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Pure Nickel Reports Favourable Results for Nickel Deportment Study at MAN Property
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 22, 2014) - Pure Nickel Inc. (TSXV: NIC) (the "Compa...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nPure Nickel Reports Favourable Results for Nickel Deportment Study at MAN PropertyToronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 22, 2014) - Pure Nickel Inc. (TSXV: NIC) (the \"Company\") is pleased to announce favourable results for a nickel deportment study completed for the Eureka Zone Nickel (Ni) -Copper (Cu) -Cobalt (Co) -Platinum Group Elements (PGE) occurrence on the MAN Property in Alaska. The results indicate that the majority of the nickel in the Eureka Zone mineralization is hosted by potentially recoverable Ni- Iron (Fe) sulphides (63%) and Ni-Fe alloys (12.3%). Only 20% of the nickel is unrecoverable in silicate minerals. These results confirm the favourable deportment of nickel between sulphides and silicates, and provide an important step forward in our understanding of the potential for economic recovery of metals from the Eureka Zone on the MAN Property. The nickel deportment study employed QEMscan (Quantitative Evaluation of Materials by Scanning Electron Microscopy), XRF, XRD, electron microprobe and wet chemistry methods to determine the nature and proportions of nickel bearing minerals for a composite sample of the Eureka Zone mineralization. The composite was prepared from coarse rejects of assay samples for the Eureka Zone intersection in drill hole PNI-13-069. Intersection depths were between 160.3 meters and 294.0 meters in this drill hole, an estimated true thickness of 126.6 meters for the zone. Assay results for the original sampling of PNI-13-069 were reported in a press release dated October 29, 2013. Metal concentrations for the composite sample as determined at SGS Minerals Services as part of the deportment study are reported in Table 1. Table 1. Eureka Zone composite sample head grade. Gold (Au), Platinum (Pt) and Palladium (Pd) by fire assay analysis. Silver (Ag) by 4 acid digestion with AA finish. Ni, Co, Cu by XRF. Sulpher (S) by Leco. Hole ID From (m) To (m) True Width (m) Au (ppb) Pt (ppb) Pd (ppb) Ni (%) Cu (%) Co (%) Ag (g/t) S (%) PNI-13-069 160.3 294.0 126.6 30 50 150 0.28 0.12 0.02 0.3 0.77  The purpose of the study was to identify the potentially recoverable nickel-bearing minerals in the mineralized zone. The study concluded that 75.3% of the nickel in the composite sample occurs in the potentially recoverable phases Ni-Fe sulphides and Ni-Fe alloys. Only 20% of the total nickel in...