Pure Nickel Begins Drilling At Salt Chuck Palladium Mine

Pure Nickel Inc. (TSX:NIC) announced it has commenced drilling on its 100% owned Salt Chuck, Alaska property, which was once the largest palladium producing mine in the United States.

As quoted in the press release:

The Salt Chuck mine was the largest producer of palladium in the United States while it was in production from 1916 to 1941.  It produced approximately 300,000 metric tonnes of ore, reported by U.S. government summaries (1948) to be 0.95 % copper, 1.96 g/t palladium, 1.12 g/t gold and 5.29 g/t silver. Jon Findlay, Ph.D. P.Geo. is the designated Qualified Person for this project.

Click here to read the Pure Nickel Inc. (TSX:NIC) press release.