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Hard Creek Nickel Corp.: Ankunft der dritten Bohranlage an der Hard Creek-Liegenschaft
31. Juli 2007 (VANCOUVER,
KANADA) ? Die Hard Creek Nickel Corp. (TSX.V-HNC; FSE: BRR) freut sich, die Neuigkeiten zum aktuellen Bohrprogramm des Jahres 2007 bekannt geben zu können, das derzeit an der zu 100 % in ihrem Besitz befindlichen Turnagain-Nickel-Liegenschaft durchgeführt wird, die 70 km östlich des Dease Lake, im Norden von British Columbia, Kanada liegt.
Eine dritte Bohranlage ist vor Ort eingetroffen, sie dient der Überprüfung neuer Explorationsziele, die als Ergebnis eines detaillierten Feldexplorationsprogramms aus den Jahren 2005 und 2006 identifiziert wurden. Die Bohranlage ist eine durch Helikopter transportierbare LF70-Anlage für Bohrungen von über 300 m.
Die drei Hauptexplorationsgebiete, in denen gebohrt wird, wurden von West nach Ost folgendermaßen benannt: Mandible, Zentral und die Felsabhanggebiete. Zu keinem dieser Gebiete führt derzeit eine Zufahrtsstraße oder Baggertrasse.
Das Mandible-Gebiet liegt 4,5 km nordwestlich von der Horsetrail-Liegenschaft, nahe des nordwestlichen Rands des ultrabasischen Turnagain-Komplexes. Etwa dreißig Zufalls- und Pickproben wurden an den Dunitausläufern über 1,5 km des Mineralisierungstrends mit einem Sulfid-Nickel-Gehalt von 0,048 % bis 0,262 % Nickel gesammelt. Kupfernickel (Pentlandit) wurde häufig als das am reichlichsten vorhandenes Sulfid identifiziert. Für erste Tests in diesem Gebiet sind drei Bohrlöcher von bis zu 300 m Tiefe geplant.
Das als Zentral bezeichnete Gebiet erstreckt sich über 1,5 km östlich von Mandible und umfasst eine Reihe von Bodenanomalien und Mineralisierungsschichten. In den analysierten Pickproben wurden bis zu 0,70 % Sulfid-Nickel und 0,76 g/t kombiniertes Platin und Palladium über einen Abschnitt von 1,0 m gefunden, und Zufallsproben von Feldsteinen ergaben bis zu 1,89 % Sulfid-Nickel und 3,16 g/t kombiniertes Platin und Palladium. Derzeit sind fünf Bohrlöcher für Proben unter mineralisierten Ausstrichen, Bodenanomalien und einer schwachen, aus der Luft erkennbaren elektromagnetischen Anomalie vorgeschlagen.
Das Felsabhanggebiet ist ein 2 km langes Segment aus ultrabasischem Gestein, das 1,5 bis 3 km nordöstlich der Horsetrail-Lagerstätte liegt und durch ein schmales, kein Nickel enthaltenes Phillitband vom ultrabasischen Turnagain-Hauptkomplex getrennt wird. In einem Bohrloch aus dem Jahr 1997, das unter einen der Gesteinsausbisse reicht, wurde ein Abschnitt von 20 m mit einem Gehalt von insgesamt 0,30 % Nickel, 0,61 g/t kombiniertes Platin und Palladium und 0,13 % Kupfer gefunden. Es wurde jedoch nie weiter untersucht.
Die anfänglichen Explorationsbohrungen dienen der Untersuchung mehrerer aus der Luft erkennbarer elektromagnetischer Konduktoren und der Einschätzung des Ausmaßes der beiden Gesteinsausbisse, die erwiesenermaßen eine Sulfidnetzstruktur enthalten und sich an den serpentinisierten Rändern des ultrabasischen Gesteins befinden. Ähnliche Konduktoren in der Horsetrail-Lagerstätte sind auf halbmassives Pyrrhotin, eine Pyrrhotin-Pentlandit-Netzstruktur und Grafitadern in einer umfangreichen Interkumulus-Sulfidmineralisierung zurückzuführen. Mehrere vorgeschlagene Bohrlöcher werden tief genug gebohrt werden, um die ultrabasische Basis für die Sulfidablagerung zu erkunden.
Zur Ausweitung des derzeitigen Bohrprogramms haben zwei Bohrer mit Gleitgestell im Gebiet der Horsetrail-Lagerstätte 14 Bohrlöcher für 5.000 m gebohrt. Bei den meisten dieser Bohrlöcher handelt es sich um Infill-Bohrungen zur Bestätigung des Ressourcenmodells und zum Nachweis angenommener Ressourcen, um die Ressourcenkategorien aufzuzeigen und zu messen. Die Proben werden von Acme Laboratory in Smithers, BC, und Vancouver, BC, analysiert, und die Ergebnisse werden veröffentlicht, sobald sie verfügbar sind. Alle Positionen der Ansatzpunkte der Bohrlöcher aus 2007 finden Sie auf der Hard Creek-Website unter www.hardcreek.com.
Eine der ersten beiden Bohranlagen hat jetzt mit einem 15 Bohrlöcher umfassenden Programm mit Infill- und Felderweiterungsbohrungen in der Nordwest-Lagerstätte begonnen, die 1,0 km nordwestlich der Horsetrail-Lagerstätte liegt. Die zweite der ersten beiden Bohranlagen bohrt Explorationsbohrlöcher in einem Gebiet mit bewachsener Deckschicht zwischen der Horsetrail-Lagerstätte und der Originalfundstelle. Anschließend wird sie verlegt, um die Ausdehnung der Mineralisierung des Duffy-Gebiets zu erkunden.
Zusätzlich zu dem Ressourcen- und Explorationsbohrprogramm werden fünf Bohrorte in den Horsetrail- und Nordwest-Gebieten zur Sammlung von ca. 1000 kg Bohrkernen mit einem Durchmesser von 6 cm vorbereitet, die für eine Vielzahl von Mahl-, Schleif- und Abriebprüfungen verwendet werden.
Diese Pressemitteilung wurde gemäß NI 43-101 von Neil Froc, P. Eng, dem qualifiziertem Ingenieur überprüft und genehmigt.
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23/26, 13.08.07, 16:17:02 Hard Creek Nickel
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Hard Creek holds one of the largest undeveloped nickel deposits in the world. Located in northern British Columbia, the deposit has seen considerable exploration activity over the past 50 years.
Several factors have come together to suggest that the Turnagain deposit has potential to evolve into an important world-class nickel deposit. These factors include: the immense size of the deposit, advances in nickel metallurgy, the outlook for ongoing strength in the nickel market and improving infrastructure in the region.
The company has a strong management and advisory team that brings considerable experience in finance, geology and mining.
Hard Creek is now conducting an aggressive drill program intended to expand and upgrade the plus-billion tonne resource. Metallurgical testing and engineering studies now underway are designed to support an updated economic assessment due for completion this fall.
Exploration on the Turnagain ultramafic complex dates back to 1956. Since then, several companies explored the area and outlined several large areas with nickel, cobalt and platinum values. That previous exploration included 230 drill holes. Drilling by Hard Creek supplemented the earlier work and led to a preliminary resource estimate of 428 million tonnes of measured and indicated resource grading 0.17% nickel plus 0.011% cobalt. An additional inferred resource has 742 million tonnes of similar grades. Those figures suggest a total contained nickel endowment of 4.5 billion pounds. Since then, further drilling by Hard Creek has greatly expanded the resource.
The deposit is located about 60 km east of the town of Dease Lake, which is on Highway 37. There is presently road access to the deposit.
The 127 hole drill program (36,000 meters) now underway has several objectives: to move more of the inferred resource into the measured and indicated categories; to identify areas with higher grades; to expand outward from the known deposits; and to test other targets that could evolve into additional deposits. One of the target areas is a platinum-rich zone.
