Fathom Nickel (CSE:FNI) has begun a winter drill program at the Gochager Lake Project in Canada, which is expected to continue into the first two weeks of April 2026.
Up to 4,000m of drilling is expected to be carried out. The company notes in the event that the full drill program is not completed before mid-April, Fathom will return to Gochager Lake in late May or early June to complete the full 3,000m to 4,000m of drilling.
Vice President of Exploration Ian Fraser says the field crews have been working hard over the past two months to ensure trail and ice conditions were safe to transport the diamond drill and ancillary equipment to site for the start of the program.
“With the winter trail now in place, we will eliminate our reliance on helicopter support, resulting in an expected 30% to 35% reduction in total drilling cost per metre,” Fraser says.
“This increased cost efficiency will allow us to drill more metres and, ultimately, more holes in comparison to historical, heli-supported drill programs.
“This drill program is now well underway, and we look forward to testing along strike of the historical Gochager Lake deposit for more Gochager-like mineralisation.”
Gochager Lake, covering more than 33,000 hectares, is considered prospective for nickel-copper-cobalt mineralisation.
Fathom Nickel is a junior explorer targeting magmatic nickel sulphide discoveries to secure the supply of North American critical minerals.
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