EV Nickel Inc. announced the launch of its Phase 2 drilling program, building from the success of the Phase 1 program on the Langmuir Nickel Project "Langmuir"
or the "Project"). EVNi has contracted Missinaibi Drilling Services Inc. ("MDS" or the "Drillers") to complete the program over the coming months. Last year EVNi worked with Condor Consulting Inc., of Lakewood, Colorado ("Condor") and analyzed the historic geophysical data from the Langmuir Project . Condor identified 16 electromagnetic ("EM") conductor trends across the 9,100 hectare Langmuir land package and developed 6 High Priority Targets. Langmuir's existing W4 Zone represents one of the HPTs and had been the target of a majority of Langmuir drilling to date, including EVNi's Phase 1 Program. The Phase 2 Diamond Drill Program began in early January 2022 and will test additional HPTs with approximately 10,000 metres of diamond drilling. Drilling begins on the TZ-3 target, an
attractive anomaly located approximately 8.5 km west of the W4 Zone located within an interpreted favourable geological environment with an untested EM conductor, highlighted by Condor. Three holes have been proposed to test this target with up to an additional 6 holes contingent on the success of the exploration drilling. After completion of the exploration work around the TZ-3 target, the exploration program will shift back towards the W4 Zone to complete drilling for an associated metallurgical study, testing the favourable stratigraphic horizon to the east of the W4 Zone and testing the down plunge potential of the W4 mineralization. In addition to follow-up work on W4, Phase 2 will explore further east, to the W2, another HPT identified by Condor. Drill core samples from EVNi drilling at the Langmuir Project are cut and bagged at the core logging facility located near the Langmuir Project and transported to ALS Canada Ltd. for
analysis. Samples, along with certified standards and blanks, that are included by the Company for quality assurance and quality control, were prepared and analyzed at the laboratory. Samples are crushed to 70% less than 2mm. A riffle split is pulverized to 85% passing 75 microns. Nickel, copper, cobalt and sulphur are analyzed by sodium peroxide fusion with an ICP finish and platinum, palladium and gold by fire assay and ICP-AES finish. These and future assay results may vary from time to time due to reanalysis for quality assurance and quality control.