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Remarkably consistent Eureka Zone nickel

North of 60 Mining News - October 30, 2023

Last updated 11/16/2023 at 2:25pm

Closeup of mineralized core from drilling in the Eureka Zone at Nikolai.

Shane Lasley for Data Mine North

Core from EZ-23-005, a Eureka Zone drill hole that cut 356.2 meters averaging 0.22% nickel, 0.08% copper, 0.02% cobalt, 0.122 g/t palladium, 0.057 g/t platinum, and 0.014 g/t gold.

Assays from first four holes return 0.34% Ni-eq over 300-meter widths.

Alaska Energy Metals Corp. Oct. 30 reported that assays from two more holes at Nikolai further confirm the remarkable consistency of the disseminated nickel sulfides in the roughly 300-meter-thick Eureka Zone that runs roughly 10 miles (16 kilometers) across this nickel-copper-cobalt-platinum group metals project about 55 miles...

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