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Mosaic Minerals Adds Claims on Gaboury
MONTREAL, March 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mosaic Minerals Corporation (CSE: MOC) (“Mosaic” or the “the Corporation”) adds 19 claims covering an area of 791 h
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[{"type":"text","content":" MONTREAL, March 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mosaic Minerals Corporation (CSE: MOC) (“Mosaic” or the “the Corporation”) adds 19 claims covering an area of 791 hectares on the western edge of its Gaboury property, located in Quebec’s Témiscamingue region. This project is now composed of 114 claims for a total area of 6,064 hectares. Thirteen of these new claims were acquired by map staking while the other six were acquired from an independent prospector, in return for a cash payment of $10,000. No royalty is subject to these new claims. The Gaboury property contains several nickel, copper, and gold showings. However, the management of the Company is concentrating its activities on the search for nickel along a magnetic anomaly crossing it for nearly 9 km, in its southern part. The presence of a mineralized ultramafic intrusive explains that magnetic anomaly. Pike Nickel The Pike Nickel showing, discovered by drilling in 2010, was drilled again in 2021 to test its potential for lateral and depth extension. That program made it possible to retrace the Pike Nickel West and Pike Nickel East extensions located on each side at 1.8 km and 1.4 km from the original showing as well as to intersect it to a vertical depth of nearly 400 meters. These showings remain open both laterally and at depth. The southern part of the property now contains three significant nickel showings over nearly 3.4 km along a magnetic anomaly of about 9 km. Depending on its financial capacity, the company's management hopes to test the entire magnetic anomaly by drilling during 2022. A first phase of drilling concentrated in the western part of the magnetic anomaly is planned at the end of the spring thaw period. “The current geopolitical situation with Russia, which is one of the main producers of refined nickel, demonstrates the importance of projects such as Gaboury located in Quebec. While we want a quick resolution to this terrible conflict, upward pressure on the price of nickel could extend beyond it and potentially affect the value of projects located in stable and predictable mining jurisdictions like Quebec.” Said Jonathan Hamel, President and CEO of the Corporation. A grade of up to 0.32% Ni over 121.5m along the core including 0.40% Ni over 15m had been intersected in hole GA-21-07 and that hole GA-21-01 had retraced the nickel zone up to 564 meters ...