann property is located 22 kilometres east of Crawford and 45 kilometres northeast of
Drilling started in the Northwest zone, with the first four drillholes intersecting very strongly serpentinized peridotite and minor dunite. These first four holes delineated mineralization along 800 metres of strike length and a width of at least 500 metres within a total target length of 10.4 kilometres. Mann Northwest remains open in all directions. Mineralogy and assays are pending. All four holes collared in dunite/peridotite with lesser intersections of pyroxenite and some minor dykes (Figure 1). All holes show strong serpentinization, and fine-grained mineralization throughout.
Canada Nickel has an option to acquire the Midlothian property from Canadian Gold Miner. The property is located 70 kilometres south-southeast of
Four drillholes were completed during the winter of 2023. Hole MID23-01, which entered mineralized dunite after 2 metres of overburden, intersected
Table 1: Midlothian drilling downhole composite
Hole ID | From | To | Length | Ni | Co | Pd | Pt | Cr | Fe | S |
(m) | (m) | (m) | ( %) | ( %) | (g/t) | (g/t) | ( %) | ( %) | ( %) | |
MID23-01 | 1.5 | 345.0 | 343.5 | 0.28 | 0.01 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.16 | 4.55 | 0.02 |
The Sothman property consists of 50 mining leases acquired from Glencore Canada Corporation ("Glencore") in 2021 and totaling 1,000 hectares. Canada Nickel has a
Drilling in the West Zone targeted high-grade nickel with ten of eleven holes intersecting mineralization. The best intersections (Table 2) occurred in SOT22-09 which encountered
The West Zone is mineralized along a strike length of approximately 300 metres, a width of 100-120 metres and remains open at depth. There is a shallow historical resource of approximately 190,000 tons of
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1The Sothman historical resource estimate is unclassified and does not comply with CIM Definition Standards on Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves as required by NI 43-101. The historical resource was reported by D. R. Bell for Sothman Mines Limited on Oct. 1, 1969, as 189,753 tons of |
Seven drillholes were drilled within the East Zone, a large, highly serpentinized, ultramafic sill composed mostly of peridotite and dunite and delineated mineralization across 1.6 kilometres length and ranging in width between 160 and 300 metres open at depth. The magnetic anomaly measures 2.2 kilometres along strike.
All seven holes intersected mineralized peridotite and dunite (see Table 3). SOT23-18 intersected 319.3 metres of mineralized peridotite at
Table 2: Sothman drilling, Higher Grade Nickel and PGM intersects of assays.
Hole ID | From | To | Length | Ni | Pt+Pd | Pd | Pt | Co | S |
(m) | (m) | (m) | ( %) | (g/t) | (g/t) | (g/t) | ( %) | ( %) | |
West Zone | |||||||||
SOT22-06 | 42.5 | 53.5 | 11.0 | 0.55 | 0.149 | 0.102 | 0.047 | 0.02 | 1.37 |
SOT22-08 | 57.5 | 68.0 | 10.5 | 0.99 | 0.225 | 0.154 | 0.070 | 0.03 | 2.64 |
