Canada Nickel Successfully Completes Initial Infill Drilling at Bannockburn Property "B" Zone; 2024 Exploration Program Conference Call to be Held on February 23
- Successful assay results from the 'B' Zone at Bannockburn with significant nickel intervals.
- Higher grade intervals of 0.3% nickel or better were found in the drilling.
- Upcoming summer 2024 drill program to finalize the Canada Nickel program for an initial resource.
- Company to host a webcast and conference call on February 23, 2024, to discuss the 2024 exploration program.
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Highlights
- First five holes drilled by Canada Nickel into the "B" Zone intersected multi-hundred metre intervals of 0.27
-0.29% nickel and contained higher grade intervals of0.3% nickel or better- Higher grade intervals included 16.5 metres of
0.54% nickel
within a larger interval of 54 metres of0.38% nickel in BAN23-04
- Higher grade intervals included 16.5 metres of
- Upcoming summer 2024 drill program will complete the Canada Nickel drill program in preparation for an initial resource later in 2024
- Company to host a webcast and conference call to discuss 2024 exploration program on Friday, February 23rd, 2024 at 11 a.m. Eastern Time
"The five Canada Nickel holes drilled to infill the "B" Zone successfully intersected multi-hundred metre intervals of 0.27
Bannockburn Property
The Bannockburn Property is located 100 kilometres south of
This drill program consisted of six holes that formed an infilling of previous work on the "B" Zone. All six drillholes intersected sections of moderate to strongly serpentinized dunite/peridotite. Highlights for the first five holes are listed in Table 1 and shown in Figure 1. Hole BAN23-06 was drilled to test for a possible continuation of the higher-grade "C" Zone into the much larger, lower-grade "B" Zone. Drilling highlights from previous drilling are shown in Table 2.
Other higher-grade historical prospective zones (A, C, D, E, & F) on the property (Figure 2) will be tested in future by Canada Nickel.
Table 1 –
Hole ID | From | To (m) | Length | Ni % | Co % | Pd | Pt | Pd+Pt | S % |
BAN23-01 | 65.0 | 347.0 | 282.0 | 0.27 | 0.010 | 0.004 | 0.008 | 0.012 | 0.01 |
including | 239.0 | 284.0 | 45.0 | 0.30 | 0.010 | 0.006 | 0.015 | 0.021 | 0.01 |
including | 275.0 | 279.5 | 4.5 | 0.34 | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.056 | 0.066 | 0.01 |
BAN23-02 | 63.5 | 386.0 | 322.5 | 0.28 | 0.010 | 0.007 | 0.008 | 0.015 | 0.09 |
including | 285.5 | 360.5 | 75.0 | 0.31 | 0.010 | 0.021 | 0.018 | 0.039 | 0.10 |
including | 300.5 | 312.5 | 12.0 | 0.34 | 0.012 | 0.098 | 0.068 | 0.166 | 0.12 |
BAN23-03 | 32.0 | 332.0 | 300.0 | 0.29 | 0.009 | 0.003 | 0.004 | 0.007 | 0.02 |
including | 239.0 | 263.0 | 24.0 | 0.34 | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.004 | 0.014 | 0.03 |
BAN23-04 | 44.0 | 399.9 | 355.9 | 0.27 | 0.010 | 0.011 | 0.009 | 0.020 | 0.05 |
including | 197.0 | 251.0 | 54.0 | 0.38 | 0.011 | 0.034 | 0.017 | 0.051 | 0.05 |
including | 233.0 | 249.5 | 16.5 | 0.54 | 0.013 | 0.072 | 0.034 | 0.106 | 0.21 |
BAN23-05 | 10.8 | 401.0 | 390.2 | 0.28 | 0.010 | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0.010 | 0.02 |
including | 98.0 | 108.5 | 10.5 | 0.34 | 0.010 | 0.017 | 0.014 | 0.031 | 0.03 |
and | 143.0 | 146.0 | 3.0 | 0.48 | 0.011 | 0.066 | 0.039 | 0.105 | 0.09 |
BAN23-06 | 62.0 | 214.8 | 152.8 | 0.21 | 0.010 | 0.006 | 0.008 | 0.014 | 0.13 |
and | 271.7 | 332.0 | 60.3 | 0.21 | 0.010 | 0.005 | 0.006 | 0.011 | 0.07 |
*True width undetermined. All lengths are drillhole lengths. |
The "B" Zone is a large mineralized ultramafic measuring 1.1 kilometres along strike by up to 600 metres across strike (based on its magnetic response) as shown in Figure 1 with a total target geophysical footprint of 0.5 km2. The "B" Zone was drilled in 2021 by Grid Metals Corp. ("Grid Metals") to a depth of 340 metres, with the best hole, GBN21-03, intersecting 342 metres of
Table 2 – Grid Metals Previous Drilling – "B" Zone.
