Giga Metals will work on a pre-feasibility study (PFS) for the project with completion expected in the first half of 2023.
The deposit is described as one of the world’s largest undeveloped sulphide nickel and cobalt resources. The company is focused on metals critical to modern batteries, especially those used in electric vehicles and energy storage.
Giga and Mitsubishi said they intend to make of Turnagain one of the greenest and most environmentally friendly nickel projects globally. Hard Creek will continue the work of the Canadian company to explore the viability of the tailings to sequester CO2 from the atmosphere to achieve a carbon neutral project.
The sequestration technique converts silicate tailings minerals to carbonate minerals and the company has been testing it for almost a year.
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