Nickel sulphide explorer Nordic Nickel Limited (ASX: NNL) has been granted six new Exploration Licences (ELs) at its flagship 100% owned Pulju Project in Northern Finland.
Pulju is located in the Central Lapland Greenstone Belt (CLGB) of Finland, 50km north of Kittilä with access to world-class infrastructure, grid power, national highway, an international airport and, most importantly, Europe’s only two nickel smelters.
Managing Director, Todd Ross, said the granting of these six ELs is not only an exciting step forward for the company’s exploration plans but also reinforces the level of support in the region to advance critical minerals projects necessary for the energy transition.
The granted ELs cover a total area of 78.18 sq. km and encompass areas of known nickel mineralization based on the previously announced historical drilling database, ground mapping and initial geophysics – all of which have reinforced the enormous prospectivity and district-scale potential of the area.
While the company’s maiden drilling campaign, starting in January 2023, will be focused initially on the Hotinvaara Prospect, primarily targeting deeper, high-grade massive sulphide nickel mineralization, the granted ELs cover the areas of exploration potential along strike from Hotinvaara.
Mr Ross said the company has now secured approximately 25km of strike length of prospective stratigraphy known to host shallow nickel sulphide mineralization.
“We know based on the results of the historical drilling, geophysics and ground mapping that the nickel potential of the Pulju Project is enormous, and we are excited to now have the ability expand our exploration beyond Hotinvaara,” he said.
“Our maiden drilling campaign is on track to commence in January 2023 which will see us test multiple EM conductors identified at Hotinvaara. With these additional ELs, our exploration area has expanded from five sq. km to 83 sq. km of highly prospective ground. This should see us operating in the region for a long time to come.”
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