SOT22-09 | 58.7 | 64.0 | 5.3 | 1.28 | 0.406 | 0.297 | 0.109 | 0.03 | 3.11 |
SOT22-11 | 139.4 | 141.9 | 2.5 | 0.71 | 0.177 | 0.125 | 0.052 | 0.02 | 0.68 |
SOT23-13 | 30.5 | 41.0 | 10.5 | 0.87 | 0.243 | 0.173 | 0.070 | 0.02 | 2.73 |
SOT23-14 | 43.7 | 59.0 | 15.3 | 0.69 | 0.176 | 0.128 | 0.048 | 0.02 | 1.68 |
SOT23-15 | 141.5 | 183.5 | 42.0 | 0.42 | 0.084 | 0.054 | 0.030 | 0.01 | 0.15 |
SOT23-19 | 98.0 | 107.0 | 9.0 | 0.60 | 0.352 | 0.204 | 0.148 | 0.01 | 0.26 |
East Zone | |||||||||
SOT22-02 | 107.0 | 138.5 | 31.5 | 0.15 | 0.626 | 0.368 | 0.258 | 0.01 | 0.04 |
Table 3: Sothman drilling downhole composites
Hole ID | From | To | Length | Ni | Co | Pd | Pt | Cr | Fe | S |
(m) | (m) | (m) | ( %) | ( %) | (g/t) | (g/t) | ( %) | ( %) | ( %) | |
WEST ZONE | ||||||||||
SOT22-06 | 39.5 | 200.0 | 160.5 | 0.29 | 0.01 | 0.010 | 0.009 | 0.17 | 5.46 | 0.15 |
SOT22-07 | 64.1 | 251.0 | 186.9 | 0.27 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.006 | 0.15 | 5.04 | 0.06 |
SOT22-08 | 51.7 | 129.4 | 77.7 | 0.37 | 0.01 | 0.031 | 0.020 | 0.21 | 6.55 | 0.50 |
SOT22-09 | 58.7 | 251.0 | 192.3 | 0.31 | 0.01 | 0.011 | 0.011 | 0.16 | 5.44 | 0.14 |
SOT22-10 | 151.0 | 179.0 | 28.0 | 0.27 | 0.01 | 0.004 | 0.009 | 0.18 | 6.02 | 0.03 |
SOT22-11 | 139.4 | 251.0 | 111.6 | 0.29 | 0.01 | 0.012 | 0.013 | 0.14 | 5.43 | 0.05 |
SOT23-13 | 26.5 | 219.5 | 193.0 | 0.33 | 0.01 | 0.023 | 0.015 | 0.15 | 5.50 | 0.29 |
SOT23-14 | 43.7 | 266.0 | 222.3 | 0.33 | 0.01 | 0.030 | 0.016 | 0.15 | 5.75 | 0.21 |
SOT23-15 | 37.5 | 243.9 | 206.4 | 0.30 | 0.01 | 0.016 | 0.013 | 0.15 | 5.39 | 0.09 |
SOT23-16 | 89.0 | 239.0 | 150.0 | 0.27 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.008 | 0.14 | 5.56 | 0.06 |
SOT23-19 | 26.0 | 245.0 | 219.0 | 0.28 | 0.01 | 0.014 | 0.013 | 0.17 | 5.44 | 0.08 |
EAST ZONE | ||||||||||
SOT22-01 | 39.7 | 234.7 | 195.0 | 0.26 | 0.01 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.22 | 5.43 | 0.03 |
SOT22-02 | 43.7 | 260.0 | 216.3 | 0.17 | 0.01 | 0.073 | 0.067 | 0.42 | 7.72 | 0.07 |
SOT22-03 | 39.5 | 184.9 | 145.4 | 0.25 | 0.01 | 0.003 | 0.005 | 0.16 | 5.62 | 0.02 |
SOT22-04 | 39.7 | 89.8 | 50.1 | 0.23 | 0.01 | 0.006 | 0.006 | 0.48 | 6.30 | 0.02 |
SOT22-05 | 38.0 | 353.0 | 315.0 | 0.26 | 0.01 | 0.003 | 0.004 | 0.20 | 5.42 | 0.01 |
SOT23-17 | 67.4 | 344.9 | 277.5 | 0.26 | 0.01 | 0.003 | 0.006 | 0.19 | 5.46 | 0.04 |
SOT23-18 | 14.7 | 334.0 | 319.3 | 0.29 | 0.01 | 0.003 | 0.005 | 0.16 | 5.17 | 0.04 |
Table 4: Drillhole Orientation
Hole ID | Zone | Easting (mE) | Northing (mN) | Azimuth (⁰) | Dip (⁰) | Length (m) |
SOT22-01 | Sothman East | 483862 | 5298973 | 10 | -50 | 377 |
SOT22-02 | Sothman East | 483863 | 5298985 | 195 | -50 | 431 |
SOT22-03 | Sothman East | 483490 | 5299040 | 10 | -50 | 281 |
SOT22-04 | Sothman East | 483495 | 5299055 | 190 | -50 | 245 |
SOT22-05 | Sothman East | 483119 | 5299264 | 190 | -50 | 353 |
SOT22-06 | Sothman West | 481748 | 5299478 | 183 | -45 | 200 |
SOT22-07 | Sothman West | 481748 | 5299479 | 183 | -60 | 251 |
SOT22-08 | Sothman West | 481748 | 5299478 | 150 | -45 | 170 |
