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INDEPENDENT NICKEL CORP.
102 - 957 Cambrian Heights Drive
Sudbury, ON P3C 5M6
(the "Company")
NEWS RELEASE
March 26, 2007
Independent Nickel Corp. Begins Full Pre-Feasibility
Study For Lynn Lake Nickel Mine
Sudbury, Ontario – March 26, 2007 – Independent Nickel Corp. (INI:
TSX-V) (the "Company") has commissioned Wardrop Engineering Inc. ("Wardrop")
to complete all aspects of a full pre-feasibility study on the opening
of the Lynn Lake Nickel Mine.
The full pre-feasibility study will determine the technical and
capital requirements to open the Lynn Lake nickel mine, which is
historically the third largest nickel sulphide mining camp in North
America.
Since receiving the Preliminary Economic Assessment in October, 2006
the Company, together with Wardrop, has identified opportunities for
reducing costs, in addition to identifying specific elements that can
improve the project’s economics. The specific areas where improvements
and cost savings may be realized include:
- Shortening the time line to mine start up;
- Calculating cobalt sales as part of mine revenue;
- Metallurgical test work and studies to determine metal
recoveries and increase grades of mill concentrate;
- Advanced mine design and optimization; and
- Detailed economic analysis using updated metal prices for
nickel, copper and cobalt.
The pre-feasibility work will include metallurgical testing of bulk
composite drill core to determine how modern metallurgical technologies
can improve on the historic metal recoveries, further enhancing the
project economics. Nickel ore at the Lynn Lake mine was last milled in
1976; since that time there have been considerable advances in
extractive metallurgy.
"This is the next milestone for the Lynn Lake nickel mine project”
stated Richard Murphy, President and CEO of Independent Nickel Corp. “We
believe that pre-feasibility work, along with the 20,000 meter drill
program we recently kicked off, will advance the project enormously, and
move the Company closer to realizing on the value of its Nickel assets."
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Independent Nickel Corp.
Richard Murphy, President and CEO
Tel: (705) 521-8444
Email: info@independentnickel.com
www.independentnickel.com
957 Cambrian Heights Drive
Suite 102
Sudbury Ontario P3C 5M6
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