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Pacific Coast Nickel Mobilizes at Burwash, Yukon / Updates Big Nic Drilling
Pacific Coast Nickel Mobilizes at Burwash, Yukon / Updates Big Nic Drilling
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[{"type":"text","content":"Pacific Coast Nickel Mobilizes at Burwash, Yukon / Updates Big Nic Drilling\n\n\n\nPacific Coast Nickel Mobilizes at Burwash, Yukon / Updates Big Nic Drilling\n\nVancouver, British Columbia CANADA, July 07, 2008 /FSC/ - Pacific Coast Nickel Corp. (NKL - TSX Venture), (the \"Company\") is pleased to announce that it is mobilizing in preparation for drilling at its Burwash Yukon Property.\n\nBurwash Yukon\n\nThe Company has been informed by the operator of the Burwash, Yukon Project that the drill and support equipment has been contracted and will be moved to the property upon completion of another job. It is expected that drilling will commence in as soon as 15 days. This program will test a number of prospective locations on the property.\n\nBig Nic\n\nThe Company is also pleased to report that the current round of drilling is completed on the Big Nic property at the SPX location; 4 holes were completed at SPX. We are currently drilling on the Mount McNair area of the property.\n\nInitial core from the drilling have been split and sent to ALS-Chemex in North Vancouver.\n\nThe 2008 Big Nic drill program is focusing on targets identified during the April 2008 and June 2008 programs of ground geophysics. These targets were developed on the Big Nic property as a follow-up on a number of targets that were identified through reprocessing of previous airborne geophysical data and previous geological mapping and sampling.\n\nMichael Sweatman, President, stated, \"We are very happy to be actively exploring 2 major properties both of which are adjacent to former producers.\"\n\nThe technical aspects of the work at Burwash are being overseen by Strategic Metals and their contractor Archer, Cathro & Associates (1981) Limited; Apex Geoscience Ltd. of Edmonton, Alberta is in charge of the technical aspects of the Big Nic program, in addition our technical advisor Bob Brodzowski will be reviewing data as it becomes available. \n\nAbout Pacific Coast Nickel Corp.\n\nPacific Coast Nickel Corp. is actively exploring properties which are prospective for nickel and copper. The Company has two major properties. The Big Nic property is located approximately 20 kilometres north-west of Hope BC, immediately west of the former Giant Mascot Mines, a former nickel and copper producer. \n\nThe Burwash property is adjacent t...