SOT22-09 | Sothman West | 481706 | 5299498 | 180 | -50 | 251 |
SOT22-10 | Sothman West | 481706 | 5299498 | 180 | -70 | 179 |
SOT22-11 | Sothman West | 481653 | 5299561 | 180 | -45 | 251 |
SOT22-12 | Sothman West | 481653 | 5299561 | 180 | -80 | 455 |
SOT23-13 | Sothman West | 481585 | 5299520 | 180 | -45 | 281 |
SOT23-14 | Sothman West | 481585 | 5299520 | 180 | -62 | 266 |
SOT23-15 | Sothman West | 481535 | 5299516 | 180 | -50 | 287 |
SOT23-16 | Sothman West | 481506 | 5299542 | 180 | -60 | 239 |
SOT23-17 | Sothman East | 482675 | 5299095 | 10 | -50 | 381 |
SOT23-18 | Sothman East | 482320 | 5299160 | 10 | -50 | 345 |
SOT23-19 | Sothman West | 481613 | 5299398 | 25 | -78 | 245 |
MID23-01 | Midlothian | 499710 | 5303026 | 180 | -50 | 345 |
MID23-02 | Midlothian | 499299 | 5303052 | 180 | -50 | 401 |
MID23-03 | Midlothian | 498902 | 5303053 | 180 | -50 | 401 |
MID23-04 | Midlothian | 500915 | 5303042 | 180 | -50 | 401 |
MAN23-01 | Mann NW | 495641 | 5412486 | 235 | -50 | 432 |
MAN23-02 | Mann NW | 495967 | 5412226 | 235 | -50 | 402 |
MAN23-03 | Mann NW | 495967 | 5412226 | 35 | -50 | 402 |
MAN23-04 | Mann NW | 496257 | 5411972 | 235 | -50 | 402 |
Assays, Quality Assurance/Quality Control and Drilling and Assay
Edwin Escarraga, MSc, P.Geo., a "qualified person" as defined by National Instrument 43-101, is responsible for the on-going drilling and sampling program, including quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC). The core is collected from the drill in sealed core trays and transported to the core logging facility. The core is marked and sampled at 1.5 metre lengths and cut with a diamond blade saw. One set of samples is transported in secured bags directly from the Canada Nickel core shack to Actlabs Timmins, while a second set of samples is securely shipped to SGS Lakefield for preparation, with analysis performed at SGS Burnaby or SGS Callao (
Stephen J. Balch P.Geo. (ON), VP Exploration of Canada Nickel and a "qualified person" as is defined by National Instrument 43-101, has verified the data disclosed in this news release, and has otherwise reviewed and approved the technical information in this news release on behalf of Canada Nickel Company Inc.
The magnetic images shown in this press release were created from Canada Nickel's interpretation of datasets provided by the Ontario Geological Survey.
Canada Nickel Company Inc. is advancing the next generation of nickel-sulphide projects to deliver nickel required to feed the high growth electric vehicle and stainless steel markets. Canada Nickel Company has applied in multiple jurisdictions to trademark the terms NetZero Nickel™, NetZero Cobalt™, NetZero Iron™ and is pursuing the development of processes to allow the production of net zero carbon nickel, cobalt, and iron products. Canada Nickel provides investors with leverage to nickel in low political risk jurisdictions. Canada Nickel is currently anchored by its
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