Fort St. James Nickel Corp. announced that a diamond drilling permit has been received for its Porcupine Base Metal - Precious Metal - Rare Earth Element (REE) Property, located in central New Brunswick. The drilling permit is for up to 10 holes. The permit was granted by the New Brunswick Dept. of Energy and Resource Development to Great Atlantic Resources Corp., the Company's option partner and operator on the Porcupine Property. Drilling is planned in the spring of 2018, the focus being an area of zinc, lead, copper and silver mineralization. Additional mineral claims have been staked, expanding the Porcupine Property to the north to cover an area of reported lead mineralization associated with Ordovician volcanic rocks. Planned diamond drilling in 2018 will focus on the central region of the property in the area of the Line 3W and Line 4W Trenches including the area in the reported up-ice direction.