Crone Geophysics to Complete EM, Gravity Surveys at Maniitsoq

North American Nickel Inc. (TSXV:NAN,OTCBB:WSCRF) announced that Ontario’s Crone Geophysics and Exploration Ltd. will be carrying out electromagnetic (EM) and gravity surveys at its Greenland-based Maniitsoq project.

As quoted in the press release:

Crone specializes in the manufacture of high-quality time-domain EM equipment, specifically the Crone Pulse EM system (PEM), and also provides well-trained crews to safely and efficiently perform surveys with the PEM system and other third-party geophysical equipment.

The PEM system operates by placing a large loop of insulated wire on the ground through which a precisely-controlled changing current induces magnetic responses from conductors hundreds of metres deep in the ground. It can be used to detect and discriminate between a wide range of conductivities from poor (zinc), to excellent (copper and nickel). Due to its unique transmitted current waveform and its receiver’s measuring system, Crone has developed a step-response transformation of the data which extends this range of detection and discrimination into the extremely high conductance that is seen in nickel exploration. This feature has made the Crone PEM system an important part of the exploration efforts in nickel exploration camps around the world, such as the Raglan camp, Voisey’s Bay, Sudbury, Alaska, Tanzania, Western Australia, and now Greenland.

In addition to the Pulse EM survey, Crone will carry out a gravity survey with a 2 person crew consisting of a gravity operator and a GPS operator with extensive experience in precision gravity surveys.

Click here to read the full North American Nickel Inc. (TSXV:NAN,OTCBB:WSCRF) press release.