VANCOUVER, BC, June 26,
2024 /CNW/ - FPX Nickel Corp. (TSXV: FPX)
(OTCQB: FPOCF) ("FPX Nickel" or the "Company") is
pleased to announce the opening of a Fort
St. James office ("Community Office") and hiring of a
locally-based Community Manager to support ongoing and increased
engagement with First Nation governments and with local businesses
and communities for the Baptiste Nickel Project ("Baptiste"
or "the Project"). These measures are being implemented to
support the Company's commitments to collaboration for responsible
project development, in particular with the First Nations whose
territories encompass the proposed mine project area, including the
Tl'azt'en Nation, the Binche Whut'en, the Yekooche First Nation,
and the Takla Nation.
Establishment of the Community Office will ensure dedicated
full-time local operations, commensurate with current and
broadening community and First Nation engagement initiatives. The
Company is grateful to open this office on the territory of the
Nak'azdli Whut'en, and looks forward to becoming a positive
contributor to the business community in the District of
Fort St. James.
"In preparation for our entry into the Provincial and Federal
environment assessment next year, we are very pleased to establish
a full-time, year-round local presence in Fort St. James to support our engagement
activities for the Baptiste Nickel Project," said Martin Turenne, FPX Nickel's President and
CEO. "We are committed to advancing Baptiste in partnership
with members of local communities, and to maximizing opportunities
for employment and business development opportunities across the
region and have established our Community Office as a hub to
facilitate collaboration across all aspects of the Project."
FPX has recently hired a full-time Fort St. James-based Community Manager,
Jonathan Gibson, who is a community
member and experienced in business development in the natural
resource and construction industries, and who will manage Community
Office operations. Key priorities for the Community Office
will be identifying business opportunities for local and
Indigenous-owned businesses, and seeking local community feedback
early so that this can be incorporated into the design of the
Baptiste Nickel Project.
The Company will be hosting a public community Open House to be
held over two days on August 12th and
13th, 2024. The Open House will be held at Kwah Hall, located
at 100 Highway 27, Fort St James,
B.C.
About the Decar Nickel District
The Company's Baptiste Nickel Project represents a large-scale
greenfield discovery of nickel mineralization in the form of a
sulphur-free, nickel-iron mineral called awaruite
(Ni3Fe) hosted in an ultramafic/ophiolite complex.
The Baptiste mineral claims cover an area of 408 km2,
west of Middle River and north of
Trembleur Lake, in central British Columbia. In addition to
the Baptiste Deposit itself, awaruite mineralization has been
confirmed through drilling at several target areas within the same
claims package, most notably at the Van Target which is located 6
km to the north of the Baptiste Deposit. Since 2010,
approximately US $30 million has been
spent on the exploration and development of Baptiste.
The Baptiste Deposit is located within the Baptiste Creek
watershed, on the traditional territories of the Tl'azt'en Nation
and the Binche Whut'en, and within several Tl'azt'enne and Binche
Whut'enne keyohs. FPX has conducted mineral exploration activities
to date subject to the conditions of agreements with First Nations
and keyoh holders.
About FPX Nickel Corp.
FPX Nickel Corp. is focused on the exploration and
development of the Decar Nickel District, located in central
British Columbia, and other
occurrences of the same unique style of naturally occurring
nickel-iron alloy mineralization known as awaruite. For more
information, please view the Company's website at
https://fpxnickel.com/.
On behalf of FPX Nickel Corp.
"Martin Turenne"
Martin Turenne, President, CEO and
Director
Forward-Looking Statements
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herein is considered "forward-looking information" within the
meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. These statements
address future events and conditions and so involve inherent risks
and uncertainties, as disclosed in the Company's periodic filings
with Canadian securities regulators. Actual results could differ
from those currently projected. The Company does not assume the
obligation to update any forward-looking statement.
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Provider accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of
this release.
SOURCE FPX Nickel Corp.