While the Turnagain deposit is enormous, the grade is less than other sulfide nickel deposits presently in production. The preliminary economic assessment completed a year ago demonstrated the viability of the deposit and estimated a net present value of C$595 million. Those figures are based on a long-term nickel price of $6.60. (Nickel currently sells for more than $20 a pound.)
Since that study, the resource has been greatly expanded, providing the scope for a larger scale operation. An updated assessment this fall will take into account the larger resource and other advances to the project.
The deposit would be mined as a large-scale open pit with a low stripping ratio. The nickel would be recovered by way of standard flotation to produce a nickel sulfide concentrate. The company is evaluating the option of processing the concentrate on site using a hydro-metallurgical approach or shipping it to an existing smelter.
Putting the Turnagain deposit into perspective, the size compares to the largest porphyry copper deposits. The contained metal value per tonne is well in excess of a typical porphyry copper deposit. The metallurgy of nickel is somewhat more complex than copper. However, all of the engineering and metallurgical parameters were considered in the preliminary economic assessment, which suggested the economic viability of the project.
Compared to NovaGold's Galore Creek deposit, which is now under development, Turnagain has a similar size, a substantially higher contained metal value per tonne, and a similar (or perhaps more accessible) location.
The current market value of the company is small in relation to the enormous potential value of the deposit. I expect the value to increase as the project gains greater investor acceptance and as the ongoing work programs continue to advance the deposit.
Price June 11, 2007: C$2.20
Shares Fully Diluted: 68 million
Market Cap: C$ 125 million
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20/26, 13.08.07, 17:52:45 Hard Creek drills 292 metres of 0.28% nickel (Vancouver) – Mark Jarvis, President of Hard Creek Nickel Corporation today released analytical results from 8 diamond drill holes (DDH), totaling 3,117 metres (10,227 feet) from the ongoing drill progr am at its 100% owned Turnagain Project, located 70 km east of Dease Lake in British Columbia All of the reported core holes were drilled as infill holes in the Horsetrail deposit to confirm the continuity of the mineralization within the inferred mineral resource. Mineralization was encountered in all the holes and comprised disseminated to blebby intercumulus pyrrhotite and pentlandite, with local net-textured intervals, hosted by dunite and wehrlite of the Turnagain ultramafic complex. The total nickel values reported below include nickel in both sulfide and non-sulfide minerals. Comparison of analytical results over the past four years indicates that sulfide nickel values range from 60 to 90 percent of total nickel values. Only nickel sulfide minerals are expected to be recovered by froth flotation. Resource estimates will be updated after the 2007 drilling program is completed.
“Hole 07-181 was designed to pass 65 metres beneath the 235.9 metres grading 0.30 nickel reported in hole 05-106 (see News Release December 13, 2005). The mineralization in hole 05-106, which started 3 metres below surface, has now been extended to at least 230 metres below surface. This intercept, and the others reported here, have increased confidence in our interpretation of the geology and mineralization.” said Mr. Jarvis
DDH’s 06-175 to 06- 183 were drilled as infill holes within the Horsetrail deposit:
Length Total Hole # From (m) To (m) (m) Ni % Co % 07-176 6.4 160 153.6 0.27 0.015 incl. 16 88 72 0.35 0.018 200 228 28 0.28 0.019 280 316 36 0.21 0.01 07-177 48 104 56 0.25 0.013 136 160 24 0.26 0.016 200 280 80 0.33 0.014 07-178 16 32 16 0.3 0.012 76 192 116 0.35 0.018 incl. 76 104 28 0.46 0.02 and incl. 156 188 32 0.4 0.017 200 216 16 0.21 0.014 272 360 88 0.25 0.017 376 424 48 0.27 0.017 incl. 400 420 20 0.37 0.021 448 483.1 EOH 35.1 0.24 0.013 07-179 11.3 36 24.7 0.26 0.011 80 104 24 0.24 0.011 120 272 152 0.3 0.016 280 296 16 0.25 0.016 364 424 EOH 60 0.24 0.019 07-180 144 160 16 0.2 0.012 176 188 12 0.22 0.009 216 324 108 0.32 0.017 incl. 236 260 24 0.44 0.02 and incl. 316 317.1 1.1 1.33 0.099 332 416 84 0.26 0.014 incl. 356 372 16 0.34 0.014 and incl. 392 404 12 0.36 0.015 07-181 72 364 292 0.28 0.015 incl. 72 84 12 0.39 0.014 and incl. 104 120 16 0.35 0.017 and incl. 192 224 32 0.42 0.021 07-182 132 152 20 0.24 0.012 188 276 88 0.3 0.017 incl. 212 228 16 0.41 0.018 312 336.5 EOH 24.5 0.23 0.017 07-183 48 252 204 0.29 0.018 incl. 92 128 36 0.34 0.02 and incl. 180 208 28 0.39 0.02 284 348 64 0.28 0.018 incl. 324 344 20 0.34 0.016 True widths are estimated to be approximately 80 percent of reported core intervals.
Total nickel, copper, cobalt and sulphur values were determined by ICP emission spectrometry following four acid digestion of a representative pulp sample. All analytical work was conducted by Acme Analytical Laboratori es Ltd., an ISO 9001 registered facility, located in Vancouver. IPL, an ISO 9001 registered facility, also located in Vancouver, is carrying out check analyses on ten percent of the samples.
The Turnagain Nickel Project resource has been estimated in early 2007 (see February 12, 2007 News Release for details) at a measured and indicated resource estimated at 428.5 million tonnes grading 0.23% total nickel (0.17% sulfide nickel) and 0.011% cobalt and an additional inferred resource of 742.9 million tonnes grading 0.23% total nickel (0.17% sulfide nickel) and 0.011% cobalt. Sulfide nickel grades are based on ammonium citrate-hydrogen peroxide leach analyses. Ammonium citrate-hydrogen peroxide leach analyses for nickel provide a good estimate of nickel grades present in sulfide form and display good correlation with recover ies in metallurgical flotation tests. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. Drilling continues with two drills doing infill and step-out holes in the Horsetrail, Norththwest and Duffy areas. A helicopter-supported drill is testing a number of exploration targets as detailed in the July 25, 2007 News Release. A fourth drill is being mobilized to the property and will be used in the Horsetrail and Northwest areas for drilling several deep holes targeted for greater than 700 metres (2,296 feet), and for the collection of approximately 1000kg (2205 lbs) of PQ-sized (2.5 inch diameter) drill core for a variety of crushing, grinding and abrasion testwork.
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17/26, 26.08.07, 11:29:09 24.08.2007
12:36 DGAP-News: Hard Creek Nickel Corp.: Hard Creek Nickel reicht in den Vereinigten Staaten Berichte ein
Hard Creek Nickel Corp. / Sonstiges
24. August 2007 Handelssymbol: TSX.V - HNC
Hard Creek Nickel Corporation (die 'Gesellschaft') teilt mit, dass sie gemäß dem Wertpapiergesetz der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika von 1933 durch die Einreichung der Registrierungserklärung 20-F zu einem Bericht erstattenden Emittenten geworden ist. Der Bericht 20-F hat jetzt die Kommentarphase durch die US-Wertpapier- und Börsenaufsichtsbehörde (US Securities and Exchange Commission) passiert und kann auf der Edgar-Website eingesehen werden.
Die Gesellschaft wurde auch bei Standard & Poors registriert und hat bestimmte zusätzliche Registrierungen nach den Wertpapiergesetzen der US-Bundesstaaten zum Schutz der Anleger in denjenigen Bundesstaaten vorgenommen, in denen die Gesellschaft erhebliches Interesse erwartet, darunter New York. Auf der Grundlage dieser Registrierungen und der existierenden bundesstaatlichen Regulierung können potenzielle Investoren und Aktionäre der Gesellschaft ihre Aktien über ihre Börsenmakler auf den Sekundärmärkten in allen Bundesstaaten der Vereinigten Staaten mit Ausnahme von Montana und Tennessee handeln.
