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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Main Zone PGE Reef - 2019
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Record Status Prospect
Date Created 2022-Jul-11
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-11
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Platinum, Palladium, Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Cobalt



Location

Township or Area: Crawford

Latitude: 48° 50' 3.6"    Longitude: -81° 21' 56.48"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 473164   Northing: 5409104    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A14SW

Point Location Description: DDH CR19-13 from Canada Nickel 2021 technical report

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

2019-20: Canada Nickel drilled 7 DDH totalling 3763 m.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pyroxenite 1
Gabbro 2

Lithology Comments

Jul 11, 2022 (Therese Pettigrew) - The Main Zone PGE reef, located within the northern margin of the ultramafic to mafic body, is associated with a contact between an ultramafic (pyroxenite) unit to the south and a gabbroic unit to the north (Staples et al., 2021).




Mineralization Comments

Jul 11, 2022 (Therese Pettigrew) - DDH CR19-12 returned 0.315 ppm Pd, 0.493 ppm Pt, 0.064% Ni, and 0.013% Co over 7.7 m. DDH CR19-13 returned 0.735 ppm Pd, 1.012 ppm Pt, 0.053% Ni, and 0.012% Co over 4.9 m. The zone was encountered in 7 drillholes during the 2019-20 drill program (Staples et al., 2021).



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Crawford Nickel Sulphide Project, NI 43-101 Technical Report & Preliminary Economic Assessment

Publication Number: 2021 NI 43-101 Date: 2021

Author: Staples, P., Lane, G., Jobin-Bevans, S., Siriunas, J. Penswick, D., Daniel, S., Van Zyl, K.

Publisher Name: Ausenc Engineering for Canada Nickle Company

Location: SEDAR


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