FPX Nickel Corporation
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FPX releases ‘large-scale’ PEA for Baptiste
FPX Nickel has released the results of a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the Baptiste nickel project in the company’s Decar nickel district, in B.C., which, according to Martin Turenne, the company’s president and CEO, “establishes Baptiste as a premier…
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FPX starts field tests to establish carbon capture potential at Baptiste
FPX Nickel announced that, last month, researchers at the University of British Columbia started field tests to determine the rate and volume of carbon capture by the tailings from a potential future mine at the Baptiste project. These tests will…
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MINING PEOPLE: BHP, Canadian Goldcamps, First Cobalt, Teck, Treasury, Zanzibar
Management appointments announced this week include: BHP has announced changes to its executive leadership team: these include the appointment of Ragnar Udd to the president of Minerals Americas role, effective Nov. 1. Udd is currently BHP’s acting chief technology officer. Grant…
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NICKEL: FPX expects Baptiste PEA this year
BRITISH COLUMBIA – FPX Nickel expects the updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the Baptiste deposit within its wholly owned 245-sq.-km Decar nickel district to be completed either towards the end of the third quarter or into the fourth quarter…
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NICKEL: FPX recoveries from Decar suggest battery market potential
BRITISH COLUMBIA – FPX Nickel has released the results of pressure leaching testwork on nickel concentrates from its 245-sq.-km Decar nickel project located in central B.C. Based on nickel recoveries in excess of 98%, the company believes that the resulting…
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MINING PEOPLE: ABB Canada, Argo Gold, Aurion, Calibre, Copper Lake, Genesis, Golden Predator, NorZinc, Osisko Gold, AME
ABB Canada has announced Eric Deschenes as country manager and head of electrification business effective Jan. 1, 2020. Eric joined the company in 2017 as executive vice-president of the electrification business. He is a professional…
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NICKEL-IRON: Met tests of Baptiste yield better recovery rates says FPX
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Vancouver-based FPX Nickel says recent testing puts the nickel recovery rate from its Decar nickel-iron project at 94%. Samples from the Baptiste deposit were ground to 80% passing 90 microns to reach the 94% rate, compared to…
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EDITORIAL: Mining industry has role to play in carbon capture
The carbon neutral mine is on the horizon. That’s the aim of a collaborative program to test immobilizing carbon dioxide in mine tailings. Lab scale tests are promising, and now the research is moving into the field. The technology could…
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NICKEL-IRON: FPX begins met study of Baptiste deposit at Decar property
BRITISH COLUMBIA – FPX Nickel Corp. has begun metallurgical studies on a composite 400-kg composite sample. The material was recovered from four drill holes completed in 2012 and 2017 in the southeast part of the Baptiste nickel-iron deposit where it…
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NICKEL-IRON: FPX Nickel cuts near surface, higher grades at Decar project
BRITISH COLUMBIA – FPX Nickel of Vancouver has results from three of the eight diamond drill holes in the Baptiste deposit at the Decar nickel-iron project 80 km north of Fort St. James. These are the first holes drilled at…
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NICKEL-IRON: FPX completes step-out program at Decar project
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Vancouver-based FPX Nickel Corp. has completed the step-out drilling program at the Baptiste deposit at the company’s Decar nickel-iron project 80 km north of Fort St. James. FPX completed eight holes totaling 1,917 metres to the southeast…
