08:21 AM EDT, 10/29/2024 (MT Newswires) -- FPX Nickel ( FPOCF ) said on Tuesday that it nearly doubled its land package at the Baptiste nickel project within its wholly-owned Decar nickel district in British Columbia.

The company said it expanded the Decar claims to about 451 square kilometers from 245 square kilometers through a combination of staking and a $185,000 acquisition of claims from a previous operator.

FPX also paid $50,000 to acquire claims adjacent to the southern boundary of its Klow project, which is located about 50 kilometers north of Baptiste.

FPX said the new claims provide the company with additional project development flexibility and the opportunity to manage areas surrounding the Baptiste project.