FPX Nickel Commences Van Target Step-Out Drilling Program at Decar Nickel District in Central British Columbia
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FPX Nickel Commences Van Target Step-Out Drilling Program at
Decar Nickel District in Central British Columbia
Vancouver, July 18 , 202 2 – FPX Nickel Corp. (TSX-V: FPX, OTCQB: FPOCF ) (“FPX” or the
“Company”) is pleased to announce that the Van Target (“Van”) step-out drilling program has started at
the Company’s Decar Nickel District (“Decar”) in central British Columbia. This year’s drilling is focused
on expansion of mineralization at Van, where an initial drilling program in 2021 confirmed a major new
discovery and suggested the potential for Van to host a large-scale, standalone nickel deposit which could
rival the deposit already delineated at Decar’s neighboring PEA-stage Baptiste Deposit.
Highlights
• Widely-spaced, 8-10 hole program to step -out meaningfully south, southwest and west of 2021
discovery holes
• 2021 Van holes defined a large zone of strong awaruite nickel mineralization approximately 400
to 750 m wide and up to 750 m long, to downhole depth s of up to 350 m, with these results
comparing favourably to the mineralized area defined by outcrop sampling and subsequent drilling
at Baptiste
• 2022 program to follow the trend of increasing grade and thickness to the south and west as
observed in drill sections from the 2021 program , and to test strong Davis Tube Recoverable
(“DTR”) nickel occurrences in outcrops to the southwest
The 2022 program at the Van Target will comprise approximately 3,000 metres of drilling over 8-10 holes,
stepping out meaningfully to the south, southwest and west of the holes drilled in 2021, as indicated in
Areas 1 and 2 of Figure 1, respectively.
Area 1, which extends up to 500 m south of the 2021 holes, has been selected to follow the trend of
increasing grade and thickness to the south as observed in sections drilled during the 2021 program. Area
2, which extends up to 1 km west of the 2021 holes, has been selected to similarly follow the trend of
increasing grade and thickness along strike to the west, as well as strong DTR nickel occurrences in outcrops
to the southwest.
Figure 1: Van Target – Areas of Focus for 2022 Drill Program
Drilling at Van is expected to occur over an approximate six -week period and will be based on a
combination of skid- and helicopter-supported setups.
In 2021, the Company executed a maiden nine -hole, 2,688 m drill program at the Van Target, which is
located 6 km north of Baptiste at a similar elevation, and accessible via active logging roads . Maiden
drilling at Van tested the sub -surface potential for mineralization below and adjacent to prospective
mineralized outcrop, which had defined a target area of approximately 2.5 km2. The size of the Van Target
as defined by this outcrop sampling is comparable to the Baptiste deposit, which measures 3 km along strike
with widths of up to 1 km.
The three southernmost of the Van holes (21VAN-002, 21VAN-003 and 21VAN-005) returned among the
10 highest-grading, near-surface intervals in the history of Decar, suggesting that Van has strong potential
to host a higher-grade, nearer-surface resource than that found at Baptiste . For a complete description of
2021’s successful maiden exploration drilling program at the Van Target, see the Company’s news release
dated January 6th, 2022.
Erin Wilson, P. Geo., FPX Nickel’s Qualified Person under NI 43-101, has reviewed and approved the
technical content of this news release.
About the Decar Nickel District
The Company’s Decar Nickel District claims cover 245 km 2 of the Mount Sidney Williams
ultramafic/ophiolite complex, 90 km northwest of Fort St. James in central British Columbia. The district
is a two-hour drive from Fort St. James on a high-speed logging road.
Decar hosts a greenfield discovery of nickel mineralization in the form of a naturally occurring nickel-iron
alloy called awaruite (Ni3Fe), which is amenable to bulk-tonnage, open-pit mining. Awaruite mineralization
has been identified in four target areas within this ophiolite complex, being the Baptiste Deposit, and the
B, Sid and Van targets, as confirmed by drilling , petrographic examination, electron probe analyses and
outcrop sampling on all four targets. Since 2010, app roximately US $2 8 million has been spent on the
exploration and development of Decar.
Of the four targets in the Decar Nickel District, the Baptiste Deposit, which was initially the most accessible
and had the biggest known surface footprint, has been the focus of diamond drilling since 2010, with a total
of 99 holes and 33,700 m of drilling completed. The Sid target was tested with two holes in 2010 and the
B target had a single hole drilled in 2011; all three holes intersected nickel -iron alloy mineralization over
wide intervals with DTR nickel grades comparable to the Baptiste Deposit. In 2021, the Company executed
a maiden drilling program at Van , which has returned promising results comparable with the strongest
results at Baptiste.
About FPX Nickel Corp.
FPX Nickel Corp. is focused on the exploration and development of the Decar Nickel District, located in
central British Columbia, and other occurrences of the same unique style of naturally occurring nickel-iron
alloy mineralization known as awaruite. For more information, please view the Company’s website at
www.fpxnickel.com or contact Martin Turenne, President and CEO, at (604) 681 -8600 or
On behalf of FPX Nickel Corp.
"Martin Turenne"
Martin Turenne, President, CEO and Director
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events and conditions and so involve inherent risks and uncertainties, as disclosed in the Company's
periodic filings with Canadian securities regulators. Actual results could differ from those currently
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