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FPX Nickel Testing Demonstrates Second Method for Enhanced Carbon Mineralization at Baptiste Nickel Project
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n FPX Nickel Testing Demonstrates Second Method for Enhanced Carbon Mineralization at Baptiste Nickel Project\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n VANCOUVER, BC\n \n ,\n \n Nov. 2, 2021\n \n /CNW/ - FPX Nickel Corp. (TSXV: FPX) (\"\n \n FPX\n \n \" or the \"\n \n Company\n \n \") is pleased to report the results of new testing which demonstrates the potential for enhanced carbon capture and storage (\n \n \"CCS\"\n \n ) in tailings and waste rock at its Baptiste Project (the \"Project\") in the Decar Nickel District in central British Columbia.  These laboratory tests, conducted by researchers from the\n \n University of British Columbia\n \n (\n \n \"UBC\"\n \n ) funded by FPX and the Government of\n \n Canada\n \n , demonstrate that the injection of carbon dioxide (\n \n \"CO\n \n 2\n \n \"\n \n ) as simulated flue gas (10% CO\n \n 2\n \n ) can be expected to increase the ability of Baptiste tailings and waste rock to sequester CO\n \n 2\n \n into a permanent mineralized form, thereby boosting the Project's potential to become the nickel industry's first carbon-neutral or carbon-negative operation.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Highlights\n \n \n \n \n The positive results of these CO\n \n 2\n \n injection tests are complementary to the positive results of the direct air-capture tests described in the Company's\n \n February 16\n \n and\n \n June 9, 2021\n \n news releases, and present an additional manner of engineering CO\n \n 2\n \n mineralization in Baptiste tailings and waste rock\n \n \n Consistent rates of carbon mineralization were achieved in all tests, ranging from 13.3 to 15.3 grams of CO\n \n 2\n \n sequestered for each kilogram of crushed Baptiste tailings with tests varying between 8 to 18 days in length, and subjected to direct injection of 10% CO\n \n 2\n \n gas under a variety of conditions of gas flux and permeability\n \n \n Significant rates of carbon mineralization were noted on a continuous basis in all tests, with rates typically peaking on the first day and declin...