Little fish in a big basin/First Nickel starts to pull ore from Lockerby mine

摘要

Amid the excitement of the proposed amalgamation of Inco and Falconbridge, something small but significant happened last fall in the Sudbury Basin's southwest range. A new nickel miner was born. First Nickel Inc., a two-year-old Toronto-based junior, was mining its first ore from the Lockerby mine when CM] visited the site in October 2005. Falconbridge Ltd. developed and operated the mine for 28 years, producing 8.3 million tonnes of ore grading 1.79 percent Ni and 1.07 percent Cu, before placing it on care and maintenance in September 2004.