Page 18 By Kevin V incent For the city s frst fve de cades the most prominent word in the worldfamous T immins mining camp was gold Then in the 1960 s that changed when the stagger ing zinccopper Kidd Creek deposit was discovered T o day notwithstanding 100 plus years of gold copper and zinc production T immins is staring at the possibility of yet another mineral upsurge nickel cobalt and surprising ly palladium and platinum as well That s all thanks to junior ex nickelcobalt play northeast of T immins CANADA NICKEL plorer Canada Nickel Company The company turned head s this spring when they released exploration results highlighting their ef forts at the Crawford Project just northeast of T im mins In fact based on compan y data released in con junction with that news release Canada Nickel be lieves it may be sitting on one of the top 12 nickel deposits in the world Canada Nickel Company bills itself as advancing the next generation of nickelcobalt sulphide proj ects to delive r nickel and cobalt required to feed the high growth electric vehicle and stainless steel markets The company is anchored by its 100 owned fag ship Crawford NickelCoba lt Project in the heart of the prolifc T imminsCochrane mining camp Canada Nickel followed up that news release later in the month with another spectacular announce ment that their mineralizati on extends signifcantly Those results include a third hole CR2033 into the newly discovered East Zone which extends nickel minera lization a farther 400 metres east and the nickel assays from the previously report ed hole CR20 32 which extend Main Zone nickel mineralization by 15 kilometres to the north The new East Zone discovery has been tested for 21 km of its overall 28 km interpreted strike length and the origin al Main Zone remains open for sev eral kilometres to the west W e are very pleased with the latest signifcant nickel mineralization stepouts extending our Main Zone by 15 kilometres and our East Zone discovery by 400 metres Importantly this is the second of three holes on the East Zone with a higher grade interval 037 nickel over 38 metres that also contained elevated palladium and platinum grades said Mark Selby Chair and CEO of Canada Nickel Our latest drilling results further reinforce our belief that Crawford is one of the leading next generation nickelcobalt sulphide and palladium projects Pictured Canada Nickel President Mark Selby proudly displays core Selby says the timing is perfect for another major source of nickel given the project ed demand for minerals that will play a signif cant role in the EV or electric vehicle market Accord ing to Selby ev ery 1520 years world markets have seen a nick el supercycle Nickel has al turning heads with Page 18 MLEN SPRING 2020 Exploration drilling at Crawford Project north of T immins