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Fathom Announces the Start of Winter Trail Access to the Gochager Lake Project
Calgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - December 10, 2025) - Fathom Nickel Inc. (CSE: FNI) (FSE: 6Q5) (OTCQB: FNICF) ("Fathom", or the "Company") is pleased to...
About this update from Fathom Nickel, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"Calgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - December 10, 2025) - Fathom Nickel Inc. (CSE: FNI) (FSE: 6Q5) (OTCQB: FNICF) ("Fathom", or the "Company") is pleased to announce the start of the winter trail access to the Gochager Lake project.","length":251,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The Company has been granted permission to use the access road to the Roy-Lloyd mine currently under care and maintenance. From the mine site north to Benjamin Lake, crews will initially flag the approved trail and then commence the preparation of the trail with the aim to complete the trail to Benjamin Lake by Christmas. Immediately following the holiday break, work will recommence to prepare existing historic trails between Benjamin and Bellows Lake, and provided the suitability of lake ice, ice roads on Benjamin Lake and Bellows Lake. Existing historic trails and ice roads will facilitate the transportation of drilling equipment to the project by mid-February 2026. The Company is in the process of arranging a drill contractor for the anticipated drill program.","length":773,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Ahead of the proposed drilling program, and commencing in early January, the Company will be conducting a low-frequency EM (electromagnetic) geophysical survey along strike of the historic Gochager Lake deposit. The survey will be a continuation of previous EM surveys over the now significantly expanded Ni-Cu-Co geochemical footprint east - northeast of the deposit area (Fathom Press Release November 3, 2025).","length":413,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Ian Fraser, Fathom CEO and VP Exploration stated, "The winter trail into the Gochager Lake project is an important milestone for the Company, providing synergies that will significantly reduce our all-in cost of exploration. The combination of permissions to access the Roy-Lloyd mine property from Highway 102, utilizing ice roads and historic trails overland will eliminate dependency on helicopter and dramatically reduce winter fixed-wing air support. This all leads to the ability to drill more meters at the project. We are confident that the January geophysical program will add to the list of untested surface EM conductors and provide further drill target definition in the prospective geochemical footprint east - northeast of the Gochager Lake depos...