VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Aug 6, 2013) - First Point Minerals Corp. (TSX:FPX) ("First Point" or the "Company") wishes to announce that by mutual agreement of the parties, First Point and Cliffs Natural Resources Exploration Canada, an affiliate of Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE:CLF)(PARIS:CLF) ("Cliffs"), have extended by 30 days, to September 5, 2013, the deadline by which Cliffs can make its [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Jul 29, 2013) - First Point Minerals Corp. (TSX:FPX) ("First Point" or the "Company") is pleased to report that all of the nominees listed in its information circular dated June 26, 2013 were elected as directors of First Point at the Company's annual general and special meeting of shareholders held in Vancouver on Thursday, July 25, 2013 (the "Meeting"). At the Meeting, the [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwired) -- 06/26/13 -- First Point Minerals Corp. (TSX: FPX) ("First Point" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that field exploration has begun at its 100%-owned Mich nickel-iron alloy property in the Yukon. The Company's overall 2013 exploration program is budgeted at $1 million and will also include exploration work at the 100%-held Orca and Wale properties in northern [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/15/13 -- First Point Minerals Corp. (TSX: FPX) ("First Point" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on metallurgical testing of material from its 100%-owned Wale nickel-iron alloy property in northern British Columbia.
The Wale property is located 45 km east of Dease Lake (a town on BC Highway 37 between Stewart and Cassiar) and covers an area of 119 square [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/07/13 -- First Point Minerals Corp. (TSX: FPX) ("First Point" or the "Company") is pleased to report that it has filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) the NI 43-101 compliant Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") for the Decar nickel project in central British Columbia, prepared by Tetra Tech and dated March 22, 2013. The technical report is also available on the Company's [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwired) -- 04/04/13 -- First Point Minerals Corp. (TSX: FPX) ("First Point" or the "Company") will conduct a conference call on Monday April 8, 2013 at 10:00 am Pacific Time (1:00 pm Eastern Time) for management to discuss the results of the recently completed NI 43-101 compliant Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") for the Decar nickel project in central British Columbia. This [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/25/13 -- First Point Minerals Corp. (TSX: FPX) ("First Point" or the "Company") is pleased to report that it has filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) the NI 43-101 compliant Independent Technical Report on the Resource Update for the Decar nickel project in central British Columbia, prepared by Caracle Creek International Consulting Inc. and dated February 27, 2013. The [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/22/13 -- First Point Minerals Corp. (TSX: FPX) ("First Point" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the positive results of a NI 43-101 compliant Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") for the Decar nickel-iron alloy project ("the Project") in central British Columbia, demonstrating the economic potential of the project. The PEA study was prepared by Tetra Tech on [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/11/13 -- First Point Minerals Corp.'s (TSX: FPX) Board of Directors has approved the granting of stock options to officers, employees and consultants for a total of 885,000 shares. The grants are being made pursuant to the Company's incentive stock option plan which provides for the granting of options to officers, employees and consultants to the Company. The options [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/06/13 -- First Point Minerals Corp. (TSX: FPX) ("First Point" or the "Company") is pleased to report an updated independent National Instrument 43-101 compliant mineral resource estimate for the Decar nickel-iron alloy project in central British Columbia. The updated resource estimate will be incorporated into the Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") currently being [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/24/13 -- First Point Minerals Corp. (TSX: FPX) ("First Point" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the final batch of results for the remaining eight holes of the 27 resource definition holes completed during the 2012 drilling campaign at the Decar nickel-iron alloy project in central British Columbia. The Decar project is in the Preliminary Economic Assessment [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/14/13 -- First Point Minerals Corp. (TSX: FPX) ("First Point" or the "Company") is pleased to provide a review of its 2012 regional exploration activities in Canada, Norway and Australia as part of the Company's ongoing global search for awaruite, a unique style of naturally occurring nickel-iron alloy mineralization.
Yukon
The Mich property, owned 100% by First Point [...]