Nordic Nickel Limited’s (ASX: NNL) extensive UAV (drone-supported) magnetic geophysical survey has reinforced the enormous, district-scale nickel sulphide potential of its flagship Pulju Nickel Project (the Project) in the Central Lapland Greenstone Belt (CLGB) of northern Finland.
The project-wide UAV magnetic survey, which covers an area of 269sq. km, has vastly improved on previous regional magnetic surveys providing clearer, higher resolution anomaly definition.
Several new outstanding magnetic anomalies have been identified across the 240sq. km project area, with two large-scale anomalies of greater than 2km in strike length identified in close proximity to the existing Hotinvaara JORC (2012) Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE).
In addition, when comparing these magnetic anomalies to historical drilling in the wider district, it is clear that a number of these prospects have already been confirmed to host shallow, disseminated nickel sulphides, similar in nature to that found at Hotinvaara.
The company’s drilling programme at Hotinvaara is continuing with 13 diamond drillholes now completed for 9,512m in total.
The magnetic survey has reinforced the district-scale potential and metal endowment of the Project, with the potential to host both extensive near-surface disseminated nickel sulphide mineralization such as that already delineated at the Hotinvaara Prospect, as well as massive nickel-copper sulphide mineralization of a similar style to the nearby world-class Sakatti Deposit.
“We are extremely excited by the results of the magnetic survey and the multiple occurrences of Hotinvaara Prospect-style anomalies across our Pulju Project,” Managing Director, Todd Ross, said.
“This new regional dataset will assist us for many years to come in better understanding the geology of the Pulju Greenstone Belt and drill target definition. With our knowledge of the Pulju mineral system and interpreting geophysical responses, we’re able to focus in on prospective areas to target for near-surface nickel mineralisation and potential additions to the existing Mineral Resource.
“With so many new prospective areas to test, we are now in the process of prioritising prospect zones and look forward to drill testing these magnetic anomalies in the near future and expanding the mineralization footprint beyond Hotinvaara.”
The UAV magnetic survey covered an area of 269sq. km and consisted of 846 individual lines at 40m line spacing for a total of 7,430 line-kilometres.
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