Hard Creek Nickel

Hard Creek Nickel Corp. (TSX.V - HNC) is developing the Turnagain Nickel deposit, a giant nickel sulphide deposit in north central British Columbia, Canada. A Preliminary Economic Assessment announced in October, 2011 models initial production of 52 million pounds of nickel and 2.8 million pounds of cobalt per year in a high quality, 18% nickel concentrate for sale to smelters. Production ramps up in year six to 97 million pounds of nickel plus 5.3 million pounds of cobalt per year for the next sixteen years. Financial metrics are competitive with every other large greenfields nickel project in the world.