Tartisan Nickel (CSE:TN) has acquired four additional claims at its Turtle Pond nickel‑copper project in northwestern Ontario, Canada, expanding the property to 170 staked units covering 3,564ha.
The claims are located approximately 40km south of Dryden and 70km east of the company’s flagship Kenbridge nickel‑copper deposit. The expanded property hosts three historical nickel‑copper showings: Glatz, Double E, and Night Danger.
Previous exploration at Glatz identified nickel‑copper sulphide mineralisation across 12 trenches along a 700m trend.
The zone extends up to 40m wide and remains open along strike and at depth. Historical grab samples returned up to 1.95% nickel.
Canadian Arrow Mines conducted surface sampling in 2007, returning 1.28% nickel and 0.26% copper from Glatz trench two, and 0.99% nickel and 0.18% copper from trench three.
Drilling at the time intersected 0.34% nickel, 0.16% copper, and 0.02% cobalt over 5.9m.
The Double E showing delivered a significant nickel‑copper‑platinum group element discovery in 2008. Hole EE‑09‑02 intersected 4.2m grading 0.81% nickel, 0.52% copper, 0.20 grams per tonne platinum, 0.16g/t palladium, and 0.20g/t gold at 25.5m depth.
At Night Danger, drilling returned 4.53% nickel over 0.7m at 57.5m depth in hole ND‑10‑1. Another hole intersected a 9m section of sulphide stringers and blebs grading 0.57% nickel and 0.45% copper.
CEO Mark Appleby says the three showings display similar nickel and copper grades to near‑surface mineralisation at Kenbridge.
“Acquisition of these claims will complement the company’s larger objective of developing the Kenbridge project into an area play,” Appleby notes.
The company has outlined a 2026 exploration programme including geological mapping and surface sampling, with potential diamond drilling in 2026–2027.
Tartisan owns the Kenbridge nickel‑copper project near Sioux Narrows in northwestern Ontario and the Sill Lake silver project near Sault Ste. Marie.
Write to JC Villarba at Mining.com.au
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