Canada Nickel Confirms Discovery at Mann Central, Successfully Completes Initial Drilling at Mann Northwest Property
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Canada Nickel Confirms Discovery at Mann Central,
Successfully Completes Initial Drilling at Mann Northwest Property
Highlights
• A new discovery, Mann Central, successfully delineated across 2.5 kilometre strike length by
six holes
• Three additional drill holes at previously announced Mann Northwest discovery, extended
mineralization across a 2.7 kilometre strike length
• Mann Northwest and Mann Central are two of five targets (others are Mann Southeast,
Newmarket and Reaume) each with a geophysical footprint larger than Crawford, and a
combined strike length of over 25 kilometres
TORONTO, February 22 , 2024 – Canada Nickel Company Inc. ("Canada Nickel " or the
"Company") (TSXV: CNC) (OTCQX: CNIKF) is pleased to announce the final set of assay results from its
initial exploration program at the Mann Property, a joint venture with Noble Mineral Exploration Inc.
(“Noble”) where by Canada Nickel can earn an 80% interest by completing certain cash and share
payments and exploration expenditures (see original press release dated November 22, 2021).
Commenting on these initial results, Mark Selby, CEO of Canada Nickel said, "Mann is an exceptionally
large property with ultramafic targets extending beyond the township from Reaume through Mann and
into Newmarket with a combined target strike length of over 25 kilometres. All fifteen initial holes at
these first two targets successfully intersected large intervals of target mineralization. This area will be a
focus of our exploration program in 2024. Further details on our 2024 exploration program will be
provided at a conference call on Friday, February 23rd at 11am."
Mann Property
The Mann Property is located 22 kilometres east of Crawford, 20 kilometres south of Cochrane , and 45
kilometres northeast of Timmins, covering Mann Township. The property contains three large ultramafic
bodies, each of which has a target geophysical footprint larger than Crawford at 1.6 km2. Mann Northwest
has a target footprint of 6.0 km2; Mann Central is 3.1 km2 and Mann Southeast is 4.1 km2. Mann Northwest
is on same trend to mineralized ultramafics in Reaume Township while Mann Southeast connects to a
long ultramafic sill in Newmarket Township, both properties being owned by Canada Nickel. The total
trend from Reaume to Newmarket exceeds 25 kilometres as various units.
This press release summarizes drill results from Mann Northwest and Mann Central that were completed
during the summer of 2023. Mann Southeast is planned to be drilled during the summer of 2024.
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Mann Northwest
The drill program at Mann Northwest consisted of nine drillholes, with all holes intersecting mineralized
sections of predominantly well serpentinized peridotite and dunite (see press release August 22 , 2023,
for results of the first five holes).
Eight of the nine drillholes delineated mineralization along a 2.7 kilometre strike length within a folded
structure having a width of at least 500 metres (see Table 1 and Figure 1). The target remains open in all
directions. The ninth hole (MAN23-06) was drilled on a north extension of the main target area. The strike
length of this sub extension remains to be tested.
Platinum group metals (PGMs) were also intersected in addition to the nickel mineralization . The PGMs
are associated with highly serpentinized peridotite-pyroxenite with hole MAN23 -13, for example,
intersecting interlayered pyroxenite grading 0.43 g/t platinum+palladium (Pt+Pd) over 16.5 metres.
Mann Central
Six drillholes delineated mineralization along a 2,500 metre strike length and over a width of at least 600
metres. The target remains open in all directions. All six drillholes intersected strongly serpentinized
peridotite-dunite, with visible nickel mineralization. PGMs were also intersected in Mann Central within
a pyroxenite horizon with hole MAN23-11 intersecting 0.55 g/t Pt+Pd over 28.5 metres.
Table 1 – Mann drilling downhole composites.
Hole ID From
(m)
To
(m)
Length
(m)
Ni % Co % Pd g/t Pt g/t Cr % Fe % S %
MANN NORTHWEST
MAN23-06 6.9 402.0 395.1 0.20 0.01 0.007 0.010 0.39 7.18 0.04
MAN23-13 40.5 152.4 111.9 0.20 0.01 0.023 0.015 0.43 6.88 0.06
and 166.5 183.0 16.5 0.04 0.01 0.263 0.166 0.41 4.32 0.02
and 185.5 444.0 258.5 0.20 0.01 0.003 0.004 0.40 7.23 0.02
MAN23-14 30.0 420.0 390.0 0.23 0.01 0.005 0.007 0.22 5.96 0.03
MAN23-15 36.0 298.5 262.5 0.15 0.01 0.020 0.018 0.30 6.94 0.06
and 357.4 450.0 92.6 0.21 0.01 0.025 0.025 0.29 6.51 0.11
MANN CENTRAL
MAN23-07 80.4 266.5 186.1 0.24 0.01 0.004 0.007 0.17 6.16 0.10
and 283.5 444.0 160.5 0.24 0.01 0.005 0.007 0.17 6.22 0.02
MAN23-08 39.1 396.0 356.9 0.22 0.01 0.005 0.007 0.39 6.69 0.04
MAN23-09 96.0 402.0 306.0 0.21 0.01 0.005 0.006 0.25 6.59 0.16
including 202.5 258.4 55.9 0.25 0.01 0.005 0.007 0.12 6.31 0.12
MAN23-10 11.5 402.0 390.5 0.21 0.01 0.004 0.007 0.45 7.17 0.04
MAN23-11 10.5 402.0 391.5 0.17 0.01 0.028 0.022 0.36 6.89 0.03
including 117.0 145.5 28.5 0.03 0.01 0.330 0.220 0.34 5.32 0.02
and 157.7 306.0 148.3 0.22 0.01 0.003 0.004 0.33 6.82 0.03
MAN23-12 14.8 402.0 387.2 0.22 0.01 0.003 0.005 0.32 6.23 0.03
*True width undetermined. All lengths are drillhole lengths.