'Mark Jarvis'
MARK JARVIS, Präsident HARD CREEK NICKEL CORPORATION
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15/26, 26.08.07, 11:31:42 IRW-Press/: Hard Creek erbohrt 292 m an 0,28 % Nickel (Vancouver) – Mark Jarvis, Präsident von Hard Creek Nickel Corporation
gab heute die analytischen Ergebnisse von 8 Diamantbohrlöcher (DDH), mit
einer Gesamtlänge von 3.117 m (10.227 Fuß), des aktuellen Bohrprogramms
auf dem eigenen Turnagain Projekt (70 km östlich von Dease Lake in
British Columbia) bekannt. Alle angegebenen Bohrlöcher waren Ausfachbohrungen auf dem Horsetrail
Depot, um die Kontinuität der Mineralisierung der vermuteten Ressource
zu bestätigen. In allen Löchern wurden Mineralisierungen gefunden, die
gemeinsam veröffentlicht wurden, um so ein Bild des intern angehäuften
Pyrrhotins (Magnetkies) und Pentlandits darzustellen, inklusive der
lokalen, strukturierten Intervalle. Diese Anhäufungen kommen in Dunit
und Wehrlit des ultramafischen Turnagain Komplexes vor. Der gesamte
Nickelwert (siehe unten) beinhaltet sowohl Nickel in sulfidhaltigen als
auch nicht sulfidhaltigen Mineralien. Der Vergleich von analytischen
Ergebnissen der letzten vier Jahre deutet darauf hin, dass der
Nickelsulfidwert zwischen 60 und 90 Prozent des gesamten Nickelwertes
ausmacht. Es wird erwartet, bei der Schaumflotation nur Mineralien aus
Nickelsulfid zu gewinnen. Sobald das 2007 Bohrprogramm abgeschlossen
ist, werden die Ressourceneinschätzungen aktualisiert. „Loch 07-181 sollte 65 m neben dem 235,9 m Bohrloch 05-106 mit 0,30 %
Nickel (siehe Pressemeldung vom 13. Dezember 2005) verlaufen. Die
Mineralsierung in Loch 05-106, welche 3 m unterhalb der Oberfläche
begann, wurde nun auf wenigstens 230 m unter der Oberfläche erweitert.
Dieser, sowie andere hier angegebene Abschnitte, haben das Vertrauen in
unsere Interpretation der Geologie und Mineralisierung vergrößert.“
sagte Mark Jarvis. Die Lage der Bohrlöcher kann auf der Karte unter
www.hardcreeknickel.com/plan.htm angesehen werden. DDH 06-175 bis 06-183 waren Ausfachbohrungen auf dem Horsetrail Depot:
Länge	Total
Loch #	Von (m)	Bis (m)	(m)	Ni %	Co %
07-176	6.4	160	153.6	0.27	0.015
einschl.	16	88	72	0.35	0.018
200	228	28	0.28	0.019
280	316	36	0.21	0.010
07-177	48	104	56	0.25	0.013
136	160	24	0.26	0.016
200	280	80	0.33	0.014
07-178	16	32	16	0.30	0.012
76	192	116	0.35	0.018
einschl..	76	104	28	0.46	0.020
und einschl.	156	188	32	0.40	0.017
200	216	16	0.21	0.014
272	360	88	0.25	0.017
376	424	48	0.27	0.017
einschl..	400	420	20	0.37	0.021
448	483.1 EOH	35.1	0.24	0.013
07-179	11.3	36	24.7	0.26	0.011
80	104	24	0.24	0.011
120	272	152	0.30	0.016
280	296	16	0.25	0.016
364	424 EOH	60	0.24	0.019
07-180	144	160	16	0.20	0.012
176	188	12	0.22	0.009
216	324	108	0.32	0.017
einschl.	236	260	24	0.44	0.020
und einschl.	316	317.1	1.1	1.33	0.099
332	416	84	0.26	0.014
einschl.	356	372	16	0.34	0.014
und einschl.	392	404	12	0.36	0.015
07-181	72	364	292	0.28	0.015
einschl.	72	84	12	0.39	0.014
und einschl.	104	120	16	0.35	0.017
und einschl.	192	224	32	0.42	0.021
07-182	132	152	20	0.24	0.012
188	276	88	0.30	0.017
einschl.	212	228	16	0.41	0.018
312	336.5 EOH	24.5	0.23	0.017
07-183	48	252	204	0.29	0.018
einschl.	92	128	36	0.34	0.020
und einschl.	180	208	28	0.39	0.020
284	348	64	0.28	0.018
einschl.	324	344	20	0.34	0.016
Die wahren Weiten entsprechen etwa 80 % des angegebenen Kernintervalls.
Die Proben für die Analyse waren in der Regel 4 m lang und in der Größe
eines geteilten NQ Kerns. Referenzpulps mit bekannten Nickel- und
Kupferwerten wurden alle 25 Kernproben dazugegeben und
Gesteinszuschnitte alle 30 Proben, um die Arbeit des Labors im Zuge des
QC/QA Programms zu beobachten. Die Gesamtwerte von Nickel, Kupfer, Kobalt und Sulfur wurden über die
ICP Spektrometeremission, gefolgt von vier Nassveraschungen der
Pulpproben, bestimmt. Alle analytischen Arbeiten wurden von Acme
Analytical Laboratories Ltd., einem ISO 9001 zertifiziertem Unternehmen
aus Vancouver, durchgeführt. IPL, eine weitere ISO 9001 zertifizierte
Anlage aus Vancouver, führt Prüfanalysen an 10 % der Proben durch. Die Ressource des Turnagain Nickel Projektes wurde Anfang 2007 (siehe
Pressemeldung vom 12. Februar 2007) bestimmt: Die gemessene und
angedeutete Ressourcen-einschätzungen ergaben 428,5 Mio. Tonnen an 0,23
% Nickel (davon 0,17 % Nickelsulfid), 0,011 % Kobalt, sowie eine
zusätzliche vermutete Ressource von 742,9 Mio. Tonnen an 0,23 % Nickel
(davon 0,17 % Nickelsulfid) und 0,011 Kobalt. Die Werte von
Nickelsulfiden basieren auf der
Ammoniumzitrat-Hydrogen-Peroxid-Laugenanalyse. Diese Art von Analyse,
bei Nickel angewendet, bietet eine gute Einschätzung des Nickelgehaltes,
der in Sulfidform vorkommt und stellt ein gutes Verhältnis im Vergleich
zu metallurgischen Flotationstest dar. Mineralienressourcen ohne
Mineralienreserven, zeigten keine Wirtschaftlichkeit. Die Bohrungen gehen mit zwei Bohrern für Ausfachbohrungen und
Infill-Bohrungen auf den Horsetrail, Northwest und Duffy Gebieten
weiter. Eine hubschrauberunterstützte Bohrung testet eine Anzahl
derExplorationsziele, wie in der Pressemeldung vom 25. Juli 2007 genau
beschrieben wurde. Eine vierter Bohrer befindet sich auf dem Weg zur
Liegenschaft und wird auf den Horsetrail und Northwest Gebieten für die
Bohrung verschiedener tiefe Löcher mit mehr als 700 m (2.296 Fuß)
verwendet, sowie für die Sammlung von etwa 1000 kg (2.205 Pfund) der PQ
großen (2,5 Inch Durchmesser) Bohrkerne, sowie der Zertrümmerung,
Zermahlung und Abschürfung von Testmaterialien. Diese Pressemeldung (englische Version) wurde von Neil Froc, P. Eng.,
einem nach NI 43-101 qualifizierten Gutachter, begutachtet und
freigegeben. Im Namen des Vorstands der Hard Creek Nickel Corporation
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Nickel - Der Wahnsinn!
