• First Atlantic Nickel & Cobalt drilled a 525-meter hole at the Alloy Max Zone at its Pipestone XL nickel-cobalt alloy project in Newfoundland.
• Hole XL-26-16, drilled 445 meters south of the discovery hole, showed visible awaruite across the full length.
• Mineralization began below about 9 meters of overburden, then continued to 525 meters, leaving the zone open at depth.
• Drilling has confirmed about 445 meters of strike within an Alloy Max target spanning about 4 km, roughly 11% tested.
• Core logging linked coarser awaruite to lower magnetite, prompting a reinterpretation of magnetic data that could expand targets.

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