Québec Nickel Corp announced that it has added a third diamond drill rig to its Ducros project in Québec to accelerate the current and ongoing 20,000 metre (m) drilling program following its recent drilling success at the Fortin Sill Zone, which included an 8.4m long intersection assaying 1.9% nickel, 1.7% copper, and 3.3 grams per tonne (g/t) of platinum-palladium-gold.
The nickel projects explorer and developer said the focus of work for the third rig is to advance the understanding of the size and geometry of the Fortin Sill Zone.
"Considering the outstanding results we’ve seen so far from drilling at the Fortin Sill Zone, it was obvious we needed to ramp up the work here to better understand what it is we have at Fortin,” Québec Nickel CEO David Patterson said in a statement.
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“At the same time, we didn’t want to sacrifice the important work that’s going on elsewhere at the project, including the drilling at the DUSC (Ducros Ultramafic Sill Complex) target, so it only made sense to add another rig to the project,” Patterson added.
Québec Nickel noted the first drill continues to systematically test the interpreted strike extents of the nickel-copper- platinum group elements mineralized body as well as other geophysical and geological targets in the general area that are interpreted to be potential continuations of the Fortin Sill Zone and/or new mineralized intrusions, while a second drill was mobilized in September to begin a 3,000m program at the DUSC target area.
As well, the company said its previously-announced work programs initiated during the summer to support the ongoing drilling campaign have either been completed or are in the final stages of completion, including channel sampling, a property-wide biogeochemistry survey, high-resolution satellite imagery, a fixed-wing gravity survey, and high resolution drone magnetic surveys over specific targets.
Quebec Nickel is focused on acquiring, exploring, and developing nickel projects in the Canadian province of Quebec.
It owns a 100% interest in the Ducros property, consisting of 280 contiguous claims covering 15,147 hectares (Ha) within the eastern portion of the Abitibi greenstone belt.
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