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Ende Mai 2007 kam der Nickelmarkt deutlich unter Druck. Die Höchstnotierungen von 50.000 Dollar pro Tonne waren schnell Geschichte. Die Abwärtsbewegung konnte erst im August bei 25.000 Dollar gestoppt werden. Auslöser für diesen Abverkauf war die Änderung der Regelungen zur Lagerhaltung und Verleihung an der London Metal Exchange (LME). Eine Änderung der bisherigen Verfahrensweisen war notwendig geworden, weil zu dieser Zeit eine starke Konzentration von Nickelvorräten an der LME in den Händen weniger Anbieter herrschte und der Markt gleichzeitig unzureichend mit Nickel versorgt wurde.
In den vergangenen Handelstagen wurde die pessimistische Stimmung aus dem Nickelmarkt gefegt. Allein heute konnte der Kurs um rund 18 Prozent zulegen. Was ist da los? China bringt den Optimismus zurück. Der weltweit größte Nickelverbraucher vermeldete einen Nachfrageanstieg um 35 Prozent in den ersten sieben Monaten des Jahres. Die Jinchuan Group Co., der führende Nickelproduzent Asiens hat den Preis im September bereits das zweite Mal angehoben. Damit hat sich der Kurs des Industriemetalls seit August um circa 40 Prozent erholt. Für den Rest des Jahres kann mit einer anhaltend hohen Nachfrage auf dem Nickelmarkt gerechnet werden, da China auch in diesem Jahr mit deutlich mehr 10 Prozent wachsen wird. Dies dürfte den Kurs weiter beflügeln.
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10/26, 25.09.07, 21:37:50 Hard Creek drills 120 metres of 0.33% nickel (Vancouver, B.C.) – Mark Jarvis, President of Hard Creek Nickel Corporation today released analytical results from 11 diamond drill holes, totaling 4,478 metres (14,692 feet) from the ongoing drill program at its 100% owned Turnagain Project, located 70 km east of Dease Lake in British Columbia.
Mineralization was encountered in all the holes and comprised disseminated to blebby intercumulus pyrrhotite and pentlandite, with local net-textured intervals, hosted by dunite and wehrlite of the Turnagain ultramafic complex. The total nickel values reported below include nickel in both sulfide and non-sulfide minerals. Comparison of analytical results over t he past four years indicates that sulfide nickel values range from 60 to 90 percent of total nickel values. Only nickel sulfide minerals are expected to be recovered by froth flotation. Drill hole locations can be viewed on a plan map at www.hardcreeknickel.com/drill2007.htm.
537.9 EOH
Five of the reporte d core holes were drilled as step-out holes, located to the east, southwest and south of the Horsetrail Deposit to test for extensions to the known nickel mineralization. These holes are summarized below:
* 05-103 (previously reported)
07-103 (extension of 05-103)
420.3 EOH
Hard Creek Nickel has decided to update the February 12, 2007 resource estimate prior to the completion of the 2007 drilling program by incorporating all 2007 drill results collected to date. The new resource estimate will be completed by AMEC Americas Limited of Vancouver, B.C. and utilized for updating the 2006 Preliminary Assessment. The completion of the updated Preliminary Assessment is scheduled for November 2007. True widths are estimated to be approximately 80 percent of reported core intervals.
The Turnagain Nickel Project resource has been estimated in early 2007 (see February 12, 2007 News Release for details) at a measured and indicated resource of 428.5 million tonnes grading 0.23% total nickel (0.17% sulfide nickel) and 0.011% cobalt and an additional inferred resource of 742.9 million tonnes grading 0.23% total nickel (0.17% sulfide nickel) and 0.011% cobalt. Sulfide nickel grades are based on ammonium citrate-hydrogen peroxide leach analyses. Ammonium citrate-hydrogen peroxide leach analyses for nickel provide a good estimate of nickel grades present in sulfide form and display good correlation with recoveries in metallurgical flotation tests. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. The current drill program is expected to continue, weather permitting, into early November. A helicopter-supported drill has completed exploration holes in the Mandible and Central areas with results pending. This drill is still on site and is presently testing a number of targets in the Cliff area, as detailed in the July 25, 2007 News Release. One Longyear 38 drill has completed three holes in the DB platinum- palladium target area, located two kilometers west of the Northwest Zone. An additional two or three holes are planned in the DB area before this drill moves back to the Northwest Zone to complete infill and step-out holes. Infill and step-out drilling is continuing in the Horsetrail Deposit with a third drill. The fourth drill has completed the first of four PQ-size holes in the Horsetrail Deposit. Core from these holes will be used for a variety of crushing, grinding and abrasion tests.
This news release has been reviewed and approved by Neil Froc, P.Eng., a qualified person cons istent with NI 43-101.
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9/26, 03.10.07, 10:55:48 ECONOMIC CATALYST
New power transmission line could spur mining development
VANCOUVER -- Betting on a resurgent mining sector, the provincial government gave a green light
yesterday to a new transmission line that will bring electricity to the northwest corner of the province and
could spur billions of dollars worth of mineral development in the region.
Industry groups that have spent several years lobbying the government to approve the project were
jubilant, saying the line would be an "economic catalyst" for northwestern B.C.
"Economic, reliable power is a huge factor for mine development," said Dan Jepsen, president of the
Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia, which said advanced mineral projects in the
region could account for more than $3.5-billion in investment and more than 2,000 jobs if the projects
Those projects include the Galore Creek and Red Chris copper-gold projects and Mount Klappan, a coal
The $400-million Northwest Transmission Line is expected to run 335 kilometres from Terrace to Bob
Quinn Lake along Highway 37 and to be built as a public-private partnership, with Galore Creek
Partnership kicking in $158-million.
The Galore Creek Partnership is a 50-50 joint venture set up last year between NovaGold Resources Inc.
and Teck Cominco Corp. to build the $2.2-billion Galore Creek copper gold mine.
Construction of that mine is already under way and NovaGold had previously said the project did not
hinge on a new transmission line being built.
But other projects in the region do - Imperial Metals Corp.'s Red Chris project, for example.
In announcing the project yesterday, Premier Gordon Campbell and Energy Minister Richard Neufeld
said the new transmission line is in keeping with the province's goal of improving access to "clean,
green" electricity.
Currently, communities and industry in the region rely primarily on diesel generation.
The new transmission line would be owned by B.C. Hydro and operated by British Columbia
Transmission Corp. as part of B.C. Hydro's system.
BCTC will play the main role in planning the project, which depends on environmental assessments,
permits and consultations with native bands.
Stakeholder consultations have already begun, the province said yesterday, and future public and
stakeholder agreement will include meetings, open houses and information sessions.
The proposed 287-kilovolt line might raise concerns among area residents who have already waved red
flags over the pace and scope of development in the region.
Fortune Minerals Ltd.'s Mount Klappan coal project, for example, has run into opposition such as
roadblocks from the Tahltan native band, which has also spoken out against Shell Canada's plans to
explore for coal bed methane in the region.
NovaGold has struck a development agreement with the Tahltan for the Galore Creek project, which is
scheduled to be in production in 2012.
Should the 287-kilovolt Northwest Transmission Line not proceed for any reason, Galore Creek would
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8/26, 03.10.07, 10:57:23 Electricity grid to be extended to B.C.'s northwest
Galore Creek to pay some of $400-million installation costs
British Columbia took a giant step on Monday toward the opening up of one of its last frontiers, with
Premier Gordon Campbell announcing a $400-million extension of B.C.'s electrical grid into the remote
The new transmission line will run through the northwest between a substation near Terrace and Bob
Quinn Lake, which is west of Spatsizi Wilderness Park, and elicited cheers from the province's mining
and mineral exploration industries.
Galore Creek Mining Corp. will contribute $158 million toward the cost of the 247-kilovolt, 335-
kilometre line -- which will provide conventional electricity to diesel-dependent remote communities,
support future mine development projects, and open up a new part of the province to the development of
The contribution by Galore Creek is revenue-neutral to the company, which already has an
environmental assessment certificate to build a link to the grid in support of its $2-billion copper-gold
project in the Northwest.
