Giga Metals plans spring fieldwork at Turnagain

Executive Summary

• Giga Metals Corp. announced a fully financed spring geophysical program at the Attic zone of its Turnagain project, aimed at expanding on 2025 work and systematically advancing exploration for copper, platinum, and palladium mineralization.
• The program involves expanding magnetotelluric (MT) coverage to five lines and conducting a ground electromagnetic (EM) survey to detect conductive bodies within or at the margins of the ultramafic intrusion.
• Fieldwork is scheduled to commence in June, with results expected later in the summer, with the goal of defining drill-ready targets.

Key Details

• Program Scope: Fully financed spring field program designed to expand on 2025 work at the Attic zone.
• Geophysical Methods:
  • Magnetotelluric (MT): Three additional MT lines will be added, bringing total coverage to five lines. This builds on last year's successful MT survey which mapped two cross-sections of the ultramafic intrusion.
  • Ground Electromagnetic (EM): A ground EM survey will be conducted to detect conductive bodies within or at the margins of the intrusion. Technical assumptions are being finalized, with the goal of completing this survey concurrent with or immediately following the MT program.
• Strategic Goal: The integrated MT-EM approach is a systematic, cost-effective strategy to test previously underexplored but prospective areas within the Attic zone to substantial depths.
• Target Mineralization: The Attic zone is prospective for copper, platinum, and palladium mineralization.
• Timeline: Fieldwork expected to commence in June; results anticipated later in the summer.
• Objective: Define drill-ready targets later in the season.
• Project Context: The Turnagain project is held in Hard Creek Nickel, a subsidiary jointly owned by Giga Metals and Mitsubishi Corp. The prefeasibility study was released in October 2023.

Notable Quotes

• "This spring's program is building on last fall's successful work at the Attic zone and represents the next step in our exploration of this highly prospective area," said chief executive officer Scott Lendrum. "Given the scale of the target area, we are adopting a deliberate and methodical approach, with the goal of defining drill-ready targets later in the season. The Attic zone remains significantly underexplored despite years of historical work at Turnagain and offers us an opportunity to redefine the project's potential entirely."