Canadian miner First Atlantic Nickel has launched its preliminary Part 2 Drill Plan Map detailing the places of the primary 5 holes on the RPM Zone, inside its 100%-owned Atlantic Nickel Challenge in central Newfoundland.
The just lately accomplished Part 1 drilling program efficiently outlined a near-surface mineralized zone measuring roughly 400 m x 500 m containing magnetically recoverable awaruite nickel mineralization.
All Part 1 RPM Zone drill holes intersected broad, steady zones of mineralization, yielding constant grades and recoveries. Metallurgical testing through the Davis Tube Restoration (DTR) methodology yielded a mean magnetically recoverable nickel grade (DTR Ni%) of 0.13%, a mean magnetic nickel focus of 1.41% Ni and a mean mass pull of 9.1%.
These outcomes point out a mean complete nickel restoration of 54% primarily based on an preliminary complete nickel grade of 0.24%. The mineralized system on the RPM Zone stays open in all instructions, presenting important exploration upside.
The absolutely funded Part 2 drilling program is now underway and designed to additional increase on this discovery.
Awaruite, a pure nickel-iron alloy (Ni?Fe), is notable for its sulfur-free and magnetic properties, which facilitate simple processing by magnetic separation and flotation. This eliminates the necessity for downstream high-temperature smelting, roasting, or high-pressure acid leaching (HPAL), processes sometimes required for standard nickel sulfide and laterite deposits.
“The profitable completion of our Part 1 program validates our geological mannequin, marking the primary main drilled awaruite discovery within the Atlantic area,” mentioned Adrian Smith, CEO of First Atlantic. “Our precedence is to quickly increase the recognized extent of this discovery and additional assess the district-scale alternative on the Atlantic Nickel Challenge. We consider this mission has the potential to develop into a strategic provide of nickel for North America’s essential minerals provide chain that may be each mined and absolutely processed domestically.”
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