Galore Creek president Doug Brown said the company will get its link, but the funds to build it will be
contributed to the greater public project.
Many potential mines and green-energy hydro projects, lacking Galore's financial resources, had
effectively been stranded due to a lack of connection to the B.C. electricity grid, and the mineral
exploration investment community has also been waiting for a signal from government before supporting
more intensive investigation of opportunities in the Northwest.
"The northwestern part of our province is incredibly large, incredibly rich in resources, and incredibly
beautiful. But it's remote," Campbell said in an announcement at the Asia Pacific Mining Forum staged
in Vancouver by the Mining Association of B.C.
"It's a part of British Columbia that too often in the past has been forgotten.
"One of the things we want to do is make every part of the province a part of our long-term future and
the prosperity we are hoping to build for all British Columbians."
Campbell lauded the efforts of the Tahltan First Nation and Galore Creek to forge a positive business
relationship that enabled the mine project to get underway and also create economic opportunities for the
"Building relationships is an incredibly important part of the long term future of our province and Galore
Creek and the Tahltan have worked as very close partners in this project, and Galore Creek is an
important part of this announcement today."
Campbell said most British Columbians take for granted the province's energy resources, and compared
that to dependence in remote communities upon power from diesel-fueled generators.
Putting many of those communities on the provincial grid will help B.C. reach its goal of cutting
greenhouse gas emissions 33 per cent by 2020, he said.
"Reliable, accessible electricity is pivotal to the future of settlement, expansion and greater prosperity for
all of us. We want to open up this region for community and economic development and we want to do
that in an environmentally responsible manner."
"This doesn't just open up mineral opportunities in the northwest. It opens up substantial energy
opportunities in the Northwest, substantial business opportunities throughout the Northwest."
Campbell's announcement was one of two major events Monday at the forum, where Natural Resources
Minister Gary Lunn announced a $150 million, five-year federal project to streamline the application and
approval process for major resource projects.
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Minister Richard Neufeld, a long-term proponent in cabinet for
the transmission project, said it was "a great announcement for British Columbia and a great
announcement for the mining industry, the power producer industry, and any industry that wants to work
with first nations especially in that part of the province."
Dan Jepsen, president and CEO of the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia, expects the
availability of electricity will boost mineral exploration in the region.
"It's the largest single [transmission] investment since the Bennett era. It's a huge help for us. The
northwest really does need power.
"It's certainly a huge advantage for us.
"There is a lot of activity up there already, so powering it up is going to be very, very positive for the
industry and for first nations communities, finally getting off diesel power. If you've ever spent time in
communities that only rely on that, it's a real challenge."
Michael McPhie, president of the Mining Association of B.C. said the lack of infrastructure has
restrained the industry from developing the Northwest and predicted that the transmission line will be an
economic benefit for first nations and for communities such as Terrace which are struggling in the face
of a declining forest industry.
"With the combination of Minister Lunn's announcement earlier today on streamlining regulations, and
the infrastructure to actually allow this to go ahead, it's a huge day for the B.C. mining industry," McPhie
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7/26, 16.10.07, 23:18:50 Hard Creek Nickel Corporation
Trading Symbol: TSX.V-HNC
Hard Creek Nickel Corporation Appoints Project Manager (VANCOUVER) - Mark Jarvis, President of Hard Creek Nickel
Corporation(TSX.V-HNC)is pleased to announce that the Company has contracted
Hoffert Processing Solutions Inc. to direct the process design and
metallurgical development of the Turnagain Nickel Project located 70 km east
of Dease Lake. John Hoffert, P. Eng will also be managing the project
Mr. Hoffert brings over 30 years of process engineering design and
operational experience to the project. He is involved in projects in South
America and has completed his role as manager of milling for the Gibraltar
Mine restart and as mill superintendent for the Kemess Mine approximately
220 km south of the Turnagain Project site. "Once again, good projects attract good people," said Mark Jarvis. "Bringing
Mr. Hoffert on board as Project Manager provides the Company with additional
sound project development experience relating to large scale open pit mining
operations. His operational and development experience both locally and
internationally make him a welcome addition to the team that is moving our
project forward."
"Mark Jarvis" MARK JARVIS, President
(VANCOUVER) - Hard Creek Nickel Corporation (the "Company") (TSX.V - HNC)
today announces that pursuant to its Stock Option Plan, approved by the TSX
Venture Exchange on June 4, 2007, the Company will be granting 100,000 stock
options to certain Consultants and Directors, exercisable at $2.20 per
share, expiring October 1, 2012 and October 10, 2012.
The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the accuracy or
adequacy of this news release.
6/26, 11.12.07, 09:43:22 Hard Creek Nickel Corporation
Shows Positive Economics with Potential 29 Year Mine Life
(VANCOUVER) - Hard Creek Nickel Corporation (TSX.V - HNC) today announced
that AMEC Americas Limited (AMEC) has completed a positive Preliminary
Assessment (the "Study") of the Company's 100% owned Turnagain Nickel
Project, located near Dease Lake in British Columbia, Canada. The Study
dated December 10, 2007 and entitled "Updated Preliminary Assessment of the
Turnagain Nickel Project", will be filed on SEDAR within 45 days and
available at the same time for viewing on the company's website
www.hardcreek.com.
The Study is based on a measured, indicated and inferred mineral resource
estimate completed by AMEC. This estimate incorporates a revised and
expanded geological interpretation of the Horsetrail zone and peripheral
area which includes 19 drill holes from the 2007 drilling program. Timing
of the Study did not allow the resource estimate to include an additional 32
infill and stepout holes for a total of 11,933 metres (39,150 feet) drilled
in 2007. Samples from these drill holes have been prepared and are in the
process of being analyzed.
The Study initially considered nickel recovery by both the production of a
saleable concentrate and a hydrometallurgical process. Completion of the
study was based on the hydrometallurgical process option given its better
economic viability. Results presented below are for the open pit mining and
hydrometallurgical process scenario.
Base Case Assumptions Nickel Price US $ 7.50/lb
Cobalt Price US $11.00/lb
Copper Price US $ 1.40/lb
Exchange Rate (US$/CDN$) 0.95
Resources at 0.10% NiS Cut-Off Measured and Indicated 489 million tonnes @
0.163 % NiS and 0.012 % Co
Inferred 560 million tonnes @ 0.152 % NiS and 0.011 % Co
Mining & Production Strip Ratio 0.44:1
Annual Throughput 18 million tonnes
Daily Production Rate 50,000 tonnes
Overall Ore Milled 516.6 million tonnes @ 0.160 % NiS and 0.011% Co
Metallurgical Recoveries 73.6% Ni Overall Recovery
Average Annual Production 20,397 tonnes Ni in nickel hydroxide
Capital Cost CDN$ 1.38 billion
Operating Cost CDN$ 9.43 per tonne milled
Life of Mine 29 years
Internal Rate of Return 12.2 %
Net Present Value 8 % discount CDN$ 422 million
10 % discount CDN$ 187 million
* Note: "% NiS" refers to nickel percent that is present in sulfides.
"Management is pleased with the results of the Study," said Mark Jarvis,
President of Hard Creek Nickel. "Given recent escalating mine capital cost
projections we are encouraged to find out that even with these increases the
preliminary assessment came out positive with a mine life of 29 years.
AMEC's assessment indicates that the deposit is potentially mineable and has
identified that further work is justified. Hard Creek will be undertaking
additional work in all major areas to advance the project to the
pre-feasibility level. Confirmation and availability of the required power
for the project has also been identified by AMEC as critical. Hard Creek is
aggressively pursuing all possible options for providing sufficient power to
make the project feasible."
