• METALLURGICAL TESTS | Canada Nickel reports high recoveries from Reid project

Canada Nickel’s first metallurgical test at Reid, an ultramafic nickel project near its flagship Crawford nickel sulphide project in Ontario, reported a head grade of 0.35% nickel, 0.10% sulphur and 6.2% iron. The company said the initial open pit circuit test was done on a sample from the higher-grade area of the Reid property, 16 km southwest of Crawford and 37 km northwest of Timmins.

The sample achieved a nickel recovery of 63%, iron recovery of 31%, and chromium recovery of 0.27%. The final nickel concentrates had a combined nickel grade of 46% and cobalt grade of 0.27%, while the magnetite concentrate had an iron grade of 55% and chromium grade of 3%. In addition, over half of the recovered nickel is reported to have a nickel sulphide concentrate 60%.

The company said the sample was also tested for its potential to transfer the metallurgical process at Crawford to the Reid ultramafic nickel mineralization. The company said it used a standard test process from the Crawford feasibility variability program, including grind sizes, reagent dosing strategies and flowsheet layout.

Canada Nickel said Reid contains an ultramafic body with a target geophysical footprint of 3.9 km2 compared to Crawford’s 1.6-km2 footprint. Earlier this year Canada Nickel reported drill results from a 16-hole program at Reid. Highlighted intervals included 54 metres grading 0.30% nickel, 0.01% cobalt, 0.021 g/t palladium, 0.007 g/t platinum, 0.73% chromium, 7.36% iron, and 0.07% sulphur starting from 369 metres in drillhole REI22-06.

The results of the drill program, the company noted, “show that the Reid deposit is approximately 50% wider than the Crawford Main zone and more than 100% wider than the Crawford East zone.” CMJ