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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan--(Newsfile Corp. - June 24, 2024) - Core Nickel Corp. (CSE: CNCO) ("Core Nickel" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has received the second tranche of $69,100 as nonrepayable funding from the Manitoba Mineral Development Fund (the "MMDF") on June 19, 2024. As released February 26, 2024, the total grant awarded to the Company from the MMDF is $207,000. The Company has already received a total of $138,200 from the MMDF and anticipates receiving the final tranche of $69,100 upon the successful completion of its proposed summer exploration program on the Halfway Lake and Resting Lake properties.
The Company's 2024 winter program involved a diamond drilling program on the Halfway Lake property, with a total of 797.45 meters drilled into the Historical W62 zone, resulting in an intersecting 0.37% nickel over 91.05 meters. For further details on the results from the Company's Halfway Lake drilling campaign, access SEDAR+ or visit the Company's website here.
Looking ahead, the Company plans to conduct airborne VTEM surveys on Halfway Lake and Resting Lake in early July 2024.
MMDF is a $20M provincial fund administered by the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce that provides funding to strategic economic development projects in northern Manitoba.
Misty Urbatsch, President and CEO of Core Nickel Corp. commented "Core Nickel sincerely appreciates the ongoing support from the MMDF and the Manitoba Chamber of Commerce. We have had a successful first six months operating as a company in Manitoba, in part due to the support from MMDF. The MMDF contributions have allowed us to increase employment of local talent from the Wabowden area and establish invaluable relationships within the community."
About Core Nickel
Core Nickel Corp. is a junior nickel exploration company that controls 100% of five properties in the prolific nickel district, the Thompson Nickel Belt (TNB) in Northern Manitoba, Canada. The five properties consist of approximately 27,000 hectares of land that is proximal to existing infrastructure, such as highways and operating mills.
Map: Core Nickel's Thompson Nickel Belt Properties
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Core Nickel has a large contiguous land package in the northern part of the TNB, situated approximately 16-20 km from the City of Thompson. Core Nickel's northern TNB projects consist of three properties: Mel, Hunter, and Odei River. The Mel property encompasses the Mel deposit, which is characterized by a historical NI-43-101 resource estimate with an indicated resource of 4.3 million tonnes at 0.875% nickel, equating to 82.5 million lbs contained nickel, and a historical inferred resource estimate of 1.0 million tonnes at 0.839% nickel, equating to 18.7 million pounds of contained nickel1. The target stratigraphy (Pipe Formation) that hosts the Mel deposit, and other deposits in the Thompson Nickel Belt, extend onto the Hunter and Odei River properties and drillhole intersections into the target stratigraphy on the Hunter project have successfully intersected elevated nickel.