Hard Creek is waiting for analytical results from most of the 32 infill and
stepout holes around the Turnagain deposit from the 2007 drilling program
which were not included in the mineral resource estimate stated in the
Study. These results are expected to increase the overall resource and
upgrade the confidence level of a portion of the current inferred mineral
resource. Analytical results from our drilling program will be released as
they become available. An updated mineral resource estimate will be
provided once all of the results have been received.
Recent drilling results obtained since the closing date of the Study have
already indicated the potential to include platinum and palladium as a
portion of our overall Turnagain deposit resource (see news release dated
November 28, 2007). These results were obtained within the limits of the
ultimate pit identified in the Study. As previously stated, the potential to
include platinum and palladium as a portion of our overall resource could be
significant. Close spaced drilling will be required during the next drill
season to determine the significance and extent of this mineralization.
The Turnagain Nickel project, which is 100% wholly-owned by Hard Creek, is
located in British Columbia about 1350 km (835 miles) northwest of Vancouver
and 70 km (44 miles) east of Dease Lake. The property consists of 81
contiguous mineral claims covering an area of approximately 29,370 ha
(72,570 acres). Nickel and copper sulfides were first identified on the
property in about 1956 with Falconbridge Nickel Mines completing the first
exploration programs during the period from 1966 to 1973. Exploration to
date on the Turnagain property has included geological mapping, geophysical
and geochemical surveys and more than 75,620 metres (248,100 feet) of
diamond drilling in 304 drill holes. The total includes an additional 56
drill holes (32 infill and stepout holes from the Turnagain deposit and 24
exploration holes) which were completed since the closing date of the Study.
The updated mineral resource estimate for the Turnagain deposit was
performed by Dr. Guillermo Pareja of AMEC under the guidance of Mr. Greg
Kulla, P.Geo. of AMEC. A significant improvement between this estimate and
previous estimates is the use of geologic domains in the model. Previous
models, which used grade shells and did not have the benefit of a lithologic
model, showed conditional bias and local excessive smoothing.
The table below presents the estimate of the resource of the Turnagain
Nickel deposit using a 0.10% NiS cut-off, as at September 25, 2007, of 489
million tonnes of Measured and Indicated Resources at 0.163% NiS and an
additional 560 million tonnes of inferred Resources at 0.152% NiS. A total
of 42,128 metres (138,215 feet) of diamond drilling in 158 drill holes were
used in interpolating grade in the resource area.
The mineral resources of the Turnagain deposit were classified in accordance
with CIM Definition Standards and Best Practices referred to in NI 43-101
which have a reasonable expectation of economic extraction. The
mineralization of the Project satisfies criteria to be classified into
Measured, Indicated and Inferred mineral resource categories.
at 0.10% NiS Tonnage (thousands) % NiS % total Ni % Co
The sulfide nickel and cobalt grades are based on an analytical procedure
employed by Acme Laboratories that consists of a concentrated hydrogen
peroxide plus ammonium acetate leaching solution that is believed to be
selective at dissolving nickel and cobalt from sulfide mineral species while
leaving the nickel and cobalt in silicates undissolved. As a precautionary
step all the sulfide nickel grades were assigned a value of zero if the
corresponding sulphur assay was less than 0.2% S. Sulphur assays were based
on Leco furnace method except for results obtained in 2006 which were ICP
analysis. This precaution may cause an underestimation of the nickel
resource and could be large enough to be a material impact. However, this
approach limits the possibility that an overestimation of the nickel
resource has occurred.
The mining assessment for the Turnagain nickel deposit is based on typical
industry standards for a preliminary assessment study with regard to the
nature and mineability of the resource. The Study initially considered
nickel recovery by both the production of a saleable concentrate and a
hydrometallurgical process. Completion of the Study was based on the
hydrometallurgical process option given its' better economic viability.
The proposed mining operation is a conventional shovel and truck open pit
mine feeding a 50,000 tonne per day process plant using standard mineral
flotation technology. Throughput analysis was not performed as part of the
Study. Mining and processing of the deposit will be initiated in a "starter
pit" which has been scheduled to maximize the production of high-grade
material during the first five years, to shorten the capital payback period.
Lower grade material from the starter pit will be stockpiled and fed to the
mill in the later years of operation. The pit will expand in phased
pushbacks until the ultimate pit limits are reached. The table below shows
the contained tonnes and grade in the ultimate pit shell. About 67% of the
mineral resource contained in the ultimate pit is in the Measured or
Measured 56,611 0.187 0.252 0.012
Indicated 290,871 0.164 0.222 0.010
Measured + Indicated 347,482 0.167 0.227 0.010
Inferred 169,941 0.145 0.199 0.010
Material for processing will be hauled to a primary crusher located near the
southwest rim of the Main Pit. The mine at the 50,000 tonne per day
throughput has a potential life of 29 years with approximately 516.6 million
tonnes at 0.160% NiS and 0.010% Co to the mill at an average stripping ratio
of 0.44:1. The construction schedule is estimated at 24 months.
Feed to the mill will be processed using a concentrator and
hydrometallurgical process facility on-site to produce separate nickel and
cobalt hydroxide products that will be trucked and shipped out of the
province through the Port of Stewart, for sale to ferronickel producers. In
addition, a separate copper concentrate will be produced which can be sold
to a copper smelter. Processing will be based on a conventional nickel
sulfide flotation flowsheet to produce a sulfide concentrate followed by a
hydrometallurgical process to convert nickel and cobalt from its sulfide
forms to a hydroxide form.
The overall metallurgical recoveries of metals have been estimated as
Metal Concentrator Hydromet Cumulative
Nickel 77.5 95 73.6
Cobalt 70 95 66.5
Copper 50 95 47.5
Metal Average Annual Production Life of Mine Production
Nickel (in hydroxide) 20,397 tonnes (44.9 million lbs) 591,525 tonnes (1.304
billion lbs)
Cobalt (in hydroxide) 1,301 tonnes ( 2.8 million lbs) 37,734 tonnes
(0.083 billion lbs)
Copper (in sulfide) 2,281 tonnes ( 5.0 million lbs) 66,157 tonnes (0.145
Saleable product would be paid for on the basis of 85% for nickel contained
in nickel hydroxide and 80% for cobalt hydroxide and copper in copper
The initial capital cost of the project is estimated to be $CDN 1,381
million in 3rd Quarter, 2007 Canadian dollars. A contingency of $CDN 250
million has been included in this cost. The capital cost has been split in
Type Area CDN $M
Direct Mining 116.3
Site Development 66.2
Main Process Facilities 390.9
Hydromet Plant & Reagent Services 106.0
Ancillary Buildings & Facilities 66.7
Tailings Facility 44.0
Total Directs 792.3
Indirect Owner's Cost 79.2
Construction Indirects 64.7
Engineering Procurement & Construction Management 95.1
Construction Camp & Catering 32.4
Capital Spares 22.0
Freight 38.5
Start-up & Commissioning Allowance 6.5
Total Indirects 338.4
Contingency (~25%) 249.9
TOTAL Capital Cost Estimate 1,380.6
Sustaining capital for the project over 29 years is $CDN 173.5 million. Of
this $CDN 8.3 million is spent in Year 4 and $80.5 million is spent in Year
8 to add and replace equipment in the pit. The remainder is attributed to
the capital requirements of the process and tailings facilities.
