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FPXニッケル、JOGMECが探査提携を再開

-- FPXニッケル(FPX.V)は火曜日、日本金属エネルギー安全保障機構(JOGMEC)とのグローバル探査提携を更新したと発表した。この提携は、ブリティッシュコロンビア州にあるFPXのバプティスト・ニッケル・プロジェクトと地質学的特徴が類似した「高品質のアワルアイト・ニッケル鉱床」の取得に重点を置く。 声明によると、この提携は2026年4月から2027年3月までの期間に120万カナダドルの予算を計上する。FPXは過半数株主としての地位を維持し、支出の60%を拠出し、提携によって創出される新規合弁事業プロジェクトの所有権の60%を確保する。 FPXは、提携により「複数の地域にまたがる、今後1年間で取得の可能性が高い、非常に有望な鉱床が複数特定された」と述べた。 「JOGMECが当社の開発提携に引き続き参加することは、アワルアイトニッケル鉱床の技術的・経済的実現可能性に対する重要な支持であり、FPXが世界規模で探査発見に継続的に取り組むことを保証するものです」と、FPXの探査担当副社長であるキース・パターソン氏は述べています。 FPXによると、この提携は2023年4月に開始され、現在4年目を迎えています。

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