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52 www.resourceworld.com A U G U S T / S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 8 tained nickel, copper and cobalt resource of 97.8 million pounds of nickel and 47 million pounds of copper has been defined by previous operators. The Kenbridge deposit is equipped with a 623-metre shaft and two exploration sublevels and has never been mined. MineMap Pty. Ltd. of Perth, Australia, is working on an updated resource cal- culation for the Kenbridge deposit. This assignment has three aspects: First, to understand the nickel and copper mineralization for the Kenbridge deposit without regard for financial or geoscientific cut-offs, and which includes a volumetric analysis of metals distribu- tion on 5-metre intervals from the top to the bottom of the deposit, Tartisan will use this data to provide reference values for the intensity of geophysical responses in the induced polarization survey planned for the deposit to be carried out later in 2018. These reference values will then be used to potentially quantify geophysi- cal results on the rest of the Kenbridge property to accelerate target definition for eventual drilling. Second, MineMap is preparing a NI 43-101-compliant resource calcula- tion using the same grade cut-offs as the Preliminary Economic Assessment on the Kenbridge deposit filed by Canadian Arrow Mines Ltd., predecessor to Tartisan Nickel. MineMap is also refining the dis- tribution of solids (discrete areas of nickel-copper mineralization) within the block model to facilitate target selection for eventual deep drilling on the Kenbridge deposit. Third, MineMap is calculating the resources using an inverse-distance- weighted algorithm given the structural setting of the Kenbridge deposit and orien- tation of the solids. These results will form the basis for an updated NI 43-101 techni- cal report to be filed later this year. Mark Appleby, Tartisan Nickel CEO, said, "This analysis should allow us to rap- idly increase the measured and indicated resources at the Kenbridge nickel-copper deposit by selectively drilling discrete inferred resource solids located right the way through the deposit." At Tartisan's past-producing Alexo-Kelex nickel-copper mine near Timmins, Ontario, reclamation works have been largely com- pleted. The principal remaining task that complies with closure plan requirements is the removal of the core storage facility to Tartisan-owned lands outside the boundar- ies of the closure plan. A key facet of this will be to isolate classic examples of the mineralization style at Alexo-Kelex to con- struct a lithological reference library for continuing exploration in the area. Appleby noted, "Once our technical team has dealt with the core, they will test surface geochemical methods over areas of defined mineralization outside the Alexo and Kelex pits as a means of rapidly evaluating other nickel-copper targets in the area." n NICKEL

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