First Point is pleased to announce that it has arranged a non-brokered private placement to raise gross proceeds of up to $1,000,000. The Offering will consist of up to 5,882,353 Units at $0.17 per Unit in the capital stock of the Company. A finder's fee will be payable on the Offering. Each Unit will consist of one share of the Company and one-half (1/2) share purchase warrant, where each whole warrant will entitle the [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Oct 10, 2013) - First Point Minerals Corp. (TSX:FPX) ("First Point" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the positive results of preliminary lab scale test work, in which high-grade ferronickel was produced using awaruite (nickel-iron alloy) concentrate from the Company's 40-% owned Decar project ("Decar", or "the Project"). Decar, a nickel-iron alloy project in central [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Sep 9, 2013) - First Point Minerals Corp. (TSX:FPX) ("First Point" or the "Company") today announced that Cliffs Natural Resources Exploration Canada Inc., an affiliate of Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE:CLF) (PARIS:CLF) ("Cliffs"), has elected to proceed to the Prefeasibility Study phase at the Decar nickel-iron alloy project in central British Columbia. By sole funding [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Aug 14, 2013) - First Point Minerals Corp. (TSX:FPX) ("First Point" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on its ongoing exploration program underway on several of its nickel-iron alloy properties in British Columbia ("B.C.") and the Yukon. One of the objectives of the Company's 2013 exploration campaign budgeted at $1 million is to delineate potential drill targets [...]
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 [...]