FPX Nickel Corp (CVE:FPX) has unveiled plans to explore new targets at the Decar nickel property in British Columbia, the site of a greenfield nickel discovery.
The Vancouver-based resource firm said it hopes to define and expand additional targets at the 245 square-kilometre complex with a regional mapping and surface sampling program at several new and existing targets.
In addition, FPX is planning an infill drill program at the Baptiste deposit and an initial drill program at the Van target on the project.
READ: FPX Nickel outlines this summer's exploration plans at Decar project, including maiden drilling at Van Target
Surface exploration will focus first on the Sid and B targets to further refine and expand the areas within, surrounding and between two targets, which are located around 3 and 4.6 kilometres, respectively, north-northwest of the Baptiste deposit. Previous drilling in the area between the two targets has returned positive results, FPX said.
The company is also planning to conduct reconnaissance exploration in five new areas that were identified through airborne surveys, prior sampling work and thanks to improved access to the area from recent clear-cut logging, according to FPX.
The Decar Nickel District is home to a greenfield discovery of nickel mineralization in the form of a naturally occurring nickel-iron alloy called awaruite, which lends itself to bulk-tonnage, open-pit mining. Drilling has focused on the Baptiste Deposit with a total of 82 holes and over 31,000 metres of drilling completed. The Sid target was tested with two holes in 2010 and the B target had a single hole drilled in 2011 and all three holes intersected nickel-iron alloy mineralization over wide intervals with grades comparable to Baptiste, according to FPX.
"With plans to conduct infill drilling at Baptiste and a maiden drill program at the Van target this summer, we are excited to conduct additional exploration around the Sid and B targets, plus regional exploration at five other under-explored areas at Decar," FPX CEO Martin Turenne said in a statement.
"The exploration potential at the Decar Nickel District remains vast and offers a compelling opportunity to expand the nickel endowment beyond that already demonstrated at Baptiste, which is the world's third-largest undeveloped nickel deposit.”
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