{"id":1163794,"date":"2020-02-05T08:15:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T14:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1012820"},"modified":"2020-02-05T08:15:56","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T14:15:56","slug":"transition-expands-its-exposure-to-palladium-other-pgm-in-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1163794","title":{"rendered":"Transition expands its exposure to palladium, other PGM in Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Transition Metals (TSXV: XTM) staked 91 mining claims covering 1,900 hectares, located east of Lake Nipigon in northwestern Ontario, Canada. <\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center d-xs-block d-sm-block d-md-none'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to the Sudbury-based company, the property covers most of the Eva Kitto Intrusion, an early rift, mafic-ultramafic body similar to those that host a number of nickel-copper and platinum group deposits such as the Sunday Lake and Thunder Bay North deposits in Ontario, the Tamarack deposit in Minnesota and the Eagle deposit in Michigan.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>At Eva Kitto, Ni-Cu-PGM mineralization was first discovered at the Phoenix prospect by the OGS in 2001 where grab sampling returned up to 1.07 combined PGMs <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Robust palladium and rhodium metal prices have encouraged us to further expand our PGM portfolio,&#8221; Scott McLean, Transition&#8217;s CEO, said in a media statement. &#8220;Eva Kitto is a known mineralized intrusion with a number of similarities to our Sunday Lake and Saturday Night projects located closer to Thunder Bay. 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