FPX Nickel Corp. V.FPX

Alternate Symbol(s): FPOCF

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FPX Nickel Corp. is a Canada-based junior nickel mining company. The Company is focused on the exploration and development of the Decar Nickel District, located in central British Columbia, and other occurrences of the same style of naturally occurring nickel-iron alloy mineralization known as awaruite. It holds a 100% interest in five nickel properties, four of which are located in British Columbia (Decar, Wale, Orca, Klow), and one located in the Yukon Territory (Mich). The Company’s primary project is the Baptiste deposit (Baptiste or the Project) located within its flagship Decar Nickel District (Decar). The Mich property is located approximately 55 kilometers (kms) southeast of Whitehorse in the southern Yukon Territory. The Orca property is located approximately 35 kms east of Dease Lake and nine km from the Eagle target on the adjoining to Wale property. Klow Property is located approximately 120 kms northwest of Fort St. James and 55 kms north of the Decar Nickel District.

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Comment by AlternativeViewon Aug 16, 2018 2:34pm

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RE:Potential Initiatives From The Competition

After a careful reading of this article and due consideration, it seems to me that the only potential threat is the Direct Nickel Process, using nitric acid instead of sulfuric acid for leaching lateritic nickel ore. https://www.indmin.com/events/download.ashx/document/speaker/7782/a0ID000000X0kDtMAJ/Presentation

The two acids have comparable leaching times and recoveries, but there seem to be a couple of advantages to using nitric acid. The main advantage claimed is the ability to recycle the acid and there by decrease the amount of tailings generated. This overall process looks to be under patent by Drinkard Metalox https://www.freepatentsonline.com/8016913.pdf but the important acid recovery and recycling aspect seems to have been licensed.

Interestingly, the use of nitric acid as a lixiviant has been around for some time, si my question would be, "Why was HPAL with sulfuric acid chosen over the nitric acid alternative for all projects to date? Ambatovy, Ravensthorpe, Goro, Etc?