Area CDN $/tonne
General & Administration (G&A) G&A Labor 0.14
Direct 0.29
G&A Total 0.43
Mining Ore 1.40
Processing Process Labour 0.59
Consumables 5.59
Power 1.37
Process Total 7.60
TOTAL (CDN $/tonne milled) 9.43
At a price of $7.50 US/lb of nickel, $11.00 US/lb of cobalt, and $1.40 US/lb
of copper, an exchange rate of 0.95 US$/CDN$ and a discount rate of 10.0%,
the resulting net present value (NPV) is $186.9 million Canadian. The
project with these assumptions has a rate of return of 12.2%. Other cases
based on various ranges of metal price are presented as follows:
Area Case 1 Case 2 Base Case 4 Case 5 Present
Commodity (US$/lb) Nickel 6.00 6.75 7.50 8.25 9.00 12.00
Cobalt 8.80 9.90 11.00 12.10 13.20 34.00
Copper 1.12 1.26 1.40 1.54 1.68 3.15
IRR % 4.8 5.0 12.2 15.3 18.3 31.8
NPV (CDN $M) Cum. Net Cash Flow 889 1,859 2,828 3,797 4,767 9,905
5.0% Discount -22 466 954 1,443 1,931 4,484
8.0% Discount -279 72 422 773 1,123 2,945
10.0% Discount -390 -102 187 476 764 2,258
12.0% Discount -471 -229 13 255 497 1,745
15.0% Discount -553 -362 -172 19 210 1,191
Payback (yrs) 13.2 8.0 6.4 5.3 4.5 2.6
AMEC indicated in the Study that the deposit is potentially mineable and
that further work is justified. It was recommended that work in all major
areas be undertaken to advance the project to the pre-feasibility level to
better determine the economic viability of the project. This work includes
drilling to better define the resources and upgrade these into reserves.
More metallurgical work is necessary to ensure that saleable metal products
can be produced. More environmental and geotechnical work is necessary to
allow the project to move forward. The pre-feasibility study would examine
variants to derive the appropriate path to the development of this deposit.
Confirmation and availability of the required power from the North American
grid is critical to this project.
The Qualified persons responsible for the preparation of the Study on the
preliminary assessment are:
. Mr. Greg Kulla, P.Geo. Principal Geologist, AMEC Vancouver office
. Mr. Gerrit Vos, P.Eng. Principal Mining Engineer, AMEC Vancouver office
. Mr. Ignacy (Tony) Lipiec, P.Eng. Senior Process Engineer, AMEC Vancouver
This Preliminary Assessment includes the use of inferred mineral resources
that are considered too speculative geologically to have economic
mineral reserves. The study is preliminary in nature and there is no
assurance the mining, metal production, or cash flow scenarios outlined in
this report would ever be realized. Mineral resources are not mineral
This press release uses the terms "measured" "indicated" and "inferred"
resources. We advise U.S. investors that while those terms are recognized
Commission does not recognize them. U.S. investors are cautioned not to
assume that any part or all of mineral deposits in these categories would
ever be converted to reserves.
This press release contains "forward looking statements". Such
performance or achievements of the company's plans to materially differ from
forward-looking statements. Known risks include, but are not limited to,
financing risks, commodity price risks, scheduling risks and engineering
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date the statements
were made, and readers are advised to consider such forward-looking
disclosure filings as found at www.sedar.com.
This news release has been reviewed and approved by Neil Froc, P. Eng, a
Qualified Person consistent with NI 43-101.
5/26, 19.12.07, 17:28:34 http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=804828
Dec 19, 2007 11:25 ET
From To Length Total Total Pt Pd Pt+PdArea Hole # (m) (m) (m) Ni % Co % ppb ppb ppb
Cliff 07-236 No significant results
07-237 112 140 28 0.25 0.021 123 129 252 incl 112 124 12 0.25 0.015 170 170 340 148 168 20 0.24 0.015 284 316 600 204 216 12 0.21 0.014 332 297 629 incl 204 208 4 0.20 0.014 611 591 1202
07-238 6.5 16 9.5 0.17 0.014 123 175 298
Central 07-233 No significant results
07-234 48 60 12 0.23 0.011
07-235 No significant results
Mandible 07-230 No significant results
07-231 No significant results
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4/26, 14.01.08, 21:16:33 HARD CREEK NICKEL CORP Hard Creek Drilling Expands on Platinum & Palladium Discoveries
1/14/2008 VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Jan 14, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) --
Hard Creek Nickel Corporation (TSX VENTURE: HNC) is pleased to provide analytical results for an additional nine diamond drill holes, totaling 2,686 metres (8,812 feet) from the 2007 drilling program at its 100% owned Turnagain Project, located 70 km (43.5 miles) east of Dease Lake in British Columbia. Results for 44 of the holes have now been released with the analytical results for the remaining 31 holes to be reported when they are received.
Drilling to date on the Turnagain Project has been successful in identifying four separate areas with platinum and palladium (PGM) mineralization; Cliff, Horsetrail, DB, and DJ. All reported results from 2007 drilling in these PGM areas are listed in the following two tables. The tables include results reported later within this news release.
Pt-Pd-Ni-Co Mineralized Areas
Len- Pt+
From To gth Pt Pd Pd Total Total
Area Hole # (m) (m) (m) (g/t) (g/t) (g/t) Ni % Co %
Cliff 07-237(i) 112 140 28 0.12 0.13 0.25 0.25 0.021
incl. 112 124 12 0.17 0.17 0.34 0.25 0.015
148 168 20 0.28 0.32 0.60 0.24 0.015
204 216 12 0.33 0.30 0.63 0.21 0.014
incl. 204 208 4 0.61 0.59 1.20 0.20 0.014
07-238(i) 6.5 16 9.5 0.12 0.17 0.29 0.17 0.014
07-239 64 120 56 0.13 0.14 0.27 0.22 0.017
incl. 64 80 16 0.32 0.34 0.66 0.33 0.015
07-240 66.2 125 58.8 0.12 0.14 0.26 0.18 0.023
incl. 108.2 125 16.8 0.19 0.23 0.41 0.22 0.016
202 229 27 0.08 0.09 0.17 0.24 0.023
211 223 12 0.13 0.13 0.26 0.37 0.032
Horse- 07-199(i) 364 366.1 2.1 0.35 0.34 0.69 0.56 0.013
trail(NW) EOH
07-205(i) 28 36 8 0.19 0.28 0.47 0.70 0.018
Pt-Pd Mineralized Areas
From To Length Pt Pd Pt+Pd
Area Hole # (m) (m) (m) (g/t) (g/t) (g/t)
DB 07-207 204 232 28 0.31 0.26 0.57
07-209 152 160 8 0.20 0.16 0.36
07-210 200 212 12 0.34 0.20 0.54
07-211 128 164 36 0.43 0.47 0.90
07-214 168 188 20 0.23 0.19 0.42
DJ No additional drilling in 2007 (see Nov 17, 2004 news release
"Platinum and palladium are now becoming important in the development of our Turnagain Project as potentially payable precious metals," said Mark Jarvis, President of Hard Creek Nickel. "Results from the Cliff zone are the most encouraging since the platinum and palladium occurs within inter-cumulus sulphide mineralization with nickel grades that are very similar to the Horsetrail deposit but with much higher platinum and palladium values. Metallurgical test work is planned to determine recoveries of the platinoids."
New drill results are reported in this news release from exploration holes in the DB, Central and Cliff areas. The DB and Central areas are located approximately 3.5 km (2.2 miles) west-northwest from the Horsetrail deposit and the Cliff area is centered 2 km (1.2 miles) east of the Horsetrail. Drill hole locations can be viewed on a plan map at www.hardcreeknickel.com/plan.htm.
Cliff area hole 07-239 was drilled from the same site as previously reported 07-237 and hole 07-240 was drilled 500 metres (1,600 feet) to the west of 07-239 (see December 19, 2007 news release for previously reported Cliff area holes). Hole 07-239 intersected a 56 metre (183.7 feet) interval averaging 0.22 percent total nickel and 0.27 grams/tonne combined platinum and palladium which included a 16 metre (52.5 feet) interval of 0.33 percent total nickel and 0.66 grams/tonne combined platinum and palladium. Hole 07-240 intersected several mineralized intervals including 12 metres (39.4 feet) averaging 0.37 percent total nickel and 0.25 grams/tonne combined platinum and palladium.
