Québec Nickel Corp (CSE:QNI, OTCQB:QNICF) has announced that its winter 2023 drilling program will begin within the next 10 days at the Ducros nickel-copper-platinum group elements (Ni-Cu-PGE) project in Québec, following the completion of a financing that raised over $8.5 million.
The mineral exploration company said a total of 20,000 metres is expected to be completed at the Fortin Sill Zone, Ducros Ultramafic Sill Complex and Ducros Gabbro targets.
“The team and I are really looking forward to following-up on the exceptional drilling results we’ve seen so far at the Fortin Sill Zone in addition to testing the many other Ni-Cu-PGE targets we have across the property,” Québec Nickel CEO David Patterson said in a statement.
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Québec Nickel noted the 2023 drilling contract has been awarded to Val-d’Or-based Orbit Garant Drilling Inc, who will supply up to three diamond drills throughout the course of the year.
It added that there are currently two drills on the property and field crews are actively preparing access trails to the various targets.
The company said at the Fortin Sill Zone, drilling is focused on the continued evaluation and expansion of the Ni-Cu-PGE-mineralized mafic to ultramafic intrusion as well as the testing and exploration of the updated geological model.
Drilling at the Ducros Ultramafic Sill Complex and Ducros Gabbro targets, meanwhile, is focused on testing the numerous high-priority geophysical anomalies derived from the integration and 3-D modelling of the geophysical surveys completed during the 2022 exploration program at Ducros, including the VTEM, drone-based magnetics and airborne Falcon gravity surveys.
Québec Nickel is a mineral exploration company focused on acquiring, exploring, and developing nickel projects in Québec, Canada.
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