News Releases - Tuesday, June 07, 2011 Title:Pure Nickel Exploration Update TORONTO, Ontario. Pure Nickel Inc. (NIC: TSX, OTCBB: PNCKF) is pleased to provide an update on its exploration activities for the upcoming summer season. Highlights Drilling has commenced at the MAN Alaska project Permitting process for Salt Chuck Alaska property in early stages Rockcliff Resources completes first phase of drilling
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MAN Alaska Property During April Pure Nickel announced that its partner on the MAN property, ITOCHU Corporation, had confirmed its continued participation in the 2011 program. Since that time the exploration program and budget have been finalized, all permits are in place, and activity on the site has commenced, the drill started turning on June 5th. The Company is pleased to report that this year's service providers include Cabo Drilling Corp. and Last Frontier Air Ventures Ltd. A one drill program is underway to explore the Alpha Complex focusing on the Platinum Group Element (PGE) horizons that were discovered during the 2010 season. Several targets on the Rainy Complex, in the Northern region of the property have also been identified. The Rainy targets are based on strong geophysical anomalies and geochemistry analysis (rock, stream and sediment analysis). The 2011 budget is approximately US$4.8 million. Larry Hulbert, D.Sc., P.Geo is the designated Qualified Person for this project.Good Day dru Salt Chuck, Alaska Property The
Salt Chuck property is located on Prince of Wales Island in the Alaskan Panhandle. The property consists of 146 contiguous federal lode mining claims (10.85 km2). The Salt Chuck mine produced approximately 300,000 metric tonnes of ore, reported by US government summaries (1948) to be 0.95 % Copper, 1.96 g/t Palladium, 1.12 g/t Gold and 5.29 g/t Silver. The mine was the largest producer of palladium in the USA during its era of production. The permitting process for the property has been initiated and plans for a fall or winter exploration program are being readied. The temperate climate on Prince of Wales Island is conducive for year round drilling. Larry Hulbert, D.Sc., P.Geo is the designated Qualified Person for this project. Tower, Manitoba Property Results from a 24 hole, 7,500 metre drill program by Pure Nickel's option partner Rockcliff Resources have been released. Results to date have been excellent and have consistently returned high grade copper values. Future drilling, subject to Rockcliff Resources scheduling, will target the mineralization along strike and to a vertical depth of 600 metres. Ken Lapierre, P.Geo., and Mark Smethurst, of Rockcliff Resources Inc., are the designated Qualified Persons for this project. Property Divestiture Good Day 4 drum solo
The HPM/Forgues property located in Quebec is jointly owned by Manicouagan Minerals and Pure Nickel. Due to the low potential for discovery the twenty five claims that comprise the Forgues portion of the property will not be renewed. The claims that make up the HPM portion of the property will remain in the joint venture partnership. About Pure Nickel Inc. Pure Nickel is a mineral exploration company with a diverse collection of mineral exploration projects in North America.
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