Giga announces start of work program at Turnagain
July 5 2021 TSX.V - GIGA
Giga announces start of work program at Turnagain
(Vancouver) – Mark Jarvis, CEO of Giga Metals Corp. (TSX.V – GIGA) announced today
that the 2021 work program has commenced at the Turnagain nickel/cobalt Project, located
in north central British Columbia. Archaeological and wildlife surveys are underway and
resource drilling has commenced.
Highlights:
- 6,900 metres of resource drilling to upgrade resource classifications
- 2,300 metres of geotechnical drilling with hydrogeological installs for pit wall
design
- 800 metres of geotechnical drilling with hydrogeological installs for tailings
storage facility design
- 9,000 metres of seismic refraction survey for tailings storage facility design
- 25 excavator test pits for stockpile and waste storage design
“This work program is designed to collect all necessary exploration, geotechnical and other
data to advance project engineering to the Pre-Feasibility level,” said Mr. Jarvis. “Our goal
is to produce a Pre-Feasibility study in Q3 of 2022.”
Photo: Kiera Broda, Project Geologist for Giga Metals examining core samples at the Turnagain Camp.
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About Giga Metals
Giga Metals Corporation is focused on metals critical to modern batteries, especially those
used in Electric Vehicles and Energy Storage. The Company’s core asset is the Turnagain
Project, located in northern British Columbia, one of the significant undeveloped sulphide
nickel and cobalt resources in the world. Giga is also exploring for sediment hosted copper
deposits in Brazil.
Technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Greg
Ross, PGeo, a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
“Mark Jarvis”
MARK JARVIS, CEO
Tel: 604 681 2300
GIGA METALS CORPORATION
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