(previously reported)
Hole ID | From | To (m) | Length | Ni % |
GBN21-01 | 71.5 | 232.4 | 160.9 | 0.24 |
including | 103.0 | 125.6 | 22.6 | 0.30 |
with | 118.0 | 125.6 | 7.6 | 0.38 |
GBN21-02 | 40.5 | 337.0 | 296.5 | 0.28 |
including | 98.0 | 210.0 | 112.0 | 0.32 |
with | 147.0 | 195.0 | 48.0 | 0.34 |
GBN21-03 | 39.3 | 381.0 | 341.7 | 0.28 |
including | 256.5 | 321.0 | 64.5 | 0.30 |
GBN21-04 | 115.5 | 309.0 | 193.5 | 0.31 |
including | 133.5 | 162.0 | 28.5 | 0.40 |
and | 225.0 | 247.5 | 22.5 | 0.41 |
GBN21-05 | 49.7 | 219.0 | 169.3 | 0.20 |
including | 79.5 | 105.0 | 25.5 | 0.27 |
GBN21-06 | 60.0 | 247.5 | 189.0 | 0.27 |
including | 133.5 | 174.0 | 40.5 | 0.30 |
and | 210.0 | 235.5 | 25.5 | 0.31 |
GBN21-07 | 36.0 | 405.0 | 369.0 | 0.24 |
including | 160.5 | 273.0 | 112.5 | 0.27 |
with | 231.0 | 273.0 | 42.0 | 0.29 |
GBN21-08 | 72.0 | 303.0 | 231.0 | 0.24 |
including | 132.0 | 258.0 | 126.0 | 0.28 |
Table 3: Drillhole Orientation
Hole ID | Zone | Easting (mE) | Northing (mN) | Azimuth (⁰) | Dip (⁰) | Length (m) |
BAN23-01 | B | 506714 | 5313946 | 245 | -50 | 347 |
BAN23-02 | B | 507020 | 5313630 | 235 | -50 | 386 |
BAN23-03 | B | 507113 | 5313412 | 240 | -61 | 332 |
BAN23-04 | B | 506820 | 5313767 | 245 | -55 | 401 |
BAN23-05 | B | 506890 | 5313398 | 55 | -50 | 401 |
BAN23-06 | B | 506855 | 5313908 | 120 | -50 | 332 |
Repayment of Auramet Loan Facility
The Company has also repaid the
Conference Call Details:
Date: Friday, February 23, 2024
Time: 11 a.m. ET
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Quality Assurance and Control, Drilling and Assaying
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 (
Certain data disclosed in this news release is related to previous and historical drilling results. Canada Nickel has not undertaken any independent investigation of the sampling nor has it independently analyzed the results of the historical exploration work in order to verify the results. Canada Nickel considers the historical drill results relevant as the Company is using this data as a guide to plan exploration programs.
Qualified Person and Data Verification
Stephen J. Balch P.Geo. (ON), VP Exploration of Canada Nickel and a "qualified person" as such term 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.
About Canada Nickel Company
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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