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Starfire Minerals intersects nickel mineralization.


Having recently completed drilling at its Langmuir Nickel project The Nickel Project is a nickname for a transportation funding package enacted by the 2003 Washington State Legislature. The slogan for the package is "It’s your Nickel, Watch it Work."

The $3.
 near Timmins, Starfire Minerals Inc. has intersected nickel mineralization Mineralization
The process by which the body uses minerals to build bone structure.

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mineralization,
n the bioprecipitation of an inorganic substance.
 at the property's South Zone.

While the first two drill holes were weakly mineralized min·er·al·ize  
v. min·er·al·ized, min·er·al·iz·ing, min·er·al·iz·es

v.tr.
1. To convert to a mineral substance; petrify.

2. To transform a metal into a mineral by oxidation.

3.
, the third intersected nickel values across 5.55 metres. The core length, which runs from 424.35 metres to 429.90 metres, averaged 4.48 per cent nickel, 0.37 per cent copper and 0.044 per cent cobalt. Within the 424.35 to 425.62 range, the core intersected nickel values of 9.21 per cent.

Assays for platinum group The platinum group (alternatively, the platinum group metals or platinum metals) is a collective name sometimes used for six metallic elements clustered together in the periodic table.  elements are still pending.

In early 2007, drilling will continue in order to test the strike length and up-dip expression of the deposit.

Additional field work is also expected, and will include geophysical surveys and additional grid cutting and survey work.
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Publication:Northern Ontario Business
Date:Feb 1, 2007
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