DB area holes 07-210 and 211 were drilled on the same northeast drill section as previously reported holes 05-88 (0.96 grams/tonne combined platinum and palladium ppb across 49.3 metres) and 05-101 (0.64 grams/tonne combined platinum and palladium across 71 metres) (see news releases of November 30, 2005 and January 20, 2006). Hole 07-210 intersected 12 metres (39.4 feet) averaging 0.54 grams/tonne combined platinum and palladium. Hole 07-211 intersected 36 metres (118.1 feet) averaging 0.90 grams/tonne combined platinum and palladium.
DB area hole 07-214 was drilled 80 metres (262 feet) north of 07-210 and 211. Hole 07-214 intersected 20 metres (66 feet) averaging 0.41 grams/tonne combined platinum and palladium.
The platinum-palladium mineralization in the area of holes 07-210, 211 and 214 appears to have a shallow dip to the southwest and has been intersected by four holes over 150 metres (490 feet) in the down dip direction. Limits of this mineralization have not been defined. This part of the DB area lies near the southwest corner of a 1 by 2 kilometres (0.6 by 1.2 miles) combined platinum and palladium soil anomaly that has only been partially drill tested.
Holes 07-207 and 209 were also drilled in the DB area 0.4 km (0.2 miles) southeast of the previously mentioned BD holes, approximately 2.7 km (1.7 miles) northwest of the main Horsetrail zone. The holes were targeted on intense magnetic anomalies within an area of magnetite-clinopyroxenite near the interpreted upper contact of the ultramafic intrusion. Both holes intersected long intervals of magnetite-clinpyroxenite with hole 07-207 intersecting 28 metres (92 feet) averaging 0.57 grams/tonne combined platinum and palladium.
Holes 07-216 and 232 were drilled in the Central area on either side of the main diorite-granodiorite intrusion, approximately 3 km (1.9 miles) northwest of the Horsetrail deposit. No significant mineralization was encountered.
Cliff 07-239 64 120 56 0.13 0.14 0.27 0.22 0.017
07-240 66.2 125 58.8 0.12 0.14 0.25 0.18 0.023
211 223 12 0.13 0.13 0.25 0.37 0.032
DB 07-207 204 232 28 0.31 0.26 0.57 - -
07-209 152 160 8 0.20 0.16 0.36 - -
07-210 200 212 12 0.34 0.20 0.54 - -
07-211 128 164 36 0.43 0.47 0.90 - -
07-214 168 188 20 0.23 0.19 0.42 - -
Central 07-216 No significant results
07-232 No significant results
Given the limited amount of drilling in these exploration areas, the true widths have been estimated to be approximately 90 percent of reported core intervals in the DB area but are not known in the other areas. Samples for analysis were generally 4 metres in length of split NQ-size core. Reference pulps with known nickel, copper, platinum and palladium values were inserted every 25 core samples and rock blanks inserted every 30 samples to monitor laboratory performance as part of the QC/QA program.
Total nickel, copper and cobalt values were determined by ICP emission spectrometry following four acid digestion of a representative pulp sample. Platinum and palladium values were determined by ICP emission spectrometry following lead-collection fire assay fusion of a 30 gram pulp. All analytical work was conducted by Acme Analytical Laboratories Ltd., an ISO 9001 registered facility, located in Vancouver. IPL, an ISO 9001 registered facility, also located in Vancouver, is carrying out check analyses on ten percent of the samples.
The Turnagain Nickel Project resource in the Horsetrail-Northwest deposit has been recently estimated (see December 10, 2007 News Release for details) with the measured and indicated resource estimated at 489 million tonnes grading 0.22% total nickel (0.16% nickel in sulphides) and 0.012% cobalt and an additional inferred resource of 560 million tonnes grading 0.20% total nickel (0.15% nickel in sulphides) and 0.011% cobalt. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.
Contacts: Hard Creek Nickel Corporation Mark Jarvis President (604) 681-2300 (604) 681-2310 (FAX) Email: info@hardcreek.com Website: www.hardcreeknickel.com
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3/26, 17.06.08, 18:55:32 Jun 17, 2008 12:14 ET
Cut-off Grade Tonnage
at 0.10% NiS (i) (thousands) % NiS % total Ni % Co
Measured 86,461 0.179 0.240 0.011
Indicated 490,091 0.159 0.215 0.010
Measured + Indicated 576,552 0.162 0.219 0.010
Inferred 545,051 0.154 0.204 0.011
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2/26, 23.06.08, 17:57:12 Hard Creek Advances Development of the Turnagain Mill Flow Sheet
HARD CREEK NICKEL CORP HNC
6/23/2008 11:18:52 AM
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Jun 23, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) --
Hard Creek Nickel Corporation (TSX VENTURE: HNC) is pleased to announce advancement of the mill flow sheet design based on the metallurgical test results for its wholly owned Turnagain Property, located 70 km east of Dease Lake, BC. The metallurgical testing conducted by the Xstrata Process Support Group (XPS) in Sudbury, Ontario is a continuation of the program recommended by AMEC Americas Limited of Vancouver, BC in their report entitled "Preliminary Assessment of the Turnagain Nickel Project" (AMEC PA) provided in January 2008.
The XPS report "Hard Creek Nickel Corporation - Turnagain Project Ore Characterization", June 2008, identified the main nickel sulphide mineral as pentlandite occurring with a broad grain size population. Mineral association data indicates medium to coarse pentlandite is associated with pyrrhotite and magnetite. Fine pentlandite has a greater proportion of mineral associations with silicates such as serpentine and olivine. Preliminary flotation kinetic tests at XPS support a primary grind size between 75 and 80 A-A?1/2m. Future regrind work will be targeted to liberate the fine grained pentlandite in the flotation cleaner circuit.
1/26, 26.11.08, 17:29:49 Nov 26, 2008 11:26 ET
Length Total Total
Hole# From (m) To (m) (m) Ni % Co %
08-254 28 40 12 0.26 0.018
104 116 12 0.23 0.014
224 248 24 0.26 0.016
256 318.5 EOH 62.5 0.30 0.017
08-255 6.5 22 15.5 0.22 0.012
110 126 16 0.26 0.015
138 154 16 0.25 0.015
170 190 20 0.23 0.013
214 282 68 0.48 0.020
incl. 218 246 28 0.66 0.023
08-256 40 64 24 0.26 0.014
132 148 16 0.26 0.012
188 236 48 0.40 0.025
incl. 196 200 4 1.12 0.071
252 276 24 0.25 0.016
288 312 24 0.35 0.018
08-257 5.6 36 30.4 0.23 0.013
48 84 36 0.24 0.014
92 136 44 0.25 0.016
180 204 24 0.29 0.015
08-258 56 68 12 0.27 0.019
112 154.4 42.4 0.50 0.021
incl. 128 132 4 1.08 0.034
160 180 20 0.24 0.013
08-259 24 38.5 14.5 0.27 0.012
48 80 32 0.26 0.012
136 220 84 0.33 0.017
incl. 164 184 20 0.54 0.019
228 240 12 0.26 0.024
288 300.8 EOH 12.8 0.26 0.018
08-260 8 80 72 0.28 0.017
incl. 44 64 20 0.39 0.026
88 108 20 0.30 0.021
132 144 12 0.28 0.016
156 176 20 0.33 0.025
264 333.7 EOH 69.7 0.25 0.016
08-261 80 96 16 0.25 0.012
164 196 32 0.30 0.018
208 272 64 0.31 0.016
incl. 220 236 16 0.41 0.023
284 296 12 0.29 0.018
328 419.1 EOH 91.1 0.32 0.019
incl. 332 344 12 0.43 0.020
incl. 364 376 12 0.44 0.022
08-262 Geotech hole - no significant results
08-263 Geotech hole - no significant results
08-264 24 208 184 0.32 0.017
incl. 64 100 36 0.47 0.021
incl. 168 180 12 0.42 0.015
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