Nickel ROCK Completes Initial Exploration Program ON the HARD Nickel Claim Group
NICKEL ROCK COMPLETES INITIAL EXPLORATION PROGRAM ON THE
HARD NICKEL CLAIM GROUP
June 28, 2021: Vancouver, BC, Canada; Nickel Rock Resources Inc. (the “Company” and “Nickel
Rock”) TSX-V: NICL, OTCQB: NICKLF, FSE: NMK2 is pleased to announce that an initial phase of the
Nickel Project exploration program has been completed. The Nickel Project (“Project”) consists of
four non-contiguous mineral claims groups held by Nickel Rock Resources Inc. through three
separate agreements. The exploration stage project is in the Trembleur Lake area of central British
Columbia, partially adjacent to FPX Nickel Corp.’s Decar Nickel Project, which is an advanced project
targeting awaruite, a nickel-iron alloy mineral, hosted by serpentinized ultramafic intrusive rocks of
the Trembleur Ultramafic Unit.
Robert Setter, Company President and CEO comments “We are very excited about the results from
our initial exploration program on the Hard Nickel claim group. The team has worked very hard to
get to where we are now. During this initial exploration, we have recorded some relatively high Ni
readings measured via portable XRF on the Nickel S block, with one being 4% Ni, and another
registering approximately 6000 ppm in the Nickel W block. It should be noted that although pXRF
does not necessarily reflect bulk rock composition, it is a good indication that we are on the right
track here. Furthermore, field work verified the presence of strongly magnetic and serpentinized
ultramafic rocks on both the Nickel W and S blocks, corresponding to geophysical magnetic
anomalies highlighted from Geoscience BC’s QUEST-West survey. Our geological team suspects these
ultramafic rocks have potential to host awaruite mineralization.”
Exploration Program
The initial exploration consisted of rock & soil geochemical surveys and geological mapping
on the lower elevation, road accessible Nickel West and Nickel South blocks. 405 soil samples
and 149 rock samples were collected on the Nickel West block and 101 soil samples and 50
rock samples were collected on the Nickel South block. All samples have been submitted to
SGS Canada for analytical analysis.
On site portable X-ray fluorescence analysis (pXRF) confirmed the presence of nickel values
exceeding 40,000 ppm on the Nickel South block and 6000 ppm on the Nickel West block in
select bedrock samples. It should be noted that pXRF does not necessarily reflect bulk rock
composition.
All rock samples were taken in duplicate, with one sent to SGS Canada for geochemical
analysis and a duplicate sample retained at Hardline Exploration in Smithers BC for further
mineralogical analysis.
Soil samples were submitted for screening to -80 mesh (180 μm) and processing with
aqua regia digestion followed by analysis using ICP-OES. Rock samples were submitted
for crushing to 75% passing 2mm, riffle splitting 250g and pulverization of the split to
better than 85% passing 105 microns, and processing with four acid digestion
followed by analysis using ICP-OES.
Further exploration will resume on the Nickel West and Nickel Central blocks including rock
and soil geochemical surveys and mechanized trenching.
A Notice of Work application was submitted in February 2021 allowing for mechanized
trenching, diamond drilling, geophysics and camps. The Company is working/consulting with
the BC government and local First Nations.
Nickel Rock Resources Inc.
1220 – 789 West Pender Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1H2
604- 428-5690
www.nickelrockresources.com
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The principal target on the Project is nickel occurring as awaruite, but at the exploration stage
all other styles of mineralization will be considered.
Systematic, ground-based exploration work began within the area of the claims now covered
by the Nickel Project under the direction of Ms. Ursula Mowat, P.Geo. in 1987, continuing
intermittently until 2012. This work established the presence of elevated nickel, cobalt and
chromium values in rocks, soils, and stream sediments.
The area of the claim groups of the Project were included in Geoscience BC’s QUEST and
QUEST-West projects, including multiparameter regional geophysical surveys, and regional
stream sediment reanalyzes and data compilations between 2008 and 2009. The survey
highlighted multiple large geophysical magnetic anomalies on both the Nickel W and S claim
groups, suspected to be attributed to ultramafic intrusive rocks from preliminary field
mapping with potential to host awaruite mineralization.
Britten’s technical paper “Regional Metallogeny and Genesis of a New Deposit Type –
Disseminated Awaruite (Ni3Fe) Mineralization Hosted in the Cache Creek Terrane published
in 2017 in Economic Geology should be utilized as an interim mineral deposit model or profile
for the Nickel Project.
The Nickel Project is worthy of phased, systematic exploration programs designed and
implemented to delineate areas with known or high probability metallic nickel
mineralization, and to discover new areas of similar mineralization.
2021 Work Program
The Company currently has approximately $1.4 million in its treasury to fully fund its 2021 proposed
work program.
The proposed work program consists of trenching, surface exploration, diamond drilling, camp
construction, and exploration activities to support drilling and trenching such as soil sampling, rock
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sampling, prospecting, and geological mapping. The company proposes a 12-man camp to be built in
a cirque on the north slope of the un-named mountain west of and adjacent to Mount Sydney
Williams, and will be built next to a sub-alpine lake at the headwaters of Van Decar Creek. The
location of camp was selected based on past exploration camps at this location and is suitable for
supporting exploration. Camp will be used to accommodate field personnel and will be accessed with
helicopter.
The Company estimates that this proposed work program will include $600,000 in exploration
expenditures spent over the summer - fall of 2021 which will fulfill the Company’s flow-through
mining exploration commitments for the 2021 calendar year.
Qualified Person
Jacques Houle, P.Eng., a qualified person as defined by NI 43 – 101, is responsible for the technical
information contained in this release. Readers are cautioned that the information in this press release
regarding the property of FPX Nickel Corp is not necessarily indicative of the mineralization on the
property of interest.
About Nickel Rock Resources Inc.
The Company is a Canadian-based mineral exploration company active in the exploration for nickel-
iron alloy in British Columbia and lithium in Nevada. Nickel Rock Resources Inc. is a Canadian based
exploration company whose primary listing is on the TSX Venture Exchange. The Company’s
maintains a focus on exploration for high value battery metals required for the electric vehicle (EV)
market. (http://www.nickelrockresources.com/)
About Clayton Valley Lithium Project
Clayton Valley is a down-dropped closed basin formed by the Miocene age Great Basin extension and
is still active due to movement along the Walker Lane structural zone. As a result, the basin has
preserved multiple layers of lithium bearing volcanic ash, resulting from multiple eruptive events
over the past 6 million years including eruptions from the 700,000-year-old Long Valley Caldera
system and related events. These ash layers are thought to contribute to the lithium brines extracted
by Albemarle and are also likely involved in the formation of the exposed lithium rich clay deposits
on the east side of Clayton Valley. https://nickelrockresources.com/clayton-valley-lithium/
About the British Columbia, Canada Nickel Projects
The Mount Sidney Williams Group consists of five claim blocks in four groups with a total area of
6,125.32 hectares in the area surrounding Mount Sidney Williams, both adjoining and near the Decar
project of FPX Nickel Corp., located 100 kilometres northwest of Fort St. James, B.C., in the Omineca
mining division. Metallic mineralization includes nickel, cobalt, and chromium. At least some of the
nickel mineralization occurs as awaruite. The Mitchell Range Group area claim consist of two
contiguous claim blocks covering 3,134.70 hectares with demonstrated metallic mineralization
including nickel, cobalt, and chromium. Nickel cobalt mineralization has not been well explored, but
the presence of awaruite has been documented.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
“Robert Setter”
Robert Setter, President & CEO
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