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Figure 1 –Mann Northwest and Central – CNC Drillholes Over Total Magnetic Intensity.
Table 2: Drillhole Orientation
Hole ID Zone Easting (mE) Northing (mN) Azimuth (⁰) Dip (⁰) Length (m)
MAN23-01 NW 495641 5412486 235 -50 432
MAN23-02 NW 495967 5412226 235 -50 402
MAN23-03 NW 495967 5412226 35 -50 402
MAN23-04 NW 496257 5411972 235 -50 402
MAN23-05 NW 495360 5412699 225 -50 402
MAN23-06 NW 499728 5413633 0 -50 402
MAN23-07 CE 498762 5410346 345 -50 444
MAN23-08 CE 498762 5410346 180 -50 396
MAN23-09 CE 499200 5410800 160 -50 402
MAN23-10 CE 497600 5410380 0 -50 402
MAN23-11 CE 497600 5410380 180 -50 402
MAN23-12 CE 496800 5410171 0 -50 402
MAN23-13 NW 494930 5413340 240 -50 444
MAN23-14 NW 494429 5413990 62 -50 420
MAN23-15 NW 494845 5413725 60 -50 450
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Conference Call Details:
Date: Friday, February 23, 2024
Time: 11 a.m. ET
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Quality Assurance and Control, Drilling and Assaying
Edwin Escarraga, MSc, P.Geo., a "qualified person" as defined by National Instrument 43 -101, is
responsible for the on-going drilling and sampling program, including quality assurance (QA) and quality
control (QC). The core is collected from the drill in s ealed core trays and transported to the core logging
facility. The core is marked and sampled at 1.5 metre lengths and cut with a diamond blade saw. One set
of samples is transported in secured bags directly from the Canada Nickel core shack to Actlabs Timmins,
while a second set of samples is securely shipped to SGS Lakefield for preparation, with analysis performed
at SGS Burnaby or SGS Callao (Peru). All are ISO/IEC 17025 accredited labs. Analysis for precious metals
(gold, platinum and palladium) are completed by Fire Assay while analysis for nickel, cobalt, sulphur and
other elements are performed using a peroxide fusion and ICP -OES analysis. Certified standards and
blanks are inserted at a rate of 3 QA/QC samples per 20 core samples making a batch of 6 0 samples that
are submitted for analysis.
Qualified Person and Data Verification
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Stephen J. Balch P.Geo. (ON), VP Exploration of Canada Nickel and a "qualified person" as such term is
defined by National Instrument 43 -101, has verified the data disclosed in this news release, and has
otherwise reviewed and approved the technical inform ation in this news release on behalf of Canada
Nickel Company Inc.
About Canada Nickel Company
Canada Nickel Company Inc. is advancing the next generation of nickel-sulphide projects to deliver nickel
required to feed the high growth electric vehicle and stainless steel markets. Canada Nickel Company has
applied in multiple jurisdictions to trademark the terms NetZero Nickel TM, NetZero Cobalt TM, NetZero
IronTM and is pursuing the development of processes to allow the production of net zero carbon nickel,
cobalt, and iron products. Canada Nickel provides investors with leverage to nickel in low political risk
jurisdictions. Canada Nickel is currently anchored by its 100 % owned flagship Crawford Nickel -Cobalt
Sulphide Project in the heart of the prolific Timmins-Cochrane mining camp. For more information, please
visit www.canadanickel.com.
For further information, please contact:
Mark Selby
CEO
Phone: 647-256-1954
Email: [email protected]
Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain information that may constitute "forward-looking information" under
applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward looking information includes, but is not limited to, drill
and exploration results relating to the Mann Property and the other properties described herein (the
"Properties"), the potential of the Crawford Nickel Sulphide Project and the Properties, the ability to sell
marketable materials, strategic plans, including future exploration and development re sults, and
corporate and technical objectives. Forward -looking information is necessarily based upon several
assumptions that, while considered reasonable, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties,
and other factors which may cause the actual results and future events to differ materially from those
expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Factors that could affect the outcome include,
among others: future prices and the supply of metals, the future demand for metals, the r esults of
drilling, inability to raise the money necessary to incur the expenditures required to retain and advance
the property, environmental liabilities (known and unknown), general business, economic, competitive,
political and social uncertainties, results of exploration programs, risks of the mining industry, delays in
obtaining governmental approvals, failure to obtain regulatory or shareholder approvals, and the impact
of COVID -19 related disruptions in relation to the Company's business oper ations including upon its
employees, suppliers, facilities and other stakeholders. There can be no assurance that such information
will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated
in such inform ation. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward -looking
information. All forward-looking information contained in this press release is given as of the date hereof
and is based upon the opinions and estimates of management and information available to management
as at the date hereof. Canada Nickel disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-
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looking information, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required
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