Nordic Gears Up For 2023 Drill Campaign With Key Appointments And A Second Rig

In preparation for its upcoming exploration campaign commencing in January 2023, nickel sulphide explorer Nordic Nickel Limited (ASX: NNL; Nordic, or the Company) has appointed a highly experienced nickel exploration technical team in Finland and Australia and secured a second diamond drill rig to rapidly advance its flagship Pulju Nickel Project in northern Finland.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Nordic appoints expert technical team in Finland and Australia with unparalleled nickel exploration experience.
• Finnish exploration team led by senior geologist, Juho Haverinen, who has been instrumental in recent nickel-copper discoveries in the Central Lapland Greenstone Belt (CLGB) of Finland.
• The Finnish team is supported by Nordic’s Australian team led by nickel expert and mining executive, Julian Hanna, and experienced geologist, Dr Lachlan Rutherford.
• The Company has confirmed a second diamond drill rig, to commence in mid January also, to rapidly advance its exploration program at the Pulju project.

To support this strategy, highly regarded Finnish nickel exploration geologist Juho Haverinen has been appointed as Head of Exploration and will oversee the advancement of Nordic’s exploration plans at the Company’s nickel exploration projects in the CLGB.

Mr Haverinen will be supported by Chief Geophysicist, Markku Montonen, and Project Geologist, Jeka Pihko, both of whom have extensive nickel exploration experience in Finland, together with access to additional field geological expertise as required through the Company’s geological consulting partner, Magnus Minerals, where Mr Haverinen also remains Head of Exploration.

Nordic’s Australian team is supported by Julian Hanna as a Geological Consultant (as previously announced1) and Dr Lachlan Rutherford as Technical Consultant, both of whom are working closely with the Finnish Team and Magnus Minerals to advance the Company’s exploration plans in Finland.

The Company has also now secured the exclusive use of a second diamond drill rig which will be delivered to the Hotinvaara Prospect in mid-January 2023 and will be used to test some of the many shallower, geophysical electromagnetic (EM) anomalies detected during the recent down- hole EM surveys2 over the coming months.

Nordic Nickel Managing Director Todd Ross said: “These key appointments and securing the second drill rig represent exciting developments ahead of our upcoming exploration program and will allow us to rapidly unlock the vast potential of the Pulju Project.”

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