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US EV Battery Supply Chain: Talon Metals Purchases Three Additional Drill Rigs to Accelerate Battery Mineral Exploration at the Tamarack Nickel Project in Minnesota, USA
Three Newly Purchased Drill Rigs Will Be Deployed Across 16 Kilometers of the Tamarack Intrusi...
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[{"type":"text","content":"US EV Battery Supply Chain: Talon Metals Purchases Three Additional Drill Rigs to Accelerate Battery Mineral Exploration at the Tamarack Nickel Project in Minnesota, USAThree Newly Purchased Drill Rigs Will Be Deployed Across 16 Kilometers of the Tamarack Intrusive Complex to Find Additional High-Grade Nickel in the USATamarack, Minnesota--(Newsfile Corp. - April 13, 2022) - Talon Metals Corp. (TSX: TLO) (OTC Pink: TLOFF) (\"Talon\" or the \"Company\"), the majority owner and operator of the Tamarack Nickel-Copper-Cobalt Project (\"Tamarack Nickel Project\") in central Minnesota, has purchased three new drill rigs. These new drills will be deployed to expand Talon's exploration of the Tamarack Intrusive Complex for additional high-grade nickel, copper and cobalt. The three Boart Longyear drill rigs, two LF-160's and one LF-230, have increased depth capacity and bring Talon's in-house drilling fleet to six drill rigs. The new rigs will be focusing on exploration outside of the main resource area, where numerous intercepts of high-grade nickel-copper mineralization (up to 9.95% nickel (drill hole 18TK0264)) have already been discovered. The first three zones that will be targeted are known as the 221 Zone, the 264 Zone, and the 164 Zone (see Figure 1 below). The Company also plans to drill a highly conductive anomaly that sits directly below the main zone resource area (see Figure 2 below).\"The need to secure domestic sources of battery minerals like nickel has grown more urgent. Climate change is accelerating, and the United States is dependent on foreign countries for the key ingredients required for clean power and battery storage. President Biden, with bipartisan support in Congress, has recently elevated domestic sourcing of battery materials like nickel to a national priority. Our investment in new equipment, people and technology to explore for battery minerals in Minnesota addresses this national priority and purpose,\" said Henri van Rooyen, CEO of Talon. He continued: \"Talon's in-house geology and geophysics teams have already established the initial high-grade zone of nickel-copper mineralization at the Tamarack Nickel Project that will supply Tesla and potentially other customers. Our investment in these three new drill rigs and hiring the people to deploy them on a 24/7 basis will hopefully confirm our geologists' v...