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Surge Battery Metals Announces Drilling Underway at the Hard Nickel Four Project, Decar Nickel District, Central B.C.
(TheNewswire) November 9, 2022 – TheNewswire - Coquitlam, BC - Sur...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Surge Battery Metals Announces Drilling Underway at the Hard Nickel Four Project, Decar Nickel District, Central B.C.\n \n \n (TheNewswire)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n November 9, 2022 –\n \n \n TheNewswire -\n \n \n Coquitlam, BC -\n \n \n Surge\nBattery Metals Inc.\n \n \n (the “Company” or\n“Surge”) (TSXV:NILI\n \n \n )\n \n \n ,\n \n \n (\n \n \n OTC:NILIF\n \n \n )\n \n \n ,\n \n \n (\n \n \n FRA:DJ5C) Mr. Greg Reiner, President, is pleased to announce\ndrilling has commenced on Surge’s 80% owned Hard Nickel 4 project in\ncentral British Columbia. Three diamond drill holes are planned for a\ntotal of 900 meters of coring; at the time of writing hole 1\n(HN4-22-01) has been completed to a total depth of 300 meters.\n \n \n \n \n Preliminary analysis of core from\nHN4-22-01 indicates drilling has successfully intersected strongly\nserpentine altered peridotite exhibiting strong magnetic response and\nelevated nickel as indicated by portable XRF.\n \n \n Core will be analyzed using Davis Tube magnetic separation to test for\nthe presence of awaruite – a magnetic iron-nickel alloy which forms\nthe main ore mineral at the nearby Decar Project operated by FPX\nNickel Corp. (TSX-V: FPX). The second drill hole, hole HN4-22-02, is\ncurrently being collared to test the continuity of the nickel-bearing\nultramafic unit encountered in HN4-22-01 and in field sampling\nprograms.\n \n \n \n \n Previous fieldwork by geological crews in 2021 and 2022\nhighlighted elevated nickel in serpentinized\n \n \n \n \n peridotite of the Trembleur Ultramafic suite associated\nwith a regional magnetic anomaly where grab samples of this unit\nreturned up to 2361ppm Ni (see Surge press release dated July 5,\n2022). Follow up\n \n \n \n \n exploration of magnetic anomalies returned up to\n0.0647% Davis Tube Recoverable (“DTR”) nickel\n \n \n \n \n (Sample F00070721).\n \n \n \n \n The 2022 drill campaign by Surge Battery Metals Inc. is\ndesigned to target coincident elevated DTR nickel\n \n \n \n \n in grab samples and magnetic highs.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Qualified person and data\nverification\n \n \n \n \n Jeremy Hanson, PGeo, a qualified person as defined by\nNI 43-101, has supervised the preparation of and reviewed and approved\nof the ...