Nickel North Exploration (TSX-V:NNX) has commenced its 2026 summer field exploration program at its 100%-owned Hawk Ridge Copper-Nickel-Cobalt-Platinum Group Element (PGE) Sulphide Project in Northern Québec.
The project encompasses 411 mineral claims covering 179.67km² along a 50km magmatic sulphide belt.
Field crews have been mobilised to site, with initial geological mapping, geochemical sampling, and passive seismic geophysics across major known mineralisation zones underway.
The team has already collected 100 surface soil samples over two high-priority target areas and dispatched 35 mineralised rock samples to Vancouver for analysis.
Prospecting and sampling, which honed in on the North Hopes Advanced, Pio, and Sindler Gamma zones, led to the discovery of a new mineralised zone measuring approximately 500m long and over 20m wide.
Meanwhile, core relogging identified 106 mineralised core samples and 60m of unsampled mineralised core from four historical drill holes, which have been shipped to Montréal for re-assaying.
Geophysics crews have also completed four lines of passive seismic surveying covering approximately 3,500m to evaluate deeper structural extensions and pipe-like magnetic anomalies.
CEO Tony Guo says kicking off the company’s field operations early in the season is a ‘tremendous’ achievement for the team.
“By deploying this focused, science-first strategy, we can systematically unlock value across several prominent targets within the broad Hawk Ridge footprint while keeping a sharp eye on our capital expenditure,” Guo says.
The company notes the incoming datasets will shape the geometry of its diamond drilling campaign slated for 2027–2028.
Nickel North Exploration is an explorer focused on advancing its 100%-owned Hawk Ridge nickel-copper-cobalt-PGE asset in